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Sport's Page Index, 1915 through 1918 |
No Use Picking The Cubs Baseball the Chicago Cubs have no chance of winning the World Series 7 paragraphs Metropolitan
Owls Lose To I. A. C. Basketball the Owls defeat to Illinois Athletic Club was in an upsetting defeat 1 paragraph Local
Moore’s Battle to Draw; Keep Coin in Family Boxing brothers fight before 2,000 fans 1 paragraph Metropolitan
Well, Doc Could Pull ‘Em O. K. Baseball one boy was able to attend a White Sox game during school hours 1 paragraph Metropolitan
Sammy Gets Tangled Up In Prize Ring Romance Boxing boxer, Bud Carley that tries to empress date at a boxing match 12 paragraphs International
East Chicago A Strong Contender Basketball East Chicago High School basketball team have a good chance of winning the tournament if they can get past Crown Point 2 paragraphs Local
Gary Boys Do Well In Long Swim Swimming eighty-two Gary Froebel swimmers competed in the Examiner’s ten-mile swim 3 paragraphs local
Wagner and Evers Have Gone and Ames Is Now Games Vet Baseball the veteran of the American League is Leon Ames of the Cardinals, after the passing of some of the leagues oldest players 1 paragraph National
Saturday February 2, 1918
John L. Sullivan Drops Dead Boxing the death of former heavyweight boxer stuns the boxing community 1 paragraph National
Hammond Defeated E. Chicago Basketball Hammond High School wins against East Chicago 1 paragraph Local
Well, Here’s Looking Paddy Football Hammond football star forego a contract to play with the Cub’s in order to enlist in the army 4 paragraphs local
Dick Hoblitzell Likely to Go With Athletics Baseball after being rejected from the army, first baseman of the Red Sox will likely go to the Athletics 2 paragraphs National
Hyde Park Takes 52 to 4 Beating at Rochester Basketball in a lop-sided win between Hyde Park High of Chicago and Rochester High, Rochester never gave Hyde Park much of a threat 1 paragraph Metropolitan
Jeffries Lauds John Sullivan Boxing James J. Jeffries, former world’s heavyweight champion praises John L.’s skill and how he is credited for the knockout punch 2 paragraphs National
Some Odd Records Were Made By These American League Boxmen Baseball American pitchers Dave Danforth, Slim Love, and Ed Klepfer displayed unusual pitching performances 1 paragraph National
Rensselaer To Play Hammond Basketball excitement is running high for the upcoming game between Rensselaer and Hammond High 1 paragraph local
Sullivan Compared With Jess Boxing according to Jim Corbett, who defeated Sullivan says that Sullivan was a far better fighter than Jess Willard 9 paragraph National
Dode’s Never Had Honor’s Due Him Baseball Cub’s player Dode Paskert never received the praise he should have, he is said to be “one of the marvel’s of the game” metropolitan
Have You Jumped On Weeghman Yet? Everybody’s Doing It Now Baseball fans are upset with Charley Weeghman for not getting the best players of the National League talent 1 paragraph metropolitan
Yale Men Want More Than Informal Athletics Various Yale undergraduates are asking for varsity teams in all areas of sports and intercollegiate competition instead of just “informal sports” 1 paragraph national
Indiana Basket Ball Scores Jefferson High outscored Thornton High 24-23 and West Lafayette High dominated the board against Rensselaer High, 26-16 1 paragraph Regional
Tuesday February 5, 1918
Hamilton’s Sporting Gossip Baseball under the leadership of Pat Moran, the Phillies in the National league does not have a team of stars but he does have consistent players 10 paragraphs National
Boston Mayor To Attend Rites For Sullivan Boxing Mayor James M. Curley of Boston will be one of John L. Sullivan’s pallbearers who will carry the special made casket 6 paragraphs National
Young Giant Star Now In Service Baseball son of a well-to-do southern family, Al Baird, (infielder) of the New York Giants has enlisted in the signals corps 1 paragraph National
Hammond To Play Lowell Basketball first place in the county, Lowell High School confronts Hammond High at the Irving school 2 paragraph local
Second Molla Bjurstedt Shows on Tennis Horizon Tennis Johan Rkogge, champion of Norway, has been said to resemble tennis champion Molla Bjurstedt 1 paragraph National
Hi May Play The Infield For Robins Baseball outfielder, Hi Myers of the Brooklyn Dodgers will take the infielder position after the departure of Ollie O’Mara, who enlisted 1 paragraph National
Elks Beat Whiting Bowling in the Lake County Bowling league, the Elks with an average of 877 pins per game outbowled the Bank of Whiting 1 paragraph Regional
Two New England Meets Canceled Because of War Track and Field the New England Amateur Athletic Union indoor track and field championships will not be held due to the war 1 paragraph National
Rickard Quits Country; Through With Fighters Boxing “Tex” Rickard will raise cattle in Paraguay and no longer promote bouts like the Johnson-Jeffries, Willard-Moran fights 1 paragraph National
Eddie Gets What Is Coming To Him Baseball Washington Senator’s veteran catcher, will be rewarded for his success on the field 1 paragraph National
Teddy Unable To Attend John L. Sullivan Funeral Boxing Colonel Theodore Roosevelt will not act as a pallbearer for John L. Sullivan’s funeral, but sends his condolence 1 paragraph National
Leach Figured in Many Queer Bouts Boxing Leach Cross holds the record for being the first man in recent years to “really knock a man out on his feet” 1 paragraph National
Hamilton’s Sporting Gossip Boxing Dodgers do not look like pennant hopefuls 6 paragraphs National
Art’s Navy Team is A World-Beater Baseball instead of Art Shafer receiving $12,000 a year for playing with the Giants, his earnings now will be $40 a month from Uncle Sam 1 paragraph National
Orders 59, 7. 6 Baseballs For Boys In France Baseball the Y. M. C. A. war work council has ordered 59, 760 baseballs in order that the boys in France can continue to play the sport 4 paragraphs National
Dempsey Wins Over C. Morris Boxing describes a crowd of 3,000 people saw Carl Morris succumb to the powerful blows of Jack Dempsey 4 paragraphs National
Funeral Of Sullivan To Be Held Today Boxing ex-opponents and fans pay their respect to John L. Sullivan, an hour before his death, Dan Dwyer, (Sullivan’s sparring partner) received a letter written by the ex-fighter 3 paragraphs National
Tom Gibbons Shades Chip Boxing in a lackluster bout, Tom Gibbons was given the decision against George Chip at the Keystone club 1 paragraph National
Moran To Box Soldier Boxing ten-round match on Washington’s birthday will see the fight of Frank Moran and soldier, Private Tom Jones 1 paragraph National
Johnny Ertle Outclasses Art Simons in 10 Rounds Boxing the crowd began to leave before the fight between Johnny Ertle and Art Simons was officially over, 1 paragraph National
Two Irish Rivals In Ring Again Boxing In a ten round match, rivals Bryan Downey and Joe Eagen will combat at Milwaukee’s South Side 1 paragraph Regional
Races At Gardens This Eve Skating Skaters from the Region will compete at the Indiana Gardens 2 paragraph Local
C. Point Defeated Lowell Basketball Lowell suffers at the basketball wizardry of Crown Point 1 paragraph Local
Lowell Easily Defeated Basketball First place in the Lake County High School Basketball League, Lowell fell to Hammond Five 3 paragraph Local
Gus Christie Meets Miske in Superior Ring Feb. 15 Boxing Scheduled boxing matches to occur between Gus Christie vs Billy Miske; Billy Williams vs Jack Whittaker; and Johnny Schauer with an unnamed opponent 1 paragraph National
E. Chicago Team Loses Bowling The Hotel Dollars of East Chicago went up against the meeker and Mc Cunes of Hammond in an exciting bowling competition in Hammond 1 paragraph Local
Badger Comish Rules Flynn Can’t Box Miske Boxing The state boxing commissioner ruled that the fight between Jim Flynn and Billy Miske is cancelled 1 paragraph National
Will Direct Big Bowling Tourney Bowling Abe Langtry secretary of the American Bowling Congress will direct the National Bowling tournament located in Cincinnati 1 paragraph National
Whiting To Line Up With Michigan City Basketball High School Basketball at its best, the Whiting Owls face a challenging but promising night when they go head to head with Michigan City 6 paragraphs local
McLean and Lamy To Skate for Title Today Skating Robert Mc Lean and Ed Lamy complete for the world’s skating championship 1 paragraph National
Downey and Eagen Box Draw Boxing Fans had nothing to be excited about with this match-up between Joe Eagen and Aryan Downey, which resulted in a draw 3 paragraphs National
Moran Ready To Trade This Pair Baseball Pat Morgan searching for two pitchers, is willing to trade outfielder Wiese and pitcher Baumgartner for Bradley Hogg of Los Angeles 1 paragraph National
Death Near, John L. Saw Years Of Life And Made No Will Boxing despite Clarence W. Rowliey’s advice, John Sullivan refused to write a will from his estate which is only estimated to be $5,000 3 paragraphs National
John L. Died Inestate; Sister to Receive His Property, Worth $5,000 Boxing Annie E. Lennon of Roxbury, John L. Sullivan’s sister will receive his estate which is estimated at about $5,000 2 paragraphs National
Gary “Y” Squad Is Victor Basketball the Gary “Y” Basketball team defeated the Polarines 2 paragraphs local
Hendricks Makes Bow to Fans at St. Louis Baseball Jack Hendricks became the new manager of the St. Louis Nationals 3 paragraphs National
Plunging In Icy Waters Keeps World’s Swimming Champ In Trim Swimming Charles Durburrow, world’s long-distance swimming champ keeps in shape by taking a plunge in the Delaware river despite how cold the weather becomes 1 paragraph International
Owls To Meet Old Enemy Basketball The Owls of Whiting are being hunted down by the Huntington’s basketball team, Huntington wishes to put the Owls on the endangered species list 1 paragraph local
Saturday February 9, 1918
Whiting Loses To Mich. City Basketball a heart breaking loss by the Whiting High School, was watched by fans when Michigan rallied for a 22 to 18 defeat 3 paragraphs Regional
Kalamazoo Beats Gary In a shocking disappointing lose, the Emerson High tossers of Gary were outscored by Kalamazoo Central High School Champions of Michigan, it was Emerson’s first loss on their home floor Basketball 3 paragraphs local
Bobby M'Lean Wins Three Races in Row and Annexes Series Ice Skating Speed skater Bobby M'Lean of Chicago defeated Edmund Lamy of Saranac Lake 4 paragraphs metropolitan
Service Sports Jolt Blue Law Baseball Major Henry Lee Higginson presented a petition in favor of legalizing Sunday baseball and football for army and navy teams for the duration of the war 2 paragraphs National
E. Chicago To Play Whiting Basketball Game scheduled at the Whiting High School, fans will witness the “hopeful” revenge of East Chicago to Whiting High School 2 paragraphs Regional
He’s Still Hiking Though Nearly 80 Hiking Seventy year old Edward Payson Weston does not see why he will not be walking for another twenty years more 1 paragraph National
Rowdy Elliott of Cubs in Class 1 of the Draft Baseball Class I appears to be Chicago Cub’s catcher, Rowdy Elliotts “winning rank” for the draft 1 paragraph metropolitan
Culver of Yost’s Eleven Would Join Naval Unit Football Players Forbes and Guy Culver, from the University of Michigan, are expected to enlist in the Naval Auxiliary on campus and join Ward Culver of Detroit 1 paragraph regional
Champion Woman Swimmer of Hawaii Swimming Ruth Wayson Stacker, native of Honolulu holds the records for the 30, 50, 100, and 440 yards has been named the swimming coach for the University of Chicago 1 paragraph Metropolitan
Jack Demsey’s Glove Work Draws Attention Boxing heavy weight boxer, Jack Dempsey may be next to go up against Jess Willard 7 paragraphs National
Purple Loses Its First Tilt To Illini Five Basketball Evanston suffered their first upsetting defeat at the hands of the Illini Five 1 paragraph Metropolitan
John L. Sullivan’s Horse and Dog Dead the world must once again mourn for the Sullivan’s household; however; his trophy collections were found and appraised Boxing 1 paragraph National
Dundee Is 6 to 5 Choice to Beat Cline Tonight Boxing which will come out the victor, Johnny Dundee or Patsy Cline? Bets are being wagered 1 paragraph National
Poor Old Connie Mack! He Can’t Even Get a Whole Team Together Baseball WANTED: desperately seeking players to fill the rosters for the Athletics 1 paragraph National
Wins Prep Tourney Basketball Fairbury wins the Livingston County High School Basketball tournament 1 paragraph regional
Owls Are Nosed Out In Stiff Contest Basketball the Huntington’s out scored the Whiting Owls by two points in a nail biter of a game 7 paragraphs local
Whiting H. S. and E. Chicago Play Tonight Basketball the Whiting Owls hope to send East Chicago home with a worse beating than it received in their previous meeting 7 paragraphs local
Wentworth Girls Beat E. Chicago Basketball Regardless of the great defensive game of East Chicago, Wentworth High School girls’ basketball team out scored them at the Wentworth gym in front of a large crowd 1 paragraph local
Bodney’s Defeated Bowling Bowling fans witnessed the defeat of the Bodney’s of Whiting to the M & M’s of Hammond 1 paragraph local
Wednesday February 13, 1918
Is He Another Les Darcy Boxing Micky King of Australia is being compared to Les Darcy 1 paragraph National
Pliska Is Now In the Air Corps Football Joe Pliska former football star of Englewood High School and the 14 man who played in the great Hammond-Fort game has joined the aviation service 2 paragraphs Metropolitan
Chicken Feed Baseball President Charles H. Ebbett of the Brooklyn Club has solved the problem of making change in pennies for baseball war tax 1 paragraph National
Freak Balls Are On Trial Spitball spitball is said to be “non-hygienic,” that they are disgusting and unnecessary, says Gov. John K Tener, President of the National League 6 paragraphs National
Ohio, By Fast Finish, Noses Out Indiana In Basket Game, 23-21 Basketball Indiana Hoosiers basketball team lost to Ohio State even after leading until 10 minutes before final buzzer 1 paragraph regional
Amateur Baseball To Aid Soldier and Sailors Baseball The National Amateur Baseball Association will provide games for the amusement of the soldiers/sailors in training 1 paragraph National
National Commission Issues New Rulings On Baseball War Tax Baseball The National Baseball Commission announced how the war tax would be collected 3 paragraphs National
Kearns Says Dempsey Fights Willard July 4 Boxing It’s official, Jess Willard will fight Jack Dempsey on July 4 1 paragraph National
Evers To Play Ball Again This Season Baseball Johnny Evers’ contract with the Philadelphia National League has ran out, he has received offers from three different clubs but has not chosen the one that he will accept 1 paragraph National
Thursday February 14, 1918
Whiting Defeated Old Rivals Basketball East Chicago players were sent on the floor with instructions to stop sugar, unfortunately this proved impossible to do and Whiting beat East Chicago 3 paragraphs local
Hard Winter Weather Exterminating Quail Hunting The Gus Habich Sporting Goods Company reported a partial extermination of quail due to the extremely cold weather 3 paragraphs National
Paul Parduhn Waiting Call To U. S Service Baseball Area champion of baseball and football Paul Parduhn is ranked class I for the draft and is awaiting the next step by the U.S. Army 2 paragraphs National
Old-Time Glove-Star, Clarence Forbes, Dead Boxing Former featherweight and bantam weight, Chicagoan, Clearence Forbes, declared as one of the greatest boxers to ever come out of Chicago died in the Elgin State Hospital for the Insane 4 paragraphs Metropolitan
Sporting News and Notes Various Interesting news from the world of sports 7 paragraphs National
Friday February 15, 1918
Club Owners Assess Baseball Fans For Tax On Admissions Baseball agreed today by the joint committee president of the National and American Leagues was the uniform prices of admission to the major league baseball during the period of the war 2 paragraphs National
Froebel To Play At Hammond Basketball Froebel to play for first time after being reinstated by the I.H.S.A.A. 3 paragraphs local
Lake Co. Teams Play At Valpo Basketball the Gary “Y.M.C.A. go against Valparaiso University; both teams are out for blood 2 paragraphs local
Injured at Football, Sanity is Questioned Football due to a head injury in which he has never recovered from, Basil Stanley is in the St. Joseph County jail pending an inquiry of his sanity 1 paragraph regional
Stars Listed For Gary National Mat Tourney Wrestling brothers, George and Peter Mitropoulos racked up points in wresting for the A.A.F. Rules Tournament in Gary, in the first year of public performance 4 paragraphs local
Dempsey Flattens Ring Relic Boxing the boxing world deserves a better display of their skills instead they received a one-sided match between Jim Flynn and Jack Dempsey National
Saturday February 16, 1918
Detroit and Owls Tonight Basketball the Whiting Owls will compete against the Detroit Young Men’s Order in what is taunted as being “one of the big sporting events of the Owls Club calander” 5 paragraphs local
Lowell To Play Whiting Basketball fans are in for an exciting and nail biting game when Lowell High School Basketball team the only team to have beat Whiting will play them in a fight to the finish 3 paragraphs local
John L., Gave Fuel to Poor Last Cold Spell Boxing firewood on John L. Sullivan’s estate with a value of $3,000 was distributed to the poor during the last cold spell 6 paragraphs National
How Long Will He Keep Up the Pace? Boxing Harry Greb, the Pittsburgh middleweight is a power house in the ring the question is how long can he compete on that level? 1 paragraph National
Alex Runs Afoul Police in Philly Baseball a warrant for the arrest of Pitcher Grover Alexander, was issued by the police for failing to appear at the office of the May istrate, Alexander allegedly was caught driving while using his last years license tags 2 paragraphs National
Here Are Entries in Tourney Wrestling wrestlers from Chicago, Montreal, Lincoln, Neb., and other cities will match-up at the Gary “Y” when the Dir. George M. Pinneo sets up the National Y.M.C.A. Wrestling Tournament 2 paragraphs local
Pugilistic Pointers Boxing Jack Dempsey hit Jim Flynn so hard, Flynn did not even know what he had done afterwards. Jack Dempsey will remove all doubts that he is a great fighter when he goes against Bill Brennan, at Milwaukee 3 paragraphs national
Stars To Report And Referee Big Mat Meet Saturday Night Wrestling The National Y.M.C.A. in Gary will have Martin Delaney referee for the wrestling tournament, Delaney has long list of honors for example, a member of the Olympic team, and holding the world’s record for the half mile run 6 paragraphs local
Monday February 18, 1918
Gary Wins Five National Event Wrestling the National Y. M. C. A. wrestling tourney was held with Gary clinching five of the seven national champions 4 paragraphs local
Polarines Also Score A Victory Basketball the Whiting High School Owls entertained the crowd when they defeated the Detroit Young Men’s Order of Detroit, MI. Also on the same night the Polarines scored successfully against the Central Maroons at the Whiting High School auditorium 8 paragraphs local
Notes of the Boxers Boxing various boxers, seeking to defeat their opponent at Rock Island, IL in front of a capacity crowd 7 paragraphs National
Rowland Sees Future Star In Bruno Haas Baseball if manager Clarence Rowland can make a left handed batter out of left handed thrower Bruno Haas, then Haas has a place for him on the White Sox team 3 paragraphs Metropolitan
Lowell H. S. Puts Buzzer On Hammond Basketball in a face paced basketball game, Hammond High School fell at the hands of Lowell High School 3 paragraphs local
Jimmy Clabby In Army Boxing Clabby joined the Australian Army 3 paragraphs local
Lowell To Play At Whiting Basketball Lowell High School are smelling another victory when they challenge Whiting just one week after defeating Hammond 3 paragraphs local
Gowdy Finds Trenches Differ From Diamond Baseball Hank Goudy exchanged a catchers mask for a gas mask, Brave catcher now serves in France 4 paragraphs National
From Tow-Boy To World’s Champion Boxing the first in a series by M. C. Hamilton the life of John L. Sullivan 7 paragraphs National
Notes Of The Boxers Boxing Eddie Mc Goorty, Bill Brennan, Dempsey, Johnny Williams, and Young Leapold to name a few will be the focus of the boxing highlights 8 paragraphs National
Yale Formally Announces Return Of College Sport Baseball Yale, Princeton, and Harvard will resume athletics; however; no baseball will commence 3 paragraphs Naitonal
Wills Stops Sam McVey, But Latter Claims Foul Boxing did a below the belt tactic give American Negro heavyweight Harry Willis the win over Sam Mc Vey or was it a legitimate knockout punch that landed McVey to the mat? 1 paragraph National
Low Scores Rule As First Squads Roll In Big Meet Bowling in the American Bowling Congress, R. Michaelson bowled the highest-three game score at 628 4 paragraphs National
Washington Boy Cleans Up Hunting a gray wolf weighing 40 pounds is sure sorry that he was confronted with Gus Palmer, a farm boy 1 paragraphs Metropolitan
Elks Lead Pin League Bowling in the inner-city bowling league the Hammond Elks defeated the Dollars bowling team of East Chicago 1 paragraph local
Oh, You Sweet Cookies Bowling in the Iowa State bowling tournament, McFariones Sweet Cookies of Waterloo were high scores 1 paragraph National
Wednesday February 20, 1918
Ecklund Hangs Up 200 Score Bowling The Lake County Bowling League at Mc Coo’s alley in Hammond witnessed the Elks Club average 875 pins a game 1 paragraphs local
Treat For Fans Roller Skating At the Indiana Gardens roller skating rink champions from three states Spisak Bothers, of Whiting, Dillikson of Michigan and Paul Drewy, Chicago will display some exceptional skating and skill 2 paragraphs local
Dempsey Climbs To Top Of Heavy Ranks Within The Past Year Boxing Heavyweight boxer from California, Jack Dempsey, has been boxing for only three years, but has already won the title of the “Submarine Destroyer. “ Dempsey has slugged out Bob Mc Allister Gunboat Smith, Battling Levinsky, Carl Morris and Homer Smith 1 paragraph National
From Tow-Boy To World’s Champion Boxing series II continued from previous edition, this article shows cases the young John L. From when he first enter the ring on November16, 1858 11 paragraphs National
Wins With “Ringer” Without Knowing He Had Real Horse John Lawrence discovers the horse he purchased in a trade plus $750 dollars turned out to be Highly Mack a racing thorough bred, the racing authorities charged Lawrence with fraud, and ordered Lawrence to return the money he made off of the horse 2 paragraphs National
Last Of Season Thursday Basketball sectional tournament time is coming and the Hammond High will play East Chicago in their last regular season games 2 paragraphs local
Wabash Takes Return Contest From Indiana Basketball Wabash College outplayed Indiana University in a return game 2 paragraphs regional
Kid Herman Joins Navy After Fight On Draft Boxing the U.S. Naval reserve has accepted another Pugilist Peter Gulotta better known as Pete Herman world bantam weight champion 1 paragraph National
Middies, Take Notice; McGoorty Ready to Box Boxing “don’t count me out!” says Eddie McGoorty, after returning from Australia, the middle weight is ready to take on Harry Greb, Mike O’ Dowd, Jack Dillon or Phil Harrison 3 paragraphs International
Thursday February 21, 1918
Ty May Have To Leave His Happy Family If Called To The Colors Baseball Ty Cobb, outfielder, may be asked by Uncle Sam to join his fellow Americans in serving his country 1 paragraph National
Hamilton’s Sporting Gossip Baseball Pittsburgh league will open a day earlier than the western club, a bad decision, says Ban Johnson 5 paragraphs National
From Tow-Boy To World’s Champion Boxing series III, this article discusses the Cincinnatti sports writer that gave Sullivan his chance for success and the bout with “Prof” Joe Donaldson 9 paragraphs National
Lowell Falls A Victim To Whiting High School Basketball despite defeating Whiting High School earlier this season, Lowell took an upsetting defeat against Whiting, now Whiting goes on to square off with Hammond High, the only team to beat them on their home floor 5 paragraphs local
Hendricks May Grab Yerkes Baseball Steve Yerkes, veteran of the big leagues may be sent over to the Cardinals if manager, Jack Hendricks has his way 1 paragraphs National
C. Point To Meet Whiting Basketball Crown Point is seeking revenge with the Whiting High School basketball team after last loosing to them in a 34-12 victory 3 paragraphs local
Froebel Wins; Game Tonight At Hammond Basketball Gary High School, Froebel, has much to be proud of after taking control of the game against Hammond High, 23 to 20 3 paragraphs local
Rockne To Coach Notre Dame Teams Football new director of athletics at the University of Notre Dame, Knute K. Rockne, previously from Chicago is appointed 1 paragraphs regional
De Pauw Sends Fifth Captain Into Service Football John P. Wheat Jr., DePauw’s fifth athletic captain, joins the ranks of the Officers Reserve Aviation Corps 1 paragraphs regional
One Fall May Decide Championship Mat Bouts Boxing after the Caddock-Zbyszko match, the promoters of wrestling is asking for acceptance of a new ruling that will require only one fall to decide a championship wrestling bout 1 paragraph Naitonal
Joe Walcott, Old Fighter, Stoker On Steamer Now Boxing former welter weight star Joe Wolcott is out of boxing for good and is working as a stroker on a steamer 1 paragraph National
Gary Will Send Bowling Delegation Bowling in the Annual State Bowling Tournament, Sam Gentle, secretary of the State Bowling Association announced that they are taking registrations for area competition 2 paragraph Regional
Johnson A Holdout, Says Washington Rumor Boxing Walter Johnson apparently not satisfied with the Clark Griffith offer which has kept the pitcher unsigned 1 paragraph National
Friday February 22, 1918
Streator To Play At Whiting Basketball you can count on an exiting game whenever the Streator Purples of Illinois, come to town; however; they will be up against the Whiting Owls which is promised to be a challenging and thrilling match-up 3 paragraphs local
Skating Fans See Fine Show Skating John and Andy Spisak from Whiting displayed an exciting roller skating race against Tom Kowchak, fans witnessed exciting skating at the Indiana Gardens 5 paragraphs local
Announce Trot Features For Kalamazoo Meeting Harness Racing large purses will be won at the Grand Circuit Harness race at Kalamazoo 1 paragraph Regional
Saturday February 23, 1918
Terry M’Govern Dies Poor; Terrible Terror Of His Day Boxing Joseph Terrance “Terrible Terry” M’Govern former feather weight and bantam champ has died of pneumonia and kidney trouble, just shortly after the death of the boxing and wrestling world is still mourning due to the deaths of John L. Sullivan, his manager, Billy Madden, Bob Fitzsimmons, and wrestler Frank Gotch 4 paragraphs National
President Roosevelt Up Late To Get Result Of A McGovern Fight Boxing Roosevelt, so interested in the Terry M’Govern vs Corbett fight, summoned for the watchman to get news of their fight at 2 a. m. about the results 7 paragraphs National
It’s First Base Or Quits For Art Griggs, Ex-Major Leaguer Baseball Art Griggs figures his status as a seasoned player should award him some privileges, he’s demanding his old position or he quits 1 paragraph National
From Tow-Boy To World’s Champion Boxing Series IV continues with reflections of Sullivan's defeating five men on a barge in which it was anchored to the Hudson River 11 paragraphs National
Streator To Play The Whiting Owls Basketball armed with the new plays that Harry Freeling taught the Whiting Owls, they expect to give the Streator Y. M. C. A Purples a “run for their money” 5 paragraphs local
Brennan’s Manager Wrathful Boxing manager for Leo P. Flynn is upset about the negative comments made about boxer Bill Brennan 3 paragraphs National
Whiting Defeated C. Point Basketball the crowd at the Crown Point gym were stunned by the intensity of a 16 to 12 defeat in favor of Whiting High School 4 paragraphs local
Billy Madden Joins John L. Boxing sporting man and manager of the late John L. Sullivan dies 2 paragraphs National
American League Boots John Henry Baseball one of the best catchers of the American League, John Henry signed with the Boston Braves, after being waived by every team 1 paragraph National
Pal Moore Shaded By Mike Dundee Boxing in a ten-round encounter Mike Dundee vs Pal Moore started off slow but in the end Pal Moore just barely pulled the bout off to victorious 1 paragraph Metropolitan
Jackson Gets Two Bouts Boxing Willie Jackson to fight with Eddie Morgan for two ten-round matches 1 paragraph National
National League To Oppose the Spitball Spitball the American League are for the continued use of the spitball, emery ball, etc., however the National League oppose the use of such devices, those in opposition are President Tener, Barney Dreyfuss and John A. Heydler 1 paragraph National
Army Of Greeks See Demetral Fell Wrestler Schultz At Gary Wrestling at Turner Hall in Gary, Greek, Bill Demetral received the full receipts of the house after pinning to the mat wrestler Schultz 4 paragraphs local
Johnny Shauer Shaded Boxing in a three bout match-up at Duluth, Jimmy Azine, Morton Davis, and Steve Gardner were successful in their fights 1 paragraph National
Monday February 25, 1918
Star In Bush, But Lemon In Majors Baseball Jim Middleton, pitcher, proved he was no prize after leaving the minor leagues 1 paragraphs National
From Tow-Boy To World’s Champion Boxing series V, looks back on the day when Sullivan won the heavy weight championship 9 paragraphs National
Bowlers Swarm At Cincinnati Tourney Bowling A. Zeally and J. Millinger totaled only 626 pins in the doubles to become the lowest scores in A. B. C. tourney 9 paragraphs National
The Sport Spyglass Various various unknown tidbits of information from baseball to track and field 14 paragraphs National
Fifteen-Round Fights Aim Of Kentucky Bill Boxing support is growing for the state legislature in Kentucky to legalize boxing for not more than fifteen rounds 1 paragraph National
Tuesday February 26, 1918
Streator Purples Fall Before Whiting Owls Basketball just five minutes into the game it was apparent that the Whiting Owls would be victorious 3 paragraphs local
Jack Dempsey Stops Brennan In Six Rounds Boxing fight had to be called by the referee after round six, when Dempsey proved that he was the winner after landing successfully his left hook and right crosses to the jaw of Bill Brennan 4 paragraphs National
The Sport Spyglass Various interesting items pertaining to sports 15 paragraphs National
Soldiers To Play Whiting Basketball benefit game to fund recreation at Camp Custer will see the Whiting Owls and the soldiers of Camp Custer battle for control of the basket 4 paragraphs local
Fulton Knocks Out Moran In 3 Rounds Boxing it only took three rounds to get Fred Fulton to knock out Frank Moran 1 paragraphs National
From Tow-Boy to World’s Champion Boxing series VI continues with Paddy Ryan and John L. Sullivan in the ring 9 paragraphs National
Wednesday February 27, 1918
Grapplers In Battle; Halt Bout Wrestling fight between Dave Savage and Wladen Zbyszko was stopped because fight turned into a street fight 4 paragraphs Metropolitan
From Tow-Boy To World’s Champion Boxing series VII deals with how confident John L. Sullivan was in his ability, and how he and his manager went around touring to solicit willing candidates to go four rounds with 6 paragraphs National
O’Dowd Handed Shade In Bout Against Greb Boxing middleweight champion, Mike O’Dowd was given the decision over Harry Greb after ten-rounds 3 paragraphs National
Camp Custer To Play Whiting Owls Tonight Basketball the Whiting Owls are so tough, that now even the U. S. army wants to send in the 380th Machine Gun Battalion of Camp Custer into the Whiting gym to do battle 4 paragraphs local
“Prep” Sports Swimming the C. A. A. tank in Chicago will host the third annual public school swimming meet, Benjamin Princell, holder of the world’s 40-foot plunge record will be present 1 paragraph Metropolitan
New Orleans Offers $100,000 For Title Bout Boxing the Louisiana Auditorium Athletic Cllub offered Jess Willard, heavyweight champion to fight Fred Fulton in a twenty-round match 1 paragraphs National
The Sport Spyglass Various newsworthy synopsis pertaining to anything from baseball to track and field 18 paragraphs National
8-round Bouts Are Legalized In New Jersey Boxing the Hurley boxing bill was passed by the senate that states that eight round boxing is legal in the state of New Jersey, boxing has been touted as being the manly art and is being taught in all U. S. camps 3 paragraphs National
Joe Welling Stops Dorsey Negro Boxer, In The Eight Boxing Chicago Joe Welling, lightweight, ended the eighth round by defeating Eddie Dorsey in Buffalo, New York 1 paragraph Metropolitan
Lew Tendler Is Fast Climbing Towards Top Of Lightweights Boxing Lew Tendler of Philadelphia has hopes of moving up the ranks to bout with champion Bennie Leonard in their division 1 paragraph National
Season Nears Its Ending Basketball various teams will meet once more before the end of the season, teams are hoping for a win as they prepare for the tournament games 5 paragraphs Local
“Stars” Of Mat Disgust Crowd By Rough Work Wrestling 7,000 fans witnessed a rough and brutal match between Wladek and Zyczko and Steve Savage 3 paragraphs Regional
Mike O’Dowd Of Ring Fame Joins The National Army Boxing middleweight champion, Mike O”Dowd is now a military man in the National army 1 paragraph National
Ex-Gopher Star Killed In Mine Accident Track and Field Stanley Hill, former track star of the University of Minnesota has been killed in a mine accident 1 paragraph regional
Results Of Boston Bouts Boxing Fred Dryer, Frankie Brown, and Joe Demaris, were all successful in the ring 1 paragraph National
