Thursday, November 1, 1917

Clare Sells Two Cars Of Cows To Bet   Football   Forthcoming game, Hammond vs Pine Village, fans ready to travel to Lafayette   6 paragraphs   local

Gary Sports Briefs   Various short comments on local sports   7 paragraphs   local

Gary 11 At Elwood Nov. 10   Football   Elwood and Gary high school teams will play game November 10   1 paragraph   local

Boxing For Gary   Boxing   Newly organized Bell Athletic Club of Gary is organizing a boxing/wrestling show, local athletes Tony Bokish of Gary and Curley Davis of Hammond are mentioned   3 paragraphs   local

Gophers Expect Big Crowd   Football   East Chicago team expects big crowd for game against Aurora team   2 paragraphs   local

Hempstead Pulls Joke When He Drafts “Star” Of Grand Rapid Michigan   Baseball   A joke is played by Giants owner on baseball commission secretary, John Bruce, a champion fly-catcher is almost drafted   9 paragraphs   national

Sir Thomas Lipton Wants Yacht America   Yachting   Thomas Lipton, 4-time challenger for the America’s cup wants to buy old ship, the Schooner America  1 paragraph   national

Depauw Elects Leader   Football   Depauw University’s football team, because of war, replaces team captain, Charles Pence, with new captain Bourbon Bondurant   1 paragraph      metropolitan

White, Old Referee, Nearing Death From Pneumonia In East  Boxing   Famous referee, Charley White, is ill will Pneumonia, son has no hope of recovery   2 paragraphs  regional

Twisters Issue Bold Defi   Football   Twister A.A. of northern Hammond want game     1 paragraph   local

Moore Is After Bout With George Thompson   Boxing   Pal Moore, off of win against Jack Sharkey, wants match with George Thompson   1 paragraph   regional

Wabash Bars Bacon   Football   Bacon, star athlete at Wabash is barred from sports because of past professional experience   1 paragraph   regional

Whad’ye Mean, Worry?   Baseball   Baseball catcher Ed Gharrity is married to Margaret Donahue   1 paragraph   regional

Stories About Fitzsimmons   Boxing   Remembering the boxer Bob Fitzsimmons, various stories of Bob in the ring   8 paragraphs   national

Friday, November 2, 1917

Khaki Fans Back Home Town Club   Football   Hammond soldier wires $25 dollar bet on Hammond & Pine Village game, report of football team   8 paragraphs  local

Gary Soldier Amazes Army  Football   Local athlete, D. Stewart Pitchard, gets high marks in army for playing football for cavalry  5 paragraphs   local

Mutes to Play Football Here   Football   A deaf and mute football team, Silent A.C. of Chicago will play Colonials of Hammond in Hammond   3 paragraphs   local

Gary High Boy Makes Good There   Football   Local Gary high football star, Bernard Szold, will play for Depaul against Earlham   5 paragraphs   local

Gotch Returns To Iowa Home   Wrestling   Frank Gotch, wrestler, was taken from Chicago to home to recover from illness   1 paragraph   national

Mitchell Endorses Sunday Ball For N.Y.   Baseball   President of Brooklyn National League, Charles H. Ebbetts gets endorsement for Sunday baseball   1 paragraph     national

Rival Colleges Seek Basketball Tourney   Basketball   Members of the Indiana High School Athletic Association select place for holding the state tournament   3 paragraphs     regional

The Coach May Have To Pull In His Horns   Football   Comments regarding Rensslaer and Kentland game that is on Saturday   2 paragraphs   regional

Peerless Jrs. Of Whiting Win   Football   Whiting’s Peerless Jrs. football team defeated St. Casmers of Hammond, 21-0   1 paragraph   local

Mertie To Box Allison  Boxing   Charley Mertie will fight Neal Allison, 10rds, lightweights   1 paragraph   regional

War Tax On Baseball Tickets To Net Million   Baseball   10% tax collected on ticket sales could bring America $1 million in revenue   1 paragraph   national

Barger Made Manager   Baseball   Cy Barger made manager of Memphis Southern League baseball club, he is a former Brooklyn pitcher   1 paragraph   national

Welch Breaks A Finger So Can’t Try Comeback   Boxing   Freddy Welch, former lightweight champ, post-poned comeback because of injury   1 paragraph   national

Leonard-Callahan In Grand Finale  Boxing   Benny Leonard and Frankie Callahan supposed to give the “Frawley law” a decent burial with their November fight    1 paragraph   national

Dundee Trims Duffy In Bout   Boxing   Johnny Dundee, Hammond fighter, beats Jimmy Duffy lightweights   1 paragraph   local

European Middleweight Title Claimant In U.S.   Boxing   Louis Verger, European champion from France, is looking for a challenge in U.S.   1 paragraph   international

Saturday, November 3, 1917

No Quarter For Village Footballers   Football   Buses leaving town for the Hammond-Pine Village game, $2.00 for round trip fare plus $.16 war-tax   3 paragraphs   local

Ty Cobb Finds Out Sox Are Champs   Baseball   Article about Cobb placing a past bet that the Sox would win the series 4-2 vs Giants   3 paragraphs   national

Friars After Title, Though Not In League   Football   Dispute by the Ft. Wayne Friar football team that they are the best team in Indiana, although not able to schedule a game with Hammond, Pine Village, & Wabash A.C.   3 paragraphs   regional

Gary In Great Game For Honors   Football   Report on Saturday game between South Bend-Gary high school teams, average weights 140-49 pounds per player   5 paragraphs   local

Gary Sports Briefs   Various comments on local sports   6 paragraphs   local

Big Game Sunday At East Chicago   Football   Article on upcoming Sunday game between E.C. Gophers and Aurora football teams   5 paragraphs   local

Welsh Wants To Bet $5,000 He’s Still Good   Boxing   Freddie Welsh, once lightweight champ, is coming out of retirement, wants Benny Leonard   3 paragraphs   national

To Many Promises Of Jobs   Baseball   Manager Miller Huggins of the Cardinals explains why he quit and signed as manager of the N.Y. Yankees   5 paragraphs   national

Big Game At Capital   Football   Report on the day’s college games, Ohio St., Notre Dame, Purdue, Army, Depauw, Indiana, and Earlham   6 paragraphs   regional

New Syndicate Buys Wisconsin Fight Club   Boxing   Fight promoters John S. Johnson & William O’Brien purchased the Minneapolis Fight Club   1 paragraph   regional

Leonard Matched With Kirke For Thanksgiving   Boxing   Benny Leonard will fight 10rds with Sailor Kirke in Denver on Thanksgiving   1 paragraph   national

“Fighting-Bob” Fitzsimmons   Boxing   Story about Fitzsimmons knocking out 4 men in a row at Philadelphia   7 paragraphs   national

Monday, November 5, 1917

Lake County Bowling League In Full Blast   Bowling   8 teams, 2 from Hammond, Gary, East Chicago, and Whiting make up Lake County League, review of current season    3 paragraphs   local

South Bend Larruped By Gary   Football   Gary beats South Bend 19-7, 1500 attendance   4 paragraphs   local

Junior Bowlers Challenge   Bowling   Whiting’s 17-19 younger bowling team played at Bodney’s Alley, want matches with same age opponents in area   1 paragraph   local

Whiting Bowling Fans   Bowling   Bowling captains of Whiting teams announce change in schedule because of payday and elections on Tuesday   1 paragraph   local

Educated Boot Wins Big Game   Football   Report on game between Hammond & Pine Village, kicker Paddy Driscoll starred in kicking game   13 paragraphs   local

Cornells Tramp On Racines   Football   Cornell Hamburgs 21-0 over Racine team     1 paragraph   regional

M’Namara May Be Out Of Race   Cycling   Cyclist Reggie McNamara received a fractured skull, jaw, and other injuries when he fell from his bike   1 paragraph   national

Jimmy Clabby To Get Return Bout With Lloyd   Boxing   Hammond fighter Jimmy Clabby will fight Albert Lloyd in Australia   1 paragraph   local

Jimmy Dunn To Army   Boxing   Manager Jimmy Dunn is going in to the service where he will act as a boxing instructor   1 paragraph   regional

Thorpe Sees Success For Professional Grid Game   Football   Jim Thorpe explains why he feels professional football will succeed, recounts 10,000-15,000 attendance at games    4 paragraphs   national

Defeats Colonels   Football   Chicago’s deaf and mute team defeated the silent A.C. of Hammond 6-0   1 paragraph   local

Hammond Wallops Rensselaer   Football   Hammond high beats Rensselaer 14-6, Hammond plays Gary Saturday for Northern Indiana championship   7 paragraphs   local

Lightweight Patsy Cline Not Under False Colors   Boxing   Article about Cline, a Hammond fighter, being a “true” blooded Irish-man, not someone using an Irish banner for promotion   1 paragraph   local  

Gary Techs Lose Their First Game   Football   Gary lost 1st game, 13-0, to the Joliet city team   1 paragraph   local

Tuesday, November 6, 1917

Herman Is Victor In Title Bout   Boxing   Pete Herman retains bantamweight title by beating Frank Burns in a 20 rd fight   2 paragraphs   local

Twisters Win New Victory   Football   Twister A.A. football team of Hammond defeated the Indiana Harbor Monnettes 70-0   3 paragraphs   local

Hard Game Ahead   Football   A call of support for the Hammond against Cornell-Hamburgs, game is Sunday   4 paragraphs   local

Lafayette Paper Praises Hammond’s Big Victory   Football   The Lafayette Journal speaks well of Hammond’s defeat of Pine Village   4 paragraphs   local

Herman Weds Secretly On Eve Of Burns Fight   Boxing   Peter Herman, bantamweight champ was married before fight to avoid battle scars at wedding   1 paragraph   national

Gary Sports Briefs   Various comments on local sports   8 paragraphs   local

Gophers Win From Aurora   Football   The East Chicago Gophers beat Aurora 31-0     1 paragraph   local

News And Notes Of The Boxers   Boxing   News about Jess Willard and various local fighters, managers, and promoters   9 paragraphs   regional

Gibbons May Go To France With Soldiers   Boxing   Middleweight champ Mike Gibbons is studying French to get ready for army transfer to France   1 paragraph   regional

All Notre Dame Greets The Team   Football   A huge crowd greeted the N.D. football team for their victory over Army   2 paragraphs   regional

Cincy Business Men Boom Game   Football   A promotional campaign by business leaders to sell-out the upcoming University of Cincinnati game, 75,000 seats and 50,000 sold   1 paragraph   regional

$10,000 In Liberty Bonds For Auto Race On Coast   Racing   William Pickens of Chicago is general director of the Liberty Sweepstakes autorace on Thanksgiving Day, the winner gets $10,000 in bonds   1 paragraph   regional

Shetland Pony Brings Record Price, $10,000   Horse shows   James Cox of New Jersey paid ten grand for “King Larigo”, the highest price paid for a Shetland pony  1 paragraph   national

Wednesday, November 7, 1917

Series Proved American League Pitchers Best   Baseball   This is a criticism of Giants manager John McGraw’s pitching strategy vs the Sox   4 paragraphs   national

East Chicago Slates Good Sunday Game   Football   The Hegewisch A.A. and the East Chicago Gophers will battle on Sunday   8 paragraphs   local

Driscoll And Johnson To Stage Kicking Duel   Football   Noting that the 2 best punters in the game, Paddy Driscoll & “Rube” Johnson, are playing in the Hammond-Cornell game   1 paragraph   local

Rumor Says Wolverton May Pilot Tigers   Baseball   Harry Wolverton will be the next manager of the Detroit Tigers   1 paragraph   national

West Point And Annapolis Will Not Meet This Year   Football   No Navy & Army game for this season, announcement by Army football representative, no reason  1 paragraph   national

Purdue Favors Maroon Game With Michigan   Football   Purdue, like all of the Big 10 Conference, o.k. a proposed post-season game between Michigan and Chicago    2 paragraphs   regional

Penn Team Wins 23 To 0 Contest   Football   Results of Penn & Penn military football game   1 paragraph   national

Ertle Wants Herman To Meet Him For Title   Boxing  Johnny Ertle wants a shot at champion Peter Herman, bantamweights           1 paragraph   regional

Chip To Fight Al Rogers    Boxing   Al Rogers and George Chip will fight a middleweight bout Friday night in Deluth   1 paragraph   regional

Murphy-Morrissey Draw   Boxing   Frankie Murphy and Lee Morrissey fought a 15-round draw in Denver, lightweights                    1 paragraph   national

Indiana Mat Captain   Wrestling   Joseph C. Hook of North Judson will be the team captain at Indiana this season   1 paragraph   regional

Badgers Working On New Offense Style For Ohio Contest   Football   Reviewing the Wisconsin and Ohio State game for Saturday   3 paragraphs   regional

Thursday, November 8, 1917

Hammond Must Have The Honor   Football   Hammond is going for professional midwest champions, need a win against Cornell-Hamburgs   4 paragraphs   local

Maroons Turn Down Big Game   Football   The faculty at Chicago turn down proposed Chicago-Michigan post-season game   3 paragraphs   metropolitan

Interest In Game At Fever Heat   Football   Upcoming Hammond & Gary high school game will determine northern Indiana champ, Lake County champ, and likely state champ   6 paragraphs    local

Jack Dempsey Coming East   Boxing   Jack Dempsey is looking for opponents out East as he tears through division   1 paragraph   national

Athletic Club Starts Xmas Fund   Athletics   Columbia Athletic Club will raise $ for gifts for area soldiers   2 paragraphs   local

Sharkey And Burns Will Meet In Exhibition Bout   Boxing   Tommy Burns will fight Tom Sharkey to raise funds for Los Angeles boys at Camp Lewis   3 paragraphs   national

New Basketball Code   Basketball   30 coaches gathered in Springfield, MA. to discuss rules for upcoming season, including the establishment of an endzone under the basket     1 paragraph   national

Sporting News and Notes   Various sports news across the country   16 paragraphs     national

They Have Cold Feet No Longer   Football   Comment about Hegewisch football team bowing out of a contest with East Chicago Gophers   1 paragraph   regional

Dolan Discards T. Walsh; Red Walsh New Manager   Boxing   Red Walsh became new manager of boxer “Sunburst” Dolan, discards old manager   2 paragraphs   national

Friedman Ready For M’Cue Battle   Boxing   Notes about upcoming Sally Friedman and Matty McCue fight   1 paragraph   local

Country’s Unbeaten Teams   Football   A listing of the country’s undefeated college football teams   1 paragraph   national

Garry To Lead A.B.C.   Bowling   Local official Garry Herman was selected to handle the American Bowling Congress, held in February   1 paragraph   regional

Friday, November 9, 1917

Hammond Has Won Six Of Nine Games   Football   A look at the past games between Hammond High and Gary   1 paragraph   local

Red Dolan Wires He Has Quit Tom Walsh   Boxing   Raymond Doland, New Orleans lightweight, confirms his dismissal of Tommy Walsh for Percy Walsh   2 paragraphs     national

Brennan To Battle Coffey For Ireland’s Diamond Belt   Boxing   The Fairmont Sporting Club hosts a fight between Bill Brennan and Jim Coffey for a diamond belt   1 paragraph   regional

Soldiers Fight Marines In Philly Grid Battle   Football   Ball-game between U.S. ambulance corps. and marine eleven   1 paragraph   national

Jess Willard’s Circus Leased By Government   Boxing   The government wants to lease Willard’s circus for the animals and saddle horses   1 paragraph   national

Collins Books Fulton And Smith For Nov. 20   Boxing   Minneapolis promoter Mike Collins puts together fight   1 paragraph   regional

Herman Will Box Ertle If Price Is Guaranteed   Boxing   Pete Herman needs the right $ incentive and release from the army draft to hold 20rd title match   1 paragraph   national

W.G.A. Officers Will Hold Over   Golf   Article states the present officers of the Western Golf Association will remain the same   1 paragraph   local

Notre Dame Victory Over Army A Remarkable One   Football   Notre Dame won the game 7-2, despite losing many seniors from last season   1 paragraph   regional

Look For Record Crowd Sunday   Football   A record crowd is expected for the Hammond-Cornell game   1 paragraph   local

Banner Signs Up For Life   Boxing   Frank Banner, ex-fighter from East Chicago and local manager is getting married   1 paragraph   local

Babe Ruth In Auto Wreck; 2 Women Hurt   Baseball   Ruth crashed a girl’s car into a trolley, the girl and another woman were hurt   1 paragraph   national

U-Boat Sinks Baseball Goods   Baseball   Bats, balls, and other paraphernalia that were given, by the National League, to a navy ship crew were lost to a German attack.   1 paragraph   national

Saturday, November 10, 1917

Football Interest Is Tense   Football   Writers talk about the state’s 2 top teams, Hammond and the Ft. Wayne Friars, and debate which is better   5 paragraphs   regional

Sporting Briefs   Various reviews of national sports   10 paragraphs   national

O’Leary Needs Teeth   Cycling   Dan O’Leary arrives in Dixon, IL. to receive false teeth     3 paragraphs   regional

Battle Is On For Championship   Football   2,500 on hand to see high school game between Hammond and Gary   4 paragraphs   local

Both Teams Are Confident   Football   Article over East Chicago Gophers and Hegewisch A.A. teams and their upcoming game       3 paragraphs   local

Friedman Wins Fight On Points  Boxing   Sailor Sally Friedman defeats Matty McCue in a 10rd decision, no knockdowns               5 paragraphs   regional

Rowland Signs In Vaudeville   Baseball   Clarence Rowland, manager of the White Sox, will be on stage in Vaudeville act                 1 paragraph   metropolitan

Pine Village Is Bent On Victory   Football   Pine Village is preparing for meeting with Wabash A.C. next Sunday, after loss to Hammond   1 paragraph   regional

M & M’s Knock Elks For A Goal   Bowling   Bowling results   1 paragraph   local

Fans Prefer Slugging To Freak Pitching   Baseball   E.W. Dickerson, president of Western Baseball League, criticizes the “spit” ball saying fans prefer hitting to pitching     5 paragraphs   national

Students Angered At Screed   Football   Editorial in paper charges Hammond High School authorities with “fixing game” with partial officials   7 paragraphs   local

Monday, November 12, 1917

City Teams In Double Victory Triumph   Football   Story covering the wins of Hammond high vs Gary high, & Hammond vs Cornell   9 paragraphs   local

Gophers Humbled Hegewisch   Football   East Chicago team defeats Hegewisch, 6-0, no score 1st half   5 paragraphs   local

Friars Play Great Game And Beat Racine   Football   Fort Wayne Friars win 28-0, team center receives a broken nose   3 paragraphs   regional

Bodneys Beat Bank Of Whiting   Bowling   Bodneys took 2 out of 3 vs Bank of Whiting team, Lake County league   1 paragraph   local

Wabash A.A. Evens Count By Beating Pine Village   Football   Wabash team wins 7-0, last meeting between teams ended 2-0   3 paragraphs   regional

Maroon Faculty Must Be Salted With Pro-Germans   Football    Chicago University is criticized as being pro-German, canceling Chicago/Michigan game costs $100,000 in war charity revenue   4 paragraphs   metropolitan

Bob Marshall Playing 20th Year On Gridiron   Football   Bob Marshall, who is noted as a “colored” athlete, is given credit for 20 years of playing football   4 paragraphs   regional

Davenport, 12; R.I., 10   Football   Davenport defeated Rock Island 12-10   1 paragraph    regional

Bartfield Easily Wins Over Notter In New York   Boxing   Soldier Bartfield won a 10rd fight vs Frankie Notter at the Broadway Sporting Club in Brooklyn   1 paragraph   national

Tuesday, November 13, 1917

Hess Beat Gary Once Before   Football   Hammond High coach beat Gary years ago as a Hammond High team player                    4 paragraphs   local

A Golf Toast   Golf   A written “toast” to good sportsmanship, source New York Sun     1 paragraph   national

McFarland Agrees To 2 Bouts With Gibbons   Boxing   Packey McFarland and Mike Gibbons are set to fight at Camp McArthur & Camp Dodge   1 paragraph   national

Friar Club Refuses To Play H.F.C.   Football   An article commenting on Fort Wayne team’s refusal to travel and play Hammond team   9 paragraphs   local

Friars Eager For Hammond   Football   Friars may book Hammond next season   1 paragraph   local

East Chicago Team Loses Three Games   Bowling      Lake County league results, Fife club drops 3 to M & M’s team                    1 paragraph   local

Hammond Boxer, Fifth Of Family To Join Army   Boxing   Jack Clements, Hammond fighter, is 5th in his family to join army          2 paragraphs   local

Banner To Put On Boxing Show   Boxing   Frankie Banner, East Chicago promoter, is having a show to benefit soldiers                    2 paragraphs   local

Twisters Meet Their First Defeat   Football   Twister A.A. received 1st loss to Hegewisch, most Twister players were outweighed by 15 pounds   3 paragraphs   local

Indiana Hunters Go After Quail   Hunting   Quail season opens November 10th and ends December 20th   2 paragraphs    local

Milwaukee Boxing Club To Stage Double Bill   Boxing   Club hosts double-header and Joe Burman who is a Chicago fighter is in the 1st fight   1 paragraphs  regional

Fitz Died A Poor Man   Boxing   Bob Fitzsimmons died a poor man according to widow    1 paragraph   national

Football Hurts Fatal   Football   Harold Holtz died from injuries received in a game    1 paragraph   regional

Freedman Fight Is Off   Boxing   The Al Baldwin/Sailor Freedman fight is canceled because Baldwin injured hand   1 paragraph   local

Elgin Six On 12,000 MI. Trip   Sportcar   Roy S. Marsh, Scout Master in charge of the Elgin Six National All Trails Scout Car, hopes to drive 12,000 miles across nation    4 paragraphs   national

Wednesday, November 14, 1917

Whiting Eleven Holds Pullman To 6-6 Tie   Football   Peerless A.A. football team played to a draw vs the Pullman Tartars               4 paragraphs   local

Kauff Has Narrow Escape When Auto Is Demolished   N.Y. Giant player Benny Kauff was nearly killed in car accident, he was riding with racer Howdy Wilcox   2 paragraphs     national

Hammond Won Football Game At Valparaiso   Football   Hammond team played Apollo Club from Valparaiso, 18-0                    5 paragraphs   local

New Teams Are After State Honor   Football   Article over strong southern high school football teams such as Evansville, Princeton, & Bicknell   1 paragraph   regional

“Dick” Roche Is Dead; Famous As A Trufman   Boxing   N.Y. millionaire, bookmaker, and financial backer to famous prizefighters such as Dempsey, died of unknown illness     4 paragraphs   national

Miske Shades Dillon   Boxing   Billy Miske of St. Paul defeated Jack Dillon of Indianapolis in a 10rd fight   1 paragraph   regional

Wilce Has Luck, But Class Also   Football   Short article about Jack Wilce, Ohio State football coach   1 paragraph   regional

May Secure Special Train For Wabash   Football   Owner of Hammond team arranging for 8 RR cars to take fans to Wabash for football game   2 paragraphs   local

Britton Whales Johnny Tillman   Boxing   Chicago boxer Jack Britton wins fight against Johnny Tillman   2 paragraphs   metropolitan

Wills Wins On Points Over “Tham” Langford   Boxing   Fight results, Harry Wills of New Orleans defeated Sam Langford of Boston in 12 rounds   1 paragraph   national

Hard Game For Thorns   Football   Game announced for the Chicago Football League    1 paragraph   metropolitan

United States Giants Are “Canned”   Football    The U.S. Giants were expelled from Chicago Football League for failing to show up for a scheduled game   1 paragraph    metropolitan

Caddock “All Right”   Wrestling   Earl Caddock, champion wrestler, was given the OK by army physicians as he reported to Camp Dodge   1 paragraph   national

Smith Boxing Teacher   Boxing   Jeff Smith will be new boxing instructor at Camp Dixon in New Jersey   1 paragraph   national

Postpone The Gary Matches   Wrestling   Wrestling scheduled at the Turner Hall is postponed to a later date   1 paragraph   local

Thursday, November 15, 1917

Special Train To Wabash   Football   Announcement of 8-car train to Wabash for upcoming football game arrangements made by team manager   3 paragraphs   local

Indiana Eleven To Play Exhibition Game South   Football   IU football team to play a post-season game in Mississippi Thanksgiving Day for soldiers at Camp Shelby    1 paragraph   regional

Big Ten Votes Against Postseason Games For Conference Elevens   Football   No Big 10 team will play post-season games      3 paragraphs   regional

Lincoln Park Golf Course To Be Improved   Golf   The Lincoln Park Board of Commissioners decide to rebuild golf courses          3 paragraphs   local

Mike O’Dowd Stops McCoy In 6th Round   Boxing   St. Paul fighter wins fight 4 paragraphs   regional

Inter-City Cracks To Bowl Match   Bowling   The president of the Lake Country League will bowl against local army bowling champ John Canner   1 paragraph   local

Hammond Elks Win   Bowling   The Elks defeated Lake County League team called Dollas Hotel   1 paragraph   local

Taps For Boxing In N.Y. State; Lid’s On Today   Boxing   The Slater bill makes prizefighting illegal, boxing to be confined to charter clubs   4 paragraphs   national

This Big Coon Whips 9 Dogs   Hunting   Article notes of hunting mishaps in the area, hunters shooting their own dogs by accident   1 paragraph   local

Friday, November 16, 1917

Richie Siebert And Joe Bishop To Fight   Boxing   Wisconsin fighter Richard Siebert has been in Hammond winning fights, proposed to have fight with Bishop   5 paragraphs    local

High School Player Dies From Grid Injury   Football   17 year old Henry Leidendecker of Urbana, Illinois died 2 weeks after game injury   1 paragraph   regional

Rhodes Fires His Star Men   Football    Pine Village team manager upset with team has changed players and is demanding better performance   5 paragraphs   regional

Rowland Proves Vaudeville Star   Baseball   White Sox manager is in Vaudeville act and is supposedly “bringing down the house” with act   1 paragraph   metropolitan

Colonials To Play Hegewisch   Football   The Hammond Colonial A.C. is praised for recent performances and will play Hegewisch Sunday   4 paragraphs   local

Who Will Be The Team For Hammond?   Football    Sheridan & Bicknell high schools claim to be best southern teams to face Hammond for state title   4 paragraphs   local

Indiana To Play Soldier Eleven   Football   10,000 soldiers from Camp Shelby will watch post-season play by Indiana University      2 paragraphs   regional

Hammond May Play Ft. Wayne   Football   Hammond may play Ft. Wayne Friars the Sunday after Thanksgiving   5 paragraphs   local

Twisters To Meet Colts   Football   Standard A.C., formerly known as the Colts, will play the Twisters Sunday   3 paragraphs   local

New Orleans Seeks O’Dowd-Greb Fight   Boxing   Offer made for a Mike O’Dowd vs Harry Greb fight for the middleweight championship   2 paragraphs   regional

Ramser To Box Wagond   Boxing   Toughey Ramser will fight Eddie Wagond in Philadelphia   1 paragraph    national

Football Gossip   Football   Various write-ins about local football teams and games      8 paragraphs   local

Saturday, November 17, 1917

California Is Again Mecca For Boxers   Boxing   Although only allowing 4-round exhibition bouts California boxing is gaining strength   5 paragraphs   national

Wolverines Battle Penn Eleven Today   Football   Mentions Michigan/Penn football history and notes 100 Michigan students traveled to Penn   2 paragraphs   regional

Waugh Beats Rivers   Boxing    In Silver City, NM, Bobby Waugh of Texas won on a foul in the 13th round against Joe Rivers of L.A.   1 paragraph   national

Medils Are Confident   Football   Manager John Casey of the Midell A.C. braggs about his team who face East Chicago Gophers Sunday   3 paragraphs   local

Special Called Off; League Pledge Broken   Football   Train to Wabash/Hammond game canceled by Big Four RR and Wabash violates a league rule   2 paragraphs   local

Expect Lot From Szold Of Gary   Football   Local star Szold will play for Depauw vs Indiana   2 paragraphs   regional

Sheridan High Eleven Shows Record To Back Up State Title Claim   Football     Sheridan braggs they are best high school team in state   3 paragraphs   regional

Gopher Jrs. And Murleys   Football   Gopher Jr. team to play Hammond Murleys    1 paragraph   local

The Bowlin’ Kid   Bowling   William Barkhau set an Ohio record by bowling 258, 278, and 300    1 paragraph   regional

De Palma Breaks World Mark For 6-Hour Drive   Racing   Racer sets record on track by going over 633.12 miles in 6 hours       1 paragraph   national

Bowling Match   Bowling   Jack Canner is named bowling champion in Whiting after beating Russ Wilkerson 195 average                  1 paragraph   local

Willard Offered Go With Fred Fulton   Boxing   Milwaukee promoter offers Willard $40,000 to fight Fulton   1 paragraph   regional

War And Rumors Of War   Football   Rumors between Purdue and Indiana that they are using professional players on line-ups creates accusations by both schools   3 paragraphs     regional

Evers Wants Job   Baseball   Johnny Evers is a free agent now that contract at Philadelphia has expired and he wants to manage          1 paragraph   national

Monday, November 19, 1917

Cinches Honors For Champions   Football   Hammond defeats Wabash A.A. 7-0     cows were moved off pasture for a field             9 paragraphs   local

Colonials Romp Over Hegewisch   Football   Hegewisch loses to Hammond Colonials it is Hegewisch 3rd loss to area teams           4 paragraphs   local

Gary H.S. Issues A Challenge   Football   Gary High offers a game against Detroit team    2 paragraphs   local

No Fair To Spit He Says   Football   Twisters defeat Standard A.A. and loses accuse Twister team of biting, spitting, and fighting      3 paragraph   local

O’Leary Walks To Hammond   Cyclist   Chicago cyclist rides bike 25 miles to Hammond in 5:20:00   1 paragraph   regional

Whiting Swamped By Gary   Football   Froebel High School in Gary defeats Whiting High 200 fans at game   3 paragraphs   local

Davenport, 19; Hamburgs, 6   Football   Cornell-Hamburgs of Chicago lose 19-6    1 paragraph   metropolitan

Pine Village Team Beats Camp Custer   Football   Pine Village rolls over Camp Custer eleven 26-0   1 paragraph   regional

Hammond Wins On Gary Alleys   Bowling   Hammond team defeats Gary last Sunday    1 paragraph   local

Speeders Badly Hurt At Phoenix   Racing   Professional race held at state fair grounds where 3 men were badly injured from crashes   1 paragraph   national

Ball Player Files Suit   Baseball   Pitcher for Dayton baseball team sues Chicago, Cincinnati, & St. Louis RR for $50,000 because of injuries sustained from train wreck     1 paragraph   regional

Penn Military Student Dies; Football Blamed   Football   A Penn player dies from a ruptured blood vessel in his brain                    1 paragraph   national

Notes Of The Boxers   Boxing   Updates on local fighters   3 paragraphs   local

E.Chicago Gophers Are Disappointed   Football   E.C. team and 500 fans were disappointed that Midel team was a no show           1 paragraph   local

Boxers Train For Bouts At Milwaukee Wednesday   Boxing   Local fighters prepare for upcoming fight in Milwaukee                    1 paragraph   regional

Marines, 33; Rock Island, 14   Football