Friday, November 1, 1918

 Purple Books Jackies For Ohio Date   Football   Coach Stagg stated that the Maroons had switched the scheduled game with Ohio State for a match against the Municipal Pier’s Naval Reserve Auxiliary team      3 paragraphs   metropolitan

 Lafayette Excited over coming Visit Of Stagg’s Maroons   Football      Coach Scanlon of Purdue looks forward to his game against Northwestern University’s team.  Scanlon wanted Purdue to make a better showing than it had against Depauw.  Of special note is the fact the State Health Department issued a special permit allowing the game to be played despite Flu epidemic restrictions              7 paragraphs   regional

Cobb On The Job   Baseball      Ty Cob arrived in France with his unit.  Cobb was a commissioned officer in a “gas and flame” unit in the army.     National

Latonia Race Meeting Off   Horse Racing   A recently scheduled horse race in Kentucky was canceled due to the Influenza epidemic         2 paragraphs   national

Levinsky To Fight Huns   Boxing        Philadelphia boxer “Battling” Levinsky  was placed in the first class for Army service, expects to be called up soon          1 paragraph   national

Neb. Notre Dame Struggle Off   Football          A game scheduled between Notre Dame and Nebraska University was canceled due to flu epidemic restrictions           1 paragraph  national

Great Maroon Tackle Killed In France   Football      Cpt. Harold Goettler of the 1913 Maroons was killed during the battle of the Argonne Forest      3 paragraphs   metropolitan

Friedman’s Father Dies; Fight Is Off   Boxing       Boxer, Sailor Friedman canceled his fight with Rithcie Mitchell due to the death  of his father       1 paragraph   national

Bat Levinsky to fight for Army   Boxing      Boxer Levinsky was pulled from his job at the Submarine yards to serve in the Army      3 paragraphs   national

Saturday, November 2, 1918

Notre Dame Set For Invasion Of  Lincoln   Football             Coach Rockne is forced to use Freshmen in order to fill the gaps caused by loosing some players to the Army       1 paragraph   regional

Michigan Quarter Receives Injury In Practice  Football          Quarterback Jordan received a head injury during practice               1 paragraph   national

Nebraska Notre Dame Game For November 28  Football        The game was originally scheduled for the second; however, due to the flu epidemic was rescheduled for Thanksgiving day           1 paragraph   regional

Purdue Has New Men And New Plays For Maroon Game Today  Football          The article lists changes in the line up based on the previous loss to Depauw University.  It also makes special mention of  2,500 soldier trainees that will be in attendance                     6 paragraphs   Metropolitan

Big Eastern Elevens Are In Action Today  Football  Announces that Penn State is scheduled to play Purdue and Dartmouth will play Syracuse today      5 paragraphs  national

Monday, November 4, 1918

Beaten By Touchdown Score 13-6  Football  The Dayton Triangles defeated the Hammond team.  The Hammond team had only a 10 minute warm up period       2 paragraphs  local 

The Sport Spyglass  Varies  A series of  brief articles over a variety of different sports     10 paragraphs  national

Cowler Knocks Out Brennan In Minute And Forty Seconds  Boxing  Australian boxer Tom Cowler defeated New York boxer Jack Brennan with a series of rights to the jaw      3 paragraphs  national

Purdue Celebrates Maroons’ Failure  Football  Purdue University celebrated its victory over the Northwestern University Maroons with a “nightshirt” parade headed by Coach Scanlon        1 paragraph   regional

Pier and Purdue Football Teams Surprise Fans  Football  The Northwestern University Maroons lost to both the Purdue Boilermakers ( 25-0),  and to the Naval School Pier team (7-0).  This was the first loss to the Boilermakers in 24 years                        2 paragraphs  regional

Stars On Omaha Team For Grant Game Nov. 16  Football  The Camp Grant Army team is scheduled to play the Fort Omaha Army team on November 16      1 paragraph  regional

Yost’s Men Slump While He’s Watching The Maroons  Football  The Michigan University team had lost to the Maroons, no score was given, Michigan Quarterback Daniels was injured with a cut on his temple          1 paragraph   metropolitan

Tuesday, November 5, 1918

“Flu” Claims Fine Whiting Ball Player  Basketball  Former team captain James Dillon died from the Spanish Influenza.  Dillon was 24 years of age         4 paragraphs   local

Lakes Battlers Into Detention  Boxing  Jack Dempsey is to begin working with boxers in the Navy.  This comes after he expressed dissatisfaction with his shipbuilding work         1 paragraph  national

Tuck Turner Picks An all-star Team; Modestly Leaves Himself  Out Of List  Baseball           Photo article shows pictures of  Hal Chase, Nap Lajoie, Bobby Wallace, and Terry Turner for the future All-Star team     1 paragraph   national

Maroon Distance Runner is Dead  Cross Country        Long distance runner Glenn Tumney of the Maroons 1916-1917 team died from influenza          1 paragraph  regional

Miske To Box Six Men In Six Nights  Boxing        Minnesota Heavyweight boxer Billy Miske volunteers for a six day boxing tournament as part of the War Fund Drive             1 paragraph  national

Navy Team Plays For Title  Football          Captain Moffett of the Great Lakes team predicts that he will be triumphant over other Navy teams         2 paragraphs   regional

Wednesday, November 6, 1918

Big Ball Outfits For Army  Various Sports     Article details the current drive to acquire one million dollars worth of equipment for the Army in 1919      11 paragraphs  national

Dempsey And Levinsky Will Fight Tonight  Boxing          Jack Dempsey is scheduled to fight “Battling” Levinsky  for six rounds in Olympia, Washington.  Part of the proceeds will go to the War Fund           4 paragraphs  national

Packey To Lead Taylor Rooters   Football          Former boxer turned hand-to-hand combat instructor, Packey McFarland, announces that he and 250 of  his soldier friends are coming to attend the game against Camp Grant           4 paragraphs  regional

Michigan Seeks Chicago’s Scalp  Football    Michigan’s Coach Yost held a closed door practice today in preparation for the upcoming game against the University of Chicago      2 paragraphs   metropolitan

Standard A.C. To Hegewisch Next Sunday   Football    Hammond Standards are to play the Hegewisch Lightning, article includes team line-ups     3 paragraphs  regional

10,000 Grant Men Coming For Game  Football     10,000 men from Camp Grant are expected to be in attendance at the game against Camp Taylor       1 paragraph   regional

Thursday, November 7, 1918       There were no sports articles on this date.  

Friday, November 8, 1918  There were no sports listings on this date.  The paper did have an announcement regarding compliance with the War Department regarding limitations as to the number of pages each paper would have, and that reductions in certain sections would be inevitable          1 paragraph     national

Saturday, November 9, 1918       There were no sports listings on this date.

Monday, November 11, 1918

Chicago Semi Pro Star Is Dead In France  Baseball     Lt. Eddie Wallace, who formerly played with the White Giants, died of pneumonia while stationed in France         4 paragraphs          metropolitan

Britt Kansas Bout in Boston Ring Fast Draw  Boxing         Frankie Britt and Rocky Kansas fought in Boston, a fast paced fight resulting in a draw          1 paragraph   national

Jack Drops Foe For Count Of  9 In Second Session      Boxing        In Philadelphia, Jack Dempsey knocked out Battling Levinsky in the third round with a right to the jaw          5 paragraphs  national

Willard Asks Meehan To Box Him In Texas  Boxing           Heavyweight Champion Jess Willard recognized Willie Meehan’s contention for the title.  A match has been set for November 15, with proceeds going to the United War Fund   2 paragraphs      national

Thorns Defeat Racine Team 6-0  Football       The Pullman Thorns beat the Racine Cardinals with a single touchdown made Quarterback Howe, article includes team rosters         2 paragraphs   metropolitan

Hammond Defeats Gary  Football          Hammond beat the Gary Techs 13-0,  low attendance at the game was attributed to war time restrictions        3 paragraphs   local

Two Lake Football Stars Badly Hurt    Football     Fullback Williams of  the Great Lakes team suffered a broken leg, and  Tackle Bachman twisted his knee      1 paragraph  metropolitan

Army Football Title Is At Stake  Football     Army Midwest championship game to be played between the Camp Grant and Camp Taylor teams, a tough match is predicted       3 paragraphs  regional

Poor Old Maroons Held to 0-0 Tie By Crane In Practice  Football       University of Chicago Maroons were held to a tie in a practice game against Crane College     1 paragraph  metropolitan

Tuesday, November 12, 1918      There were no sports listings on this date.

Wednesday, November 13, 1918      There were no sports listings on this date.

Thursday, November 14, 1918       There were no sports listing on this date.

Friday, November 15, 1918

Harbor A.C. Plays Hammond High SAT    Football    Hammond High and the East Chicago Harbor team is to play  at 2:30P.M. on Saturday.  Renselaer was previous scheduled to play, but forced to cancel due to flu epidemic restrictions      3 paragraphs  local

Hegewisch Defeats Standard A.C. 9 To 0     Football     Hammond Athletic Club’s football team was defeated by the Lightning Club of Hegewisch    2 paragraphs   regional

Saturday, November 16, 1918

Sports Are Interesting Our Men    Various Sports     Article states that soldiers overseas enjoy   sports that involve many players.  At the top of the YMCA study volleyball was found to be the Soldiers favorite      6 paragraphs  national

Unbeaten Pier Team Meets Camp Dodge     Football     The undefeated Naval Reserve Auxiliary team is to play the Army team at Cubs park.  Proceeds from the game will go to the United War Work Fund      2 paragraphs   regional

This Will Be A Gay Day In Evanston  Football     Northwestern University is scheduled to play the University of Chicago in front of an anticipated crowd of  12,000      1 paragraph   metropolitan

Burnam Wallops Merion  Boxing     Boxer Joe Burnam put Boxer Young Merion down for the count in the sixth round, in a Philadelphia match.       1 paragraph  national

Purdue Rooters Accompany Them   Football     500 soldiers will accompany the Purdue football team to Wabash for a game.           2 paragraphs  regional

Minor Leaguers May Start Again    Baseball    The Association of Professional Baseball Clubs held its annual meeting in Peoria, IL.  Several minor league officials met and assured the press that baseball would resume next season      3 paragraphs  national

Games Today  Football  Lists which college teams are playing each other; however, it gives no times for the games   1 paragraph  national

Notre Dame VS Michigan Aggies  Football    The Notre Dame team left to play the Michigan Aggies today, of special note is that not a single fan accompanied the team.       1 paragraph   regional

Monday, November 18, 1918

Indiana Wins From Depauw By 13-0 Score    Football     A crowd of 4,000 watched Indiana play Depauw University, on a rain soaked field.      2 paragraphs   regional

Proviso Winner 20 to 0;[sic] Missed Kick Beats Gary  Football      Emerson High of Gary lost by one point from a missed field goal, final score was 20-19      2 paragraphs     local

Famous Referee Is Headed For France  Boxing     Famous boxing Referee Billy Roche is being sent to France by the Knights of Columbus to help promote athletics       1 paragraph  national

Saturday’s Football Games  Football     Lists the sores from the previous days games   1 paragraph   national

Fulton Beats Meehan Easily In Fourth  Boxing     Heavyweight boxer Fred Fulton beat boxer Willie Meehan with a decision in the fourth round.  Although Fulton pounded Meehan he was unable to achieve a knockout       2 paragraphs  national

Tuesday, November 18, 1918

Chicago Wrestler Among Killed  Wrestling  Hammond Wrestler Fred Hoff who used the professional name “Danny Digger”  was killed in action   1 paragraph   local

Old Dan Has Nice Little Jaunt All Figured Out  Hiking    Pedestrian Dan O’Leary is planning a tour of  the United States and Canada starting November 26   2 paragraphs  national

Driscoll Astonishes The Natives  Football     Great Lakes quarterback Paddy Driscoll, of  Hammond, made four touchdowns against Rutgers.  Driscoll enjoyed favorable reviews in the New York papers      4 paragraphs     regional

Hun Coward, Says Boxer They Gassed  Boxing      Middleweight boxer Tommy Gavigan claims the “ Hun” are afraid to fight a man face to face, explaining their use of gas warfare      1 paragraph  national

Dempsey K.O.S.’S  Flynn In A Hurry  Boxing     Heavyweight boxer Jack Dempsey knocked “Porky” Flynn of Boston down for the count in the first round in a fight in Olympia WA      3 paragraphs   national

Illini Feel Certain Of Whipping Maroons  Football      Anxious to close Coach Zupke announced that he is positive of victory against the University of Chicago      1 paragraph    metropolitan

  Football For Turkey Day? No    Football    All of Hammond’s football teams are on away games for the holiday   3 paragraphs   local

Wednesday, November 20, 1918      There were no sports listings on this date.

Thursday, November 21, 1918

Sportsmen Called For Dec. Meet  Hunting     Governor James P. Goodrich and Commissioner of Fisheries and Game called a meeting of sportsmen throughout the state to discuss the topic of  conservation       7 paragraphs   local

Hammond Wants Game Quite Badly  Football     Hammond High school responds to Loyola Academy’s request for competition.  This year’s schedule was radically altered due to a combination  war and influenza       2 paragraphs  local

Notre Dame To Upset Dope At Purdue  Football  Coach Rockne is excited that halfback George Gipp will be able to play in the upcoming game at Purdue, Gipp had recovered from previous injuries   3 paragraphs   regional  

Ban Johnson’s Scalp Sought  Baseball    Connie Mack of the Philadelphia team has been asked to join a group of  managers calling for the ouster of American League president Ban Johnson      2 paragraphs   national

At Football Camps  Football     Purdue held impressive practices today before they play Notre Dame     2 paragraphs    regional

Only Signal Drill For The Gobs Today; Officials Chosen  Football     Only a few military drills were conducted today by the members of the Great Lakes Naval team due to officials being chosen for an upcoming game at Annapolis     4 paragraphs   metropolitan 

Teaching Baseball In France  Baseball     Baseball was introduced to French soldiers by members of the YMCA who were over there supporting American troops      2 paragraphs  international

Georgia Battles Pitt: Lakes Tars  To Combat Navy  Football     Article describes how several different football teams are playing today and will be on the east coast, also included is a list of who is playing whom      6 paragraphs   national

Gary Tech To Play Thorns  Football     Announces an upcoming between the Pullman Thorns and the Gary Tech team in semi-pro football       1 paragraph   local

Praise For Paddy  Football     New York Sports declared Paddy Driscoll the greatest football player in the nation     1 paragraph   national

He Favors One-Man Control Of Baseball  Baseball     Red Sox President declares favoring a one man commission to run baseball   1 paragraph     national 

Indiana Draws Curtain On Football Season  Football      The article describes how the years football season was constantly hampered by the Influenza epidemic      3 paragraphs     local

Saturday, November 23 , 1918       There were no sports listings on this date.

Monday, November 25, 1918

Pullman Thorns Bump Gary, 22-0    Football    The Pullman Thorns beat the Gary Techs semi-professional football team 22-0.  The winning touchdown was made by Fullback Charpier, former University of Illinois champion.     3 paragraphs   local

Ex-Purple Star Killed In Action  Football     Former Northwestern Quarterback Jimmy Turner was killed in action in France.  Turner was a Lieutenant in the 318th Infantry   1    paragraph   regional 

Kentland, 0; Emerson, 0  Football     Kentland and Emerson High School played a scoreless game Saturday      1 paragraph   local

Paddy Was Again Star  Football     Paddy Driscoll helped greatly in contributing to the Great Lakes win over Annapolis.  Driscoll punted the ball for a total of sixty yards the final score was 7-6      1 paragraph  metropolitan 

Football Saturday  Football   Article lists the scores from Saturday’s college games      1 paragraph  national

Captain At Pitt Is Great Plunger  Football      Article extols the abilities of Pitt football Captain McLaren, includes photo                  1 paragraph   national

Hammond Wallops Her Opponent  Football    Hammond High soundly defeated South Bend High 16-0   1 paragraph   local

Notre Dame Wins From Purdue 26-6  Football     Notre Dame University defeated Purdue University in the last game of the season.  Touchdowns were made by Gipp, Mohn, and Kirk       2 paragraphs   regional

Depauw University Bumps Wabash, 28-6  Football     The two teams met for the first time in five years and played a close game till the end       1 paragraph   local

Put This In Small Type Mac  Football     Article accuses the Dayton Triangles of using “ringers” against a Hammond team that had not changed all season     1 paragraph  local

The Sport Spyglass  Varies  Small articles on different sports  12 paragraphs  national

Tuesday, November 26, 1918

Austin And Hammond High Schools Play Thanksgiving   Football     The only football game scheduled to play on Thanksgiving Day, is also the first time an Illinois High School team has played in Indiana       3 paragraphs   local

The Sport Spyglass  Various Sports   Small articles on different sports   14 paragraphs

 Purple Only Hopeful of Trimming Great Lakes  Football     Article predicts that Purdue University has little chance of victory over the Great Lakes team due to its recent loss at the hands of Notre Dame, Coach Scanlon game the team a day off from practice             1 paragraph regional

Jos. Duff Grid Star Killed In Action  Football     Former All-American Guard Lieutenant Joseph Duff  was killed in action while fighting in France   1 paragraph   national

Bob Jolly, Golf Expert On Road To Recovery  Golf      Professional Golfer Robert Jolly of  the Terra Haute Country Club is recovering from wounds received while serving with the Canadian Army in France      1 paragraph   local

Michigan Eager To Play Illinois  Football      A post-season game is being scheduled for December 7, 1918 between Illinois and Michigan in order to determine the western conference championship      3 paragraphs  regional

Annapolis Middies May Play Pittsburgh  Football     Admiral Eberle announced that he was open to the possibility of a future game as long as it did not take the Midshipmen away from station      1 paragraph  national

Cal Wants Iowa On Coast For Xmas Play    Football     University of Southern California opened negotiations with Iowa State for a Christmas day game   1 paragraph  national

Wreck and No Food Beat Us, Say Purple  Football      Northwestern Football Coach Jones stated the reason for problems at recent Iowa game was that the train they were riding on had a wreck and was delayed seven hours, causing the team to miss meals as well as the starting of the game      1 paragraph   metropolitan

Wednesday, November 27, 1918

Philly To See Six Ring Bouts On Turkey Day  Boxing  Jack Dempsey and Bill Miske will fight as part of a three day, six ring boxing tournament   3 paragraphs   national

Lakes And Pier Game On Again  Football     Captains Moffett and Evers are negotiating a future game between the Great Lakes Naval Station  and Municipal Pier teams respectively    2 paragraphs  metropolitan 

Great Lakes Sailors Resent “Fluke” Yarn  Football     Members of the Great Lakes Football team stated they resent certain the accusation of certain sports writers in Chicago who claim that their recent victory over Annapolis was a “fluke” and point to their season records as evidence of their ability      1 paragraph   metropolitan

Tris and Pipp Mustered Out  Baseball     Tris Speaker of Cleveland and Walter Pipp of New York American baseball teams mustered out of the Navy today      1 paragraph  national

Camp Will Not Keep Driscoll Off  His All-American  Football   Walter Camp (Dean of Footballers in the East)  announced that Paddy Driscoll is likely to have a place on the All-American team      1 paragraph   local

They’re Throwing Mud  Baseball      President of the St. Louis Browns, H. Ball was upset over receiving a telegram from Dr. Frasee asking him to vote for W.H. Taft as “baseball’s judge”      3 paragraphs   national

Gophers Stop Maroon Plays  Football     The Gophers and Maroons scrimmaged on Stagg Field today    1 paragraph   metropolitan 

Thursday, November 28, 1918    There was no paper today due to the Thanksgiving Holiday.

Friday, November 29, 1918

The  Sport Spyglass  Various Sports   Several short articles on different sports   13 paragraphs     national

John Powers Is Referee Of  Fights In France  Boxing     Powers, former President of the Federal Boxing league, has been sent to France in order to judge boxing matches in the army’s teams      2 paragraphs  national

Dempsey Victory In Slow Battle  Boxing     Jack Dempsey won a decision in a match with Billy Miske.  Miske used a “ hold out “ tactic that prolonged the fight and robbed Dempsey of a knockout      5 paragraphs   regional 

Football Scores  Football     Article lists scores from various college teams      1 paragraph   national

Little Joe Bruman Lands Knockout   Boxing     Bantamweight Joe Brunam and and Young Robideau knocked out their opponents Dave Astely and Eddie Morgan respectively, Burnam and Robideau are both from Chicago      1 paragraph    metropolitan

Matt Brock Barred From Cleveland Ring  Boxing     The Cleveland Boxing Commission recommend that Ohio boxer Brock be barred from fighting due to his striking and knocking down his opponent Sam Ginsberg in a recent bout     1 paragraph   regional

Saturday, November 30, 1918

Michigan Plans For A Decisive Win Over Ohio State Eleven    Football    Michigan State plans to use all of its available strategies in order to be triumphant over Ohio State      1 paragraph  regional

Bat Nelson’s Brother Dies In Hospital  Boxing   Johnny Nelson, brother of former lightweight champion Battling Nelson, died as a result of Spanish Influenza      1 paragraph  local

Standards VS Steam Rollers  Football    The Hammond Athletic Club Standards will play the Heimke Steamrollers for the city championship       2 paragraphs  local

Looks Like Old Times; Plan Tiger’s Spring Trip   Baseball     President of the Detroit Tigers, Frank Navin, stated that next years season is certain due to the demobilizing of former players who were summoned to service in the Army and  Navy     3 paragraphs  regional

Purdue Off   To The Great Lakes  Football     Purdue departed for its last game of the season against the Great Lakes Naval Station team.  Purdue is not expected to win but hopes to hold the score down   1 paragraph  regional

Jim Flynn Scores Kayo, But Fans Ask How  Boxing     During a match in Des Moines Iowa, heavyweights Jim Flynn and Bob Williams made only one contact during the first round, which left both boxers on the mat.  Flynn returned to his feet, while Williams took the count      1 paragraph  regional