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Sport's Page Index, 1915 through 1918 |
Saturday, September 1,1917
Tigers To Play Gary Nagdemans Baseball The East Chicago Tigers will play the Gary Nagdemans A.C. for the Lake County championship on Sunday at Gravers park in East Chicago 2 paragraphs local
The Standing Baseball The official ranking of the American and National league baseball teams national
M’Graw Lacking Catchers Baseball John McGraw is heading into the world’s series with an injured pitching staff 3 paragraphs national
Bowling Season Opens At M’Cool’s Bowling The 1916-17 bowling season will officially open at Ray McCool’s emporium on State and Hohman St., there is a city league and two more leagues are in the process of forming 4 paragraphs local
Morris Is Picked By Langford Boxing Boxer, Samuel Langford has been accused of purposely loosing a fight to Frederick Fulton 3 paragraphs regional
Lewis And Joe Welling Win Fights In Gotham Boxing Welterweight champion, Ted Lewis knocked out Albert Badoud, and Joe Welling defeated Tommy Touhey 1 paragraph local
Golf At Country Club Mon. Golf W.A. Hill will play B.S. Walters for the Hammond Country Club championship on Labor Day, there will also be a approaching and putting contest for the ladies, and Chicago heavyweight wrestler Joe Wallace bets five hundred that he will beat Karol Kowalski in their upcoming bout at the Moose hall 3 paragraphs local/metropolitan
Kennedy Killed In Motor Race Automobile Racing Race car driver, Harvey Kennedy was killed when his race car crashed through a fence at an Oregon county fair 2 paragraphs national
Laporte Co. Fair Horse Racing The results of the Thursday horse races at the Laporte County Fair local
Hammond Gun Club Holds Annual Meet Shooting The Hammond Gun Club is holding its fourteenth annual tournament at the South Chicago Gun Club on Labor Day, close to one hundred contestants have entered the shoot 1 paragraph local
Challenges All Women In National Tour Swimming Aileen Allen of Los Angeles plans to compete in swimming contests across the nation, Allen is already National A.A.U. fancy diving champion and Pacific A.A.U. title holder for the forty yard swimming event 3 paragraphs national
Monday, September 3, 1917-No Paper, Labor Day
Tuesday, September 4, 1917
Hammond Takes Opening Battle Baseball The Hammond club defeated Albany Park by a score of 5 to 3 in the opening game of the City League championship series in front of a crowd of three thousand 6 paragraphs local
Hammond Loses To S. Chicago Baseball South Chicago defeated Hammond in front of a large crowd 1 paragraph local
Scatenas Win Baseball The Scatenas defeated the Ramblers 4 to 3 in Hammond on Sunday 1 paragraph local
The Standing Baseball The official ranking of the American and National league baseball teams national
Colts Win Baseball The Kindt Colts defeated the Lansing Juniors 9 to 0 1 paragraph local
Umpire Ollie Chill, “Stone Crab King”, Loses Nice Profit Baseball American Baseball Association Umpire, Ollie Chill was making a nice profit catching and selling stone crabs until local fisherman had the Florida legislature pass a law making it a crime to catch and export stone crabs during certain seasons 3 paragraphs national
Red Sox, 9; K. Of P.’s, 0 Baseball The Red Sox beat the K. of P. team 9-0 on Sunday, the Red Sox are looking for additional opponents 1 paragraph local
Fulton Is Victor On Fouling Boxing Fred Fulton defeated Carl Morris in front of a crowd of six thousand in Canton Ohio, Morris was disqualified in the sixth round for fighting with his head instead of his fist, Morris then went out into the crowd and got into a fight with a spectator 2 paragraphs regional
Gibbons Flays Dillon; Bell Saves Hoosier Boxing Mike Gibbons of St. Paul defeated Jack Dillon of Indiana in a bloody ten round match in front of twelve thousand spectators, Freddy Enck of Aurora also beat Patsy McMahon of Indianapolis 5 paragraphs state
Lavin To Get Furlough If He Boxes J. Dillon Boxing Pittsburgh middleweight, Jack Lavin is so anxious to fight Indiana’s Jack Dillon that he will be granted a furlough from the army if the match can be arranged 1 paragraph state
Fight Decisions Boxing The official fight decisions from regional matches regional
Denny Outpoints “Jack” O’Keefe Boxing Young Denny of New Orleans defeated Dennis O’Keefe of Irondale in a ten round bout in Gary, two more boxing matches and one wrestling match followed the Denny O’Keefe match 6 paragraphs local
Pin Knights Start Their Winter Grind Bowling The McCool Bowling alley opened on Saturday to large attendance and the Hammond Pin Knights look strong 2 paragraphs Local
W.A. Hill Defeats Walters Golf After years of trying, W.A. Hill finally won the Hammond Country Club golf championship when he defeated B.S. Walters and in another match C.C. Deming defeated C.H. True, and the ladies approaching and putting contest was won by Miss M. Deming 2 paragraphs local
Jimmy Trost Star Shot Shooting Hammond city court bailiff, James Trost defeated Sergeant Morrison of the British army recruiting division during a match shoot at the Kindel’s Grove Labor Day picnic 2 paragraphs local
G. Rettig Crashes In Fence Motorcycle Racing George Rettig of Crown Point was killed during a ten-mile mortorcycle race in Laporte when his Harley Davidson crashed through a fence, Earl Keller of Plymouth went on to win the race 4 paragraphs Local
Chemical Laboratory Wins Gary Steel Plant Labor Day Meet Track and Field The Gary Works Illinois Steel Plant won the annual Labor Day meet at Gleason Park 1 paragraph local
Gary Athletes Show Class Track and Field Bernard Szold and Rundell Wood of Gary both showed good form at the fourth annual interdepartment field meet of the Gary works plant a Gleason Park 3 paragraphs local
Wednesday, September 5, 1917
Harbor Splits With Crack Plymouth Team Baseball In a two game series between the Harbor team and the Plymouth team, Plymouth took the first game 2 to 0 while the Harbor team took the second game 2 to 1 4 paragraphs local
Leads His League On Initial Sack Baseball Hal Chase of the Cincinnati Reds is considered to be the best first baseman in the National league and one of the best batters in both the American and National leagues 1 paragraph regional
Triangles 4, Tigers Jrs. 1 Baseball The Indiana Harbor Triangles defeated the Tiger Juniors of East Chicago by a score of 4 to 1, on Sunday the triangles will play the Polish A.C. and they are searching for additional opponents 3 paragraphs local
Eclipse Team Wins Baseball The Eclipse beat the Tiger Jrs. in a close game 1 paragraph local
Tigers Take Two Games Baseball The East Chicago Tigers beat the White Eagle A.C. by a score of 6 to 5 1 paragraph local
The Standing Baseball The official ranking of the American and National league baseball teams national
Morris Paid Off Fulton May Get Willard Battle Boxing Jack Curley, acting for Carl Morris obtained a 4,400 bonus for Morris from boxing promoters Hinkel and McKinney, and Jess Willard is considering giving Fred Fulton a chance at the heavyweight championship 2 paragraphs regional
Left Over Decisions Boxing The official results of more Labor Day boxing matches national
Willard Admits Fulton’s Right To Title Bout Boxing Heavyweight boxing champion, Jess Willard has declared that Fred Fulton is a worthy opponent for him and he would like to defend his title against Fulton sometime after October 3 paragraphs regional
Gophers To Once Again Have Team Football Indiana lightweight champions, the Gophers are holding a meeting Saturday night to discuss the reorganization of their team, the team has lost seven of its best players to the army and navy 3 paragraphs local
Thursday, September 6, 1917
Would Be Famous Reversal Baseball If the White Sox fail to win the American league championship it would be a huge reversal and a lose to the game of baseball, and George Stallings is continuing to rebuild his team by picking up shortstop Schreiber 4 paragraphs national
The Standing Baseball The official ranking of the American and National league baseball teams national
Another Defeat For ‘Em Baseball The Whiting Eclipse defeated the Tiger Jrs. 3 to 2 1 paragraph local
Hammond Team To Take Trip Baseball The Hammond ball club will play at Albany Park on Sunday 2 paragraphs local
Charley White Barely Avoids Kayo In Bout Boxing Chicago Boxer, Charley White was almost knocked during the second round of his bout with Minneapolis boxer, Johnny Tillman 3 paragraphs metropolitan
Callahan Will Meet Winner Boxing Frankie Callahan will meet the winner of the upcoming Maurice Flynn-Sailor Freedman match that is scheduled to be held in Racine 1 paragraph regional
Willard Drops Fulton Go Plans Boxing Jess Willard has decided that he cannot promote a match with Fred Fulton, but if a another promoter wants to back it he will still consider boxing Fulton for the heavyweight title 1 paragraph state
Football As Usual In State Football The Indiana central west, high schools, and colleges have decided to proceed with the football season despite the ongoing war 4 paragraphs state
Army Eleven Will Play Notre Dame Football The previously canceled football game between Nortre Dame and West Point will now be played on November 3rd 1 paragraph state
Motorcycle Races For Crown Point Motorcycle Racing The Crown Point Motorcycle Club will sponsor seven motorcycle races on September 9th at the Lake County Fair grounds 3 paragraphs local
Swim 27 Miles In Fresh Water Swimming Joseph Gunther of Charleston W. Virginia has recently set a record by swimming twenty-seven miles in fresh water in just sixteen hours 1 paragraph national
He Serves His Name In Middle Tennis New tennis champion, Robert Lindley Murray has developed a whole new style of tennis play 5 paragraphs national
Friday, September 7, 1917
The Standing Baseball The official ranking of the American and National league football teams national
Mokate Honored Sunday Baseball Hammond club star left fielder, Johnny Mokate will be honored by his many friends from Chicago's West Side when Hammond plays Albany Park on Sunday 1 paragraph local
Fans To Accompany Hammond Team Sunday Baseball A large group of Hammond fans will accompany the Hammond team to Chicago on Sunday when they play Albany Park for the Semi-professional championship of Chicago, and the Jake Stahls will play the Murleys at Hammond park on Sunday 3 paragraphs local
Scatenas Play Margolias Sunday Baseball The Scatena Colts of Hammond will play the Margolia A.C. of Chicago on Sunday at Morris park on Sunday, the Scatenas have already beat the Margolias once this season, and the Colts defeated the Ramblers 4-3 1 paragraph local
Parent League Dishes Out Only Internecine Struggle Of Year Baseball The contest for supremacy in the National baseball league is between the Phillies and the Giants 3 paragraphs national
“Reb” Russell Finds It Easy To Whitewash The Red Sox Baseball White Sox pitcher, Reb Russell has managed to shut out the Boston Red Sox eight times during his career and three times during this season alone 1 paragraph national
The Pennant Dope Baseball The Boston Red Sox victory over the Athletics has brought the Red Sox only six and a half games away from the first place Chicago White Sox 1 paragraph metropolitan
Greb Defeats Bat Levinsky Boxing Local middleweight, Harry Greb defeated Battling Levinsky of New York in a ten round match in Pittsburg, Greb’s next opponent eastern middleweight Jeff Smith will train for his match with Greb at the Arcade gymnasium in Chicago 2 paragraphs metropolitan
White Has An Alibi Boxing Chicago lightweight, Charley White who was defeated by Johnny Tillman of Minneapolis denies that he was almost knocked out during the second round of their match 1 paragraph metropolitan
Freedman And Flynn Ready For Racine Go Boxing Chicago West Side fighters, Sailor Freedman and Maurice Flynn will box at Racine tonight, the winner of the match will go on to face Frankie Callahan in Wisconsin City in three weeks 2 paragraph regional
Fulton To Post 10,000 Forfeit Boxing Heavyweight boxer, Fred Fulton’s Manager Mike Collins has said he will post a ten thousand forfeit for a title match with Jess Willard, and Fulton is answering to charges that he has a “yellow streak” after he climbed out of the ring during his match with Morris 2 paragraphs regional
Zuppke Returns To Coach Illinois 11 Football Bob Zuppke will return to Illinois for the opening of football practice on September 15th 1 paragraph regional
Golf Matches At Country Club Golf The first round of the resident championship will begin at the Hammond Country Club tomorrow 1 paragraph local
Boy Scouts Of Three Cities In Track Meet Track and Field The Tri-City Boy Scout track and field meet will take place tomorrow at Harrison park in Hammond, about forty boys from Hammond, Gary, and Indiana Harbor will participate in the event 2 paragraphs local
Saturday, September 8, 1917
Albany Park Expects To Defeat Hammond Baseball Albany Park expects to defeat the Hammond club when the two teams meet during the second game of the championship series 4 paragraphs local
The Standing Baseball The official ranking of the American and National league games national
White Sox-Beloit Game Now Carded For Monday Baseball The canceled exhibition game between the Chicago White Sox and the Beloit Fairies has now been rescheduled for Monday 1 paragraph metropolitan
Lean Year For Youth On Big League Fields Baseball Neither major baseball league has been able to produce a new young baseball star this season, most of the new recruits show promise but they still need more playing experience, this season it has been the veteran stars who have carried the leagues 9 paragraphs national
3,000 Out Of 7,000 Paid To See Dillon Gibbons Bout Boxing Promoters of the Gibbons-Dillon match would like to sponsor a match between Johnny Kilbane of Cleveland and Freddy Enck of Aurora, and the match between Gibbons and Dillon only brought the athletic association two hundred dollars because half the spectators did not pay the admissions fee 1 paragraph state
Millikin Eleven To Play Great Lakes Sailors Football Millikin University will play the Great Lakes Naval Training Station at Stagg field sometime in October 1 paragraph regional
Water Nymphs Make Men Swimmers Look Like Tyros Swimming In the sport of swimming, women excel men Dorothy Burns of Los Angeles, Gertrude Altelt and Olga Dorfner of Philadelphia, and Claire Galligan of New York have all recently broke swimming records 1 paragraph national
Monday, September 10, 1917
Lace West Side Boys For Title Baseball The Hammond baseball club won the Chicago City League pennant by defeating Albany Park 2 to 1, the Hammond club will now go on to face their old enemy the Galligans and then the U.S. Navy baseball team 8 paragraphs local
Fighting For The American League Pennant Baseball The Boston Red Sox who are managed by Jack Barry and the Chicago White Sox who are managed by Clarence Rowland are in a close race for the American League pennant 1 paragraph metropolitan
Baseball To Wallow In Glory If White Sox Play Giants In Series Baseball A failure on the part of the Chicago White Sox to win the American League pennant would not just be a loss for Chicago, but for all of baseball as a whole, If Chicago wins the pennant they will go on to play the Giants in New York and this potential match up would be good for the game 3 paragraphs metropolitan
Militant Lady Fan Starts Baseball Riot Baseball A women was accused of starting a riot on Sunday at Colombia park while the Scatenas were playing the Colt-Marigolis 3 paragraphs local
Baseball In Minors Is Slipping Baseball The war has hit the minor baseball leagues hard, five minor league teams have quit completely, several more clubs have cut their schedules by a few weeks, and two other clubs are using pennant campaigns to generate more interest, the decline of the minors is due to poor attendance 6 paragraphs national
New York Catchers Rounding Into Form Baseball The only problems that New York Giants are facing on their way to the world’s series are the injuries of their pitchers Lew McCarty and George Gibson, but pitcher Bill Rariden recently performed so well against the Phillies and Gibson and McCarty are recovering so quickly that the pitching staff should be in top form for the world’s series 7 paragraphs national
The Standing Baseball The official ranking of the American and National league baseball teams national
M’Graw Fine Warning And A Precedent Baseball The National baseball league has fined J. McGraw one thousand dollars for making a personal attack on the league president John Tener in a newspaper, the league has stated that it will no longer tolerate such outbursts from players or managers 2 paragraphs national
Baseball A Pink Tea To What It Used To Be Baseball Veteran baseball scout and coach, Jack Ryan describes how the fans treatment of players has changed in baseball over the past twenty years 4 paragraphs national
Golf Results At Hammond Course Golf The results of the first two rounds of play of the Hammond City Championship at the Hammond Country Club local
Bostonians Would Save Yacht That Won Victoria Cup In 1851 Yacht Racing There is a movement in Boston to save the schooner, Old American from the junk heap the boat won the Queen Victoria Cup in 1851 1 paragraph national
Tuesday, September 11,1917
Veterans Few In American League Baseball There are only a few players in the American league that can be counted as veteran players, now that Eddie Plank, Sam Crawford and Nap Lajoie have been counted out of active competition 4 paragraphs national
He Is The White Sox’s Brightest Hope Baseball White Sox pitcher, Ed Ciotte has won twenty-one victories for the club this season 1 paragraph metropolitan
Graver Tank Works Are Victors Again Baseball The Graver Tank Works defeated the Whiting Maccabee’s by a score of 4 to 0, and the Graver Tanks Works are looking foe additional teams to play 2 paragraphs local
Lansing Juniors Win Baseball The Lansing Juniors defeated the Chicago Heights Tigers, the Juniors will play the Liscas Colts and Chicago Heights on Sunday 1 paragraph metropolitan
The Standing Baseball The official ranking of the American and National league baseball teams national
Armentrout Wins Races Automobile Racing Dale Armentrout of Cincinnati won three auto races in Fort Wayne Indiana 1 paragraph state
Coast Diving Star Competes In Honolulu’s Big Swimming Meet Swimming Aileen Allen of Los Angeles, the national Fancy Diving Champion, will compete in the international swimming championships in Honolulu 1 paragraph national
Hammond Boy Scouts Defeat Gary And Harbor Track Teams Track and Field Hammond won the tri-city Boy Scout meet at Harrison Park 1 paragraph local
Wednesday, September 12, 1917
Hamilton’s Gossipy Stuff About Sports Baseball The new group of managers that have invaded the professional baseball leagues are redefining the old order of things 4 paragraphs national
Kowalski Hit Hard By Sox Baseball In Fort Wayne Indiana, The Chicago White Sox defeated a team composed of several minor league players by a score of 7 to 2 1 paragraph metropolitan
The Standing Baseball The official ranking of the American and National league baseball teams national
Hoosiers Beaten But Cling To Lead When Saints Loose Baseball The Indianapolis baseball team was defeated by Minneapolis 6-1, but Indiana held on to their first place spot because St. Paul lost to Louisville 1 paragraph regional
Ty Cobb To Make Money At $50,000 A Year Rate Baseball With his baseball salary, automobile business, and his brewing company endorsement Ty Cobb’s yearly income will be fifty thousand dollars 1 paragraph national
Tiger Jrs. Win Easily, 10 To 3 Baseball The Tiger Jrs. of East Chicago defeated the Dollas & Garber team at Indiana Harbor, 10-3 2 paragraph local
Fan Suggests Title Be Taken Away From Willard Boxing An Angry boxing fan would like to see heavyweight boxing champion, Jess Willard stripped of his title because of his reluctance to fight another title match, this has renewed the issue of the need for an American Boxing Association 7 paragraphs national
Forty Candidates For High School Football Team Football Forty players turned out for the Hammond High school football team tryouts 2 paragraphs local
East Chicago Gophers Start 8th Football Year Football At a meeting of the East Chicago Gophers, M. T. Keenan was reelected manager of the Twin City football organization and the Gophers then began practice at the City Hall park 3 paragraphs local
Indiana U. Captain Back; Won’t Go To West Point Football R. G. Hathaway, captain-elect of the Indiana University football team will return to Indiana University for the fall term, Hathaway had received an appointment to West Point 1 paragraph regional
Track And Field Meets At Cantonments Track and Field The United States Army is going to hold track and field meets at their cantonment camps this fall, the army is hoping that new athletic talent will have the opportunity to make a debut through these contests 4 paragraphs national
Thursday, September 13, 1917
Hammond To Meet Galligans Sunday Baseball The Hammond baseball club will play the Galligan baseball team at Parduhn Park next Sunday, the Galligan’s defeated the Hammond club in the previous game between the two teams in July 7 paragraphs local
The Standing Baseball The official ranking of the American and National league baseball teams national
Lansing Plays Colts Baseball The Lansing Juniors will play the Lucas Colts at Lansing on Sunday 1 paragraph metropolitan
The Greatest Fight Was Held Just a Quarter Century Ago Boxing Interview with former heavyweight champion, James Corbett, who recounts his 1892 heavyweight title bout in New Orleans against John Sullivan 16 paragraphs national
Law Wins Shoot Shooting Bob Law won the police department shooting contest 1 paragraph local
Friday, September 14,1917
The Standing Baseball The official ranking of the American and National league baseball teams National
Scatena’s To Play Gary Red Sox Baseball The Hammond Scatenas will play the Gary Red Sox at Columbia Park on Sunday 1 paragraph local
Tigers Seek Game Baseball The East Chicago Tigers are claiming the Lake County Championship and would like to schedule a game with another team for September, 15th at Graver’s Park 1 paragraph local
Hamilton’s Gossipy Stuff About Sports Baseball The reason for the success of the Phillies and their manager, Pat Moran is due to the fact that the Phillies is a team made up of almost all older veteran baseball players with lots of playing experience 6 paragraphs national
Comiskey Would Halt Scalpers Baseball The head of the White Sox Club, Charles Comiskey does not plan on letting scalpers corner the market on Sox world’s series tickets 3 paragraphs metropolitan
Gravers vs. Chemicals Baseball The Graver Tank Works baseball team will meet the General Chemical Company team on Sunday at the General Chemical Company grounds in Hegewisch, IL. 1 paragraph metropolitan
Thomas, All-State Quarter Back, Joins Hammond Football East Chicago star, Thomas and Black from Champaign IL. have both joined the Hammond High School football team, the team has already started practice and they are almost ready for their first game 6 paragraphs local
Active Practice To Start Monday Football Active practice for the DePauw will not officially begin until Monday 1 paragraph regional
Mrs. Letts Shows That Muscle Is Not Everything In Golf Golf Women’s Western Golf Champion, Mrs. Franklin C. Letts of Cincinnati has proved that a golf champion does not need just muscle and strength 1 paragraph regional
Syracuse Track Record Smashed Horse Racing Russell Boy, black stallion by Rustic Patenter broke the new New York state fair track record by passing the mile in 2:04 as twenty thousand spectators watched 1 paragraph national
Saturday, September 15, 1917
The Standing Baseball The official ranking of the American and National league baseball teams national
Grasselli Teams To Play Sunday Baseball The Grasselli Chemical Co. C. & R. department will play the Office and Mfg. department for a side bet of one hundred and fifty dollars, a good game is expected 2 paragraphs local
West Appears Likely To Take Baseball Spotlight Baseball Newly formed National and American league baseball teams like Cincinnati and St. Louis are beginning to enter the race for the pennant 5 paragraphs regional
Gophers And Soldiers Open Football Season Football The East Chicago Gophers will start their football season September 28th when they play against the Congerville Flyers of Muncie at the East Chicago athletic field 4 paragraphs local
Twisters Seek Game Football The Twisters, a newly organized football team, are searching for teams in the 118-120 pounds category to play games against them 2 paragraphs local
Grand Prix Race On Chicago Track Oct. 6 Automobile Racing On October 6th, the racing season will close with the Chicago Speedway Championship, Resta, De Palma, and Chevrolet among other will participate in the event 2 paragraphs metropolitan
More Than A Few Star Athletes Wrestling Many star boxers have been rejected by the military service board Tommy Gibbons of St. Paul, Johnny Schiff, and wrestler Earl Caddock have all been turned away by the board 7 paragraphs regional
Monday, September 17, 1917
Galligans Win In 13 Innings Baseball The Chicago Galligans defeated the Hammond baseball club by a score of 1 to 0 after thirteen innings of play 4 paragraphs local
Giants And Sox In Fields Two Greatest Baseball The Chicago White Sox and the New York Giants both have excellent infield players which could make for an exciting world’s series match up 10 paragraphs metropolitan
The Standing Baseball The official ranking of the American and National baseball teams national
Tuesday, September 18, 1917
Indianapolis Cinches American Assn. Flag Baseball The Indianapolis Indians defeated the Milwaukee Brewers to clench the American Association pennant at Washington Park by a score of 3 to 2 2 paragraphs regional
Giants Have Edge In Outfield Baseball The Giants will have the outfield advantage over the White Sox in the upcoming world’s series, the Giants have good outfielders who are strong batters while the Sox have good outfielders who are weak at bat 9 paragraphs metropolitan
Lucas Colts Defeat Juniors Baseball The Lucas Colts defeated the Lansing Juniors 7 to 4, the Lismiester Colts will play West Hammond on Sunday at Kindt Colts park in Lansing 1 paragraph local
Triangles Beat Tigers Baseball The Indiana Harbor Triangles defeated the Tiger Jrs. by a score of 7 to 4, the Triangles have an open date on the 23rd and they are looking for a fast sixteen year old team 1 paragraph local
Graver Tank Works Wins In Ten Frames Baseball The Graver Tank Works defeated the General Chemical Co. 4-1, at the General Chemical grounds in Hegewisch, on Saturday the Graver Tank Works will play Inland Steel next 2 paragraphs local
The Standing Baseball The official ranking of the American and National baseball league teams national
Hickman Is The Dodgers’ Pride Baseball Jimmy Hickman of the Brooklyn Dodgers is one of the strongest spots in the Dodger line-up, and he is also the fastest base runner in the league 1 paragraph national
Who’s Who In The World Series Baseball A brief profile of New York Giants players, catcher Bill Rariden, George Gibson, Lew M’Carty, pitcher William Perritt, Fred Anderson, Al Demaree, Ferdinand Schupp, and Rube Benton all these players will play for the Giants in the World Series 8 paragraphs national
Beautiful Movie Hero Wants To Win Fight Crown Boxing “Battling” William Russell has issued a challenge to any other movie star who thinks they may be able beat him in the ring, Doug Fairbanks is waging several weeks wages that his trainer “Bull” Montana can defeat Russell 1 paragraph national
Old Days Of Ring In Hammond Boxing Story about a Hammond boxing match between Tommy White and Tommy Morgan in which Tommy Morgan tried to leave the match by claiming that the police were coming 10 paragraphs local
Inter-City Bowling League Bowling A meeting will be held at McCool alleys in Hammond for the purpose of forming an inter-city bowling league that will consist of two teams a piece from Hammond, Gary, East Chicago, and Whiting 1 paragraph local
Hammond, Pine Village And Wabash In League Football The four leading Indiana professional football team managers met in Wabash to form a league and outline a play schedule for the season 2 paragraphs state
Wednesday, September 19, 1917
Chicago Pitchers Brilliant Baseball Chicago is going into the World Series against New York with a strong pitching staff and the good second line defense of Danforth and Williams 11 paragraphs metropolitan
It Has Been A Good Season For The Game’s Grand Old Men Baseball The veteran players of the major leagues have really stole the show this season, many managers are now looking for promising older men rather than promising youngsters 1 paragraph national
Hoosiers Win A. A. Pennant Baseball Indianapolis clinched the American Association pennant by defeating Milwaukee 3 to 2 1 paragraph regional
The Standing Baseball The official ranking of the American and National league baseball teams national
Comiskey Donates Again Baseball Charles Comiskey, the president of the American League baseball club has sent the Red Cross another Check for 3,044.37, the clubs total contribution for the year is now 17,113 1 paragraph metropolitan
Two Michigan Games On Crimson Schedule Basketball Indiana University has added two games with the University of Michigan to its Schedule of important basketball games, Indiana will play Michigan on January 4th and again on February 22nd 2 paragraphs regional
Fight Decisions Boxing The official boxing decisions for matches across the nation national
New York Promoters Arranging Good Bout Boxing New York boxing promoters are attempting to line up several good boxing matches in New York before the Frawley Law outlaws boxing in the state in November, so far the have lined up a match between Johnny Tillman and Charlie White 1 paragraph national
Greb Too Fast For K.O. Brown Boxing Harry Greb of Pittsburgh defeated Brown, the Chicago Greek on a technical knockout in the ninth round of a fifteen round match in Dayton Ohio 4 paragraphs metropolitan
Golf Tourney Brings A Surprise Golf The golf championship at the Hammond Country club is nearing its end, one big surprise was the defeat of club champion W. A. Hill by Dr. T.W. Oberlin 1 paragraph local
Golf At Rochester Golf Fred Rush led the Sixteen players whose scores qualified for the Rochester Golf Club Championship, the contest should be over by the end of the month 1 paragraph regional
Thursday, September 20, 1917
Eclipse Claimant To Honor Baseball The Whiting Eclipse defeated the Polish A.C. to clinch the Lake County Junior Championship at the Graver’s grounds in East Chicago, the Eclipse would like to hear from all 16-17 year old teams that believe they have a claim on the Lake County Junior Championship 4 paragraphs local
The Standing Baseball The official ranking of the American and National league baseball teams national
Picks Giants To Beat Sox Is Locked Up Baseball A man by the name of Henry Spies, who claims that he is from Milwaukee was taken to psychopathic hospital after he predicted that the Sox would loose the world’s series to the Giants, talked very excitedly about the war and appeared to have on very loud clothing 1 paragraph metropolitan
Wall St. Makes Giants Favorites Over White Sox Baseball The Giants are the favorites on Wall street, but no bets will be placed until it is decided which city the first game will be played in and if Herzog will play for the Giants 1 paragraph national
Fight Decisions Boxing The official boxing decisions from matches across the nation national
White And Welling In N.Y. Battles Tonight Boxing Two Chicago lightweights will fight boxing matches in New York, Charlie White of Chicago is boxing Johnny Tillman and Welling is matched against New Yorker Jimmy Duffy 1 paragraph metropolitan
Depauw Stock Soars When Cook Shows Football DePauw University football stock went up when half back football star Cook returned, the team will take to the field tomorrow for practice 1 paragraph regional
More Men Arrive For Nortre Dame Football Football Notre Dame players are returning to Notre Dame for the football season, there will be two practices on Wednesday and only one on Thursday when classes will resume for the fall 1 paragraph state
Cedar Rapids Grid Season Just Open; Boy Breaks Leg Football The first serious injury of the football season was registered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa yesterday when fifteen year old Howard Hayden’s leg was broke in a scrub game 1 paragraph regional
Champion Girl Athlete Stars At Many Sports General Miss Mayme MacDonald of the University of Washington is a champion athlete in many sports, her many athletic talents include baseball, track & field, swimming, hockey, and she has won the Women’s Singles Championship tournament in Portland Oregon 1 paragraph national
Szold Chooses DePauw For His Alma Mater General Emerson High School star, Bernard Szold has decided to enter DePauw University, Szold holds swimming, running, and jumping records 3 paragraphs Local
Friday, September 21, 1917
First Two Games On South Side Baseball The first two games of the world’s series between the Chicago White Sox and the New York Giants will be played in Chicago on October 6th and 7th 1 paragraph metropolitan
The Standing Baseball The official ranking of the American and National league baseball teams national
Pete Henning Day At Sunday’s Game Baseball Sunday at the Hammond ball park will be Pete Henning day, the Hammond players excellent hitting and pitching helped the ball club seize the league pennant 7 paragraphs local
White Sox Have It On Giants In The Catching Department Baseball The White Sox will have the advantage over the Giants in world’s series because they have backstop Ray Schalk 1 paragraph metropolitan
Peeved At Suspension Baker Says He’s Through Baseball Franklin Baker of the New York Americans has decided to retire after he was informed that he is suspended for the rest of the season 1 paragraph national
Jack Dougherty Fighter, Dies Of Appendicitis Boxing Welterweight boxer, Jack Dougherty died will undergoing an operation for an appendicitis at Trinity Hospital in Milwaukee 1 paragraph regional
Football Soldiers Are Ready Football The Second Indiana infantry encampment has the Muncie Congerville Flyers who all enlisted in the army when war broke out, the team is now ready to play football again and there going to take on the East Chicago Tigers on Sunday at Forsythe Park 2 paragraphs local
Want Games Football The Hammond Arrows football team is looking for potential opponents, in the 95 to 105 pounds and 15 to 17 year range, to play them and they would really like to play the Peerless A.C. of East Chicago 1 paragraph
Hammond High School Plays Alumni Saturday Football The first game of the Hammond High School football season will be against former graduates of Hammond High School, next Sunday Hammond High will play Bowen of South Chicago in Hammond 5 paragraphs local
Resta Out For Honor In Big Race Automobile Racing Race car driver, Dario Resta is coming out of retirement to compete with DePalma, Chevrolet, and others at Sheepshead Bay Speedway 3 paragraphs regional
Lightning Hits Porter Stands Automobile Racing The Mineral Springs race track near Porter burned down after being struck by lightening 1 paragraph local
Saturday, September 22, 1917
The Standing Baseball The official ranking of the American and National league baseball teams national
White Sox Desperate Struggle Baseball For the first time since 1906 and the fourth time in the history of the club, the Chicago White Sox have won the American League Championship despite the tough season that the team has had and the pennant race with Boston Red Sox 4 paragraphs metropolitan
N.S.Life Agents To Follow Sox Baseball Four Hammond supporters of the Chicago White Sox will see all four world’s series games played between the White Sox and the New York Giants, the four Hammond men are receiving the all expense paid world’s series trip as a bonus for good sales from the Northern State Life Insurance Company 7 paragraphs local
Fulton To Box In Milwaukee Boxing Heavyweight Fred Fulton will box in Milwaukee on either October 10 or 15, his challenger has not been chosen yet 1paragraph regional
Benny Leonard Stops Leo Johnson In First Boxing Boxer Benny Leonard knocked Leo Johnson out in the first round of the match 1 paragraph Local
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