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Sport's Page Index, 1915 through 1918 |
Monday September 2, 1918 Labor Day
Tuesday, September 3, 1918
Hammond Team Cleans Up Championship, Reynolds Ends With A Victory Baseball Prior to reporting to Camp Grant for military duty, pitcher Jim Reynolds, pitched Hammond to a 4-3 victory over Gary, for the Northwest Indiana Championship 6 paragraphs local
Giant Twirlers Now In U. S. League Baseball Former Giants’ pitcher Rube Benton is currently training at Camp Jackson, S. C. 1 paragraph, plus photo National
Sox Wind Up In Sixth Position Baseball World Champion White Sox finished their regular season with back to back losses to the Detroit Tigers, landing the Sox in 6th place in the American League 2 paragraphs national
Mulford Race Victor; Sets World’s Mark Auto Racing Ralph Mulford set a new World’s record yesterday, when he won the 100-lap Autumn Classic race in Allentown, PA, before a crowd of 20,000 1 paragraph national
Line Up Of The Leagues Baseball Roster of scores and averages of the American and National Leagues 1 paragraph national
Work Or Fight Rule Ends Baseball Season Baseball Major League baseball ceases operations for the duration of the War, with only the World Series left to be played, starting Wednesday, September 4th, 1918 1 paragraph national
Griffiths Beats Doty In Twelve Round Bout Boxing Welterweight Johnny Griffiths was given the newspaper decision over Al Doty yesterday, in a 12-rounder in Canton, Ohio 1 paragraph regional
3,000 Fans See Valpo Fighting Boxing Three thousand fight fans attend the intra-division boxing matches at the Valparaiso University Training Camp 2 paragraphs regional
Friedman Is Winner Over Otto Wallace Boxing Sailor Friedman was awarded the decision over Otto Wallace, in a 10-rounder, in Chicago, yesterday, September 2 2 paragraphs metropolitan
Jess Is Willing To Fight Jack For The Red Cross Boxing Self-proclaimed heavy-Weight Champion, Jess Willard, is willing to fight Jack Dempsey, in Colorado Springs, with all proceeds going to the American Red Cross 1 paragraph national
Wednesday, September 4, 1918
Good Scores Made Sat. Sharpshooting Competition between G. T. Hanlon and Fred Freidley was keen in a field of 15 shooters, with Hanlon winning by an overall score of 43 at Sharpshooter’s Park in Hammond last Saturday 3 paragraphs local
Fishing Is Improving Up North Fishing Grant Phillips of Appleton WI, reports that fishing in Wisconsin and Minnesota is improving as the weather gets colder 1 paragraph Regional
Little Speculating On Baseball Tickets Baseball Ticket speculators in Chicago have acquired a substantial number of tickets for the Chicago World Series, but do not find any outlandish demand, as was the case last year 2 paragraphs metropolitan
Whiting Trapshooters Have Meet Trapshooting H. L. Timm wins the September meeting of the Whiting Trapshooter’s Club by breaking 46 out of 50 targets 1paragraph Local
Sale Lands Dode On Winning Team Baseball Dode Paskert is sold to another team (Information is unclear because of poor reproduction on microfilm) 1 paragraph, plus photo national
Jackie Eleven Will Play Pitt Football Dr. John B. Kaufman, athletic director at Great Lakes Training Station announced a scheduled game against the University of Pittsburgh football team for October 5 1 paragraph regional
William And Single G. In A Special Race Harness Racing William and Single G. will race today at the Fairgrounds in Indianapolis, for a purse of $4,000 1 paragraph Regional
Pete Herman Wins Go From Sharkey Boxing Bantamweight Jack Sharkey fought well in the opening rounds of the bout, but was out-punched by Pete Herman, who won the decision in Philadelphia on Monday, September 2, 1918 1 paragraph national
Minnesota To Play Out Its Grid Games For Sure Football University of Minnesota President, M. L. Burton, announced that their football team would play its entire season in spite of plans to enroll all draft-age students in the S. A. T. C. 1 paragraph regional
Moffett Approves Kennel Show At G. L. Dog Showing The Director of Great Lakes Naval Training Center has approved use of the facility for an American Kennel Club sanctioned all-breed dog show 1 paragraph metropolitan
Great lakes Boxer Floors Flyer Boxing Powers, champion boxer of Great Lakes Naval Training Station knocked out Scully, of the Pensacola Naval air station, on Labor Day, in Pensacola, FL 1 paragraph national
Thursday, September 5, 1918
Sportmen At State Exhibit See Need Of New Fish And Game Law Hunting and Fishing Thousands of visitors and sportsmen at the game and fish exhibit at the Indiana State Fair expressed the need for regulation of hunting and fishing in the state, as well as licensing of sportsmen, and reduction of bag-limits and catch limits 6 paragraphs regional
U. S. Football Star Killed In Action Football Lieut. Irby Rice Curry, of Nashville, TN, and former star football player at Vanderbilt, was killed in aerial combat in France 1 paragraph national
Attendance Will Fall Short Of Other Years Baseball Indications show that attendance of this year’s World Series will fall short of previous years, with considerably lower gate receipts 2 paragraphs metropolitan
Paul Moran Wins Scrap From Foster On Foul Boxing Paul Moran won by a foul committed by Kid Koster in the 8th round, on Tuesday September 3rd, at the Tulane A. C., in New Orleans 1 paragraph national
Auto Shows Abandoned Until The End Of War Auto Shows The National Automobile Chamber of Commerce decided to cancel auto shows until war’s end, citing patriotic obligations to conserve labor fuel and transportation 2 paragraphs national
Match Between Champ Horse Races Postponed Harness Racing The much publicized match between William and Single G., scheduled for September 4th, was postponed because of rain 1 paragraph regional
Betting In New York Swings Against Cubs Baseball Odds-makers in New York have cut previous odds favoring the Cubs, making the World Series an even-money bet 1 paragraph metropolitan
John Sanford Will Sell Full Stable Of 51 Horse Racing Interest in the day’s races was diminished at Belmont Park, NY, on Tuesday, September 4th, when John Sanford announced the sale of his entire stable of 51 thoroughbreds 1 paragraph national
Rube and Benny Join The Big Game Baseball Two Big League ball players, Rube Marquard, formerly of the Dodgers, and Benny Kauff, formerly of the New York Giants, will both return to their respective military units, both having completed the regular season of their teams 1 paragraph, plus photo national
Friday, September 6, 1918
Ruth Triumphs Over Vaughn In A Hurling Duel, 1-0 Baseball Babe Ruth wins the first game of the World Series for Boston by pitching, not hitting, with neither team committing any errors 2 paragraphs Metropolitan
World Series Facts Baseball Roster of information regarding the first game of this year’s World Series, at Comiskey Park. Attendance, receipts, players’ share and other information regarding the second game 1 paragraph metropolitan
Solly Can Fight, But Alas! He’s Too Short Boxing Bantanweight champion Solly Epstein, of Indianapolis, was rejected by the Army at Camp Custer Mich., for being one and one-half inches too short, in spite of beating 8 different camp challengers that very day 1 paragraph regional
Big Series Honors “Mere Trifle” When Compared With This Baseball Hugh Miller, former Federal Leaguer from St. Louis, wrote to a friend and stated that receiving the Distinguished Cross from Gen. Pershing was greater than playing in a World Series 3 paragraphs national
World’s Series This Year Not Like Last For Faber Baseball Red Faber, who starred in last year’s World’s Series between the White Sox and Giants, is following this year’s Series from his office at Great Lakes Naval Station, where he is stationed 1 paragraph metropolitan
Tar Baby Gets Offer Boxing Veteran negro heavyweight boxer, Sam Langford, will become a boxing instructor for negro soldiers 1 paragraph national
A. A. U. Bouts In Milwaukee Ring Boxing The largest boxing carnival to ever be held in the central west will take place in Milwaukee, September 27-28, and open to all A. A. U. registered boxers 3 paragraphs regional
Set Auto Records For Minneapolis Fair Track Auto Racing Three new auto records for the track were established at the Minnesota State Fair on Wednesday, at St. Paul, MN 1 paragraph regional
First Series Game Drew 5,000 Baseball The total attendance at the first World’s Series game, in 1884, was less than 5,000 1 paragraph national
They’re Going To Break Into The World’s Series, Too; The Real One In Which The Kaiser’s Going To Lose Baseball Several major and minor league baseball players currently stationed at Camp Zachary Taylor are members of the Camp’s baseball team 1 paragraph, plus photo national
Saturday, September 7, 1918
Cubs Take Second Of Series, 3-1 Baseball George Tyler is touted as the “Babe Ruth” of the Cubs, by pitching a near shut-out and driving in two runs to give the Cubs a win in game two of the World’s Series over Boston, at Comiskey Park 9 paragraphs Metropolitan
Last OF Sox’s Famous Outfield Trio Played Big Part In Copping The Flag Baseball Harry Hooper is the last of Boston’s pennant-winning outfield after fellow outfielder, Speaker was sold to the Indians, and Lewis answered to military induction 1 paragraph plus photo national
They’re Out To Win The World Pennant For Chicago Baseball Photo and caption listing all of the Chicago Cubs players who will “…get a slice of the melon” should the Cubs win the Series 1 paragraph, plus photo metropolitan
Lieut. Touchard, Net Star Dead Tennis Lieut. Gustav F. Touchard of New York, two-time National indoor tennis champion and now a lieutenant in the Canadian Air Force, died at Camp Borden, in Toronto, following an operation for an abscess on his brain 3 paragraphs national
President Wilson Asked To Stop Racing Auto/Horse Racing? A merchant’s and manufacturer’s association in Baltimore asked Pres. Wilson to halt racing in Maryland, for the duration of the war (The article fails to identify whether auto or horse racing) 1 paragraph national
Rain Halts Trot Races Harness Racing Yesterday’s rainy conditions in Hartford, CN caused cancellation of the final races of the Grand Circuit card at Charter Oak 1 paragraph national
Herman Defeats Zulu Kid Boxing New Orleans bantamweight champion, Pete Herman defeated Brooklyn’s “Young Zulu Kid” in 8 rounds, and Frankie Burns beat Battling Reddy September 6, at Jersey City 1 paragraph national
Single G. Wins Match Race From William Harness Racing The great pace horse from Indiana, Single G., won three straight heats against William for a $4,000 purse on September 6, at the Indiana State Fair Grounds 1 paragraph regional
Their Brains May Decide Big Series Baseball Managers, Fred Mitchell of the Cubs, and Heinie Wagner of the Red Sox, may be the deciding factors for the World’s Series 1 paragraph, plus 2 photos metropolitan
Monday, September 9, 1918
Breezy Sport Gossip About Soldier Boys Near Trenches All Sports Extensive article regarding the various sport activities of America’s fighting men stationed overseas 11 paragraphs national
Sports Fostered In France By Y. M. C. A. All Sports Collage of 3 photos depicting American soldiers participating in Y. M. C. A. sponsored baseball, boxing and basketball in France 3 photos
Wessel, Ind. Fighter Breaks Leg In Fall Wrestling Earl Wessel, of Evansville, regarded as Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky wrestling champion, broke his leg in a fall in Norfolk, VA, where he is employed by the Government 1 paragraph national
When Duke Gets Back Home He’ll Don Khaki Of Uncle Sam Swimming Holder of several World’s swimming records, Duke Kahanamoku, of Honolulu, has been elevated to class 1 by his draft board, and will be drafted into the army upon his return from a U. S. tour 1 paragraph national
Expect Big Squawk When Ball Players Hear Size Of Purse Baseball With receipts for the first three games of the World’s Series only totaling $100,000, should Boston clinch the Series in two more games, their will not be enough to pay the players their promised shares 3 paragraphs metropolitan
Football Managers Organize A League Football Managers of teams interested in organizing a Chicago amateur football league, with a sectional and championship schedule will meet tomorrow in Chicago 1 paragraph metropolitan
Indian Fighter Beats Job Bonds Boxing Clay Turner, “The Indian” defeated Job Bonds in a 4th-round TKO at the National A. C., in Philadelphia, on September 7 1 paragraph national
Tuesday, September 10, 1918
Red Sox Score Winning Tally On A Wild Heave Baseball In the 4th game of the World’s Series, and the 1st game played in Boston, the Red Sox pulled ahead of the Cubs in the 8th inning, winning 3-2, and increasing Boston’s Series lead to 3-1 4 paragraphs Metropolitan
Gridiron Sport Will Survive Despite National Army Draft Football Colleges are scheduled to begin football practice on September 15th, and with all colleges and universities giving military training to draft-age men, the schools are essentially military reserve units, thus having little effect on college football 4 paragraphs national
Wednesday, September 11, 1918
Cubs Win Second Of Big Series Baseball Chicago southpaw Hippo Vaughn propelled the Cubs to a 3-0 victory over the Boston Red Sox, yesterday, September 10th, in Boston, narrowing the Red Sox series lead to 3-2 2 paragraphs metropolitan
Good Football Prospects But Nary A Coach Football With 35 candidates, six which are returning veterans, the Hammond High football team finds itself without a coach this season, while preparing for their first game against Mishawaka, on October 12 3 paragraphs local
Bowlers To Meet Bowling Local bowling alleys are prepping the lanes for the opening of the season, September 14th, and local bowlers are meeting to discuss the formation of inter-city leagues, with 3-man, instead of 5-man teams, because of the war 2 paragraphs local
C. A. C. Win First Game Of Series Baseball The Columbia A. C. won the first of a three game series against the South Side A. C., of Hammond, yesterday at the Columbia grounds, by a score of 6-4 3 paragraphs local
New Lease On Life For Veteran Hurler Helps Cubs Materially In Their Drive Baseball Chicago Cubs pitcher, Claude Hendryx, who most fans thought was declining at the end of the 1917 season, has contributed to the Cubs’ success this season, with a pitching average of over 700% 1 paragraph, plus photo metropolitan
Thursday, September 12, 1918
Muff By Flack A Fatal Mistake That Ends It All Baseball A fly dropped by Max Flack in the third inning, that would have been a third out, resulted in two runs scored by the Red Sox, costing the Chicago Cubs the game and the series, with Boston winning 4 games of the seven-game World’s Series, yesterday at Boston 5 paragraphs metropolitan
Football Stars At Grant Begin Work On Monday Football All units at Camp Grant, IL, are being canvassed for gridiron material to form a camp football squad, while funds are being raised to prepare a regulation field 4 paragraphs regional
Board Upholds Hoppe’s Claim Billiards Professional billiards player, Willie Hoppe, was granted a 4-A classification by his draft-board, citing his dependents, but he will be compelled to begin an exhibition tour on behalf of the Red Cross 2 paragraphs national
Chilly Weather, Hot Heats, In So. Bend Races Harness Racing In spite of cold weather and low attendance, their were several close contests at the South Bend harness track on Tuesday, September 10th 3 paragraphs regional
Boston Never Beaten In World Series Baseball Boston has never been beaten in a World’s Series, winning a total of five, and in one case coming back to win the series after dropping three straight games to the Philadelphia Athletics in 1914 1 paragraph National
Football Coach Won’t Be Back at Purdue Football Purdue’s Athletic Director, O. F. Cutts, announced yesterday that head football coach, Cleo F. O’Donnell will not be returning to Lafayette, and will be replaced by assistant coach Arthur Scanlon 2 paragraphs regional
Friday, September 13, 1918
Breezy Sport Gossip About Soldier Boys Near Trenches War Sports Large feature article on sports exhibitions overseas, involving U. S. servicemen, including baseball exhibitions, boxing and track and field events 10 paragraphs national
Red Sox Regulars Each Draw $1,108.45 Baseball Regular members of the World Championship Boston Red Sox received a $20,837.45 share of the gate receipts, giving each man $1,108.45 2 paragraphs national
Hammond To Have Town Football Club Football In spite of the fact that most of the stars are in the service, semi-professional football will be staged in Hammond by sports promoter, Bill Parduhn 4 paragraphs local
Dempsey Boxes In Frisco Tonight Boxing Jack Dempsey, who is regarded as Jess Willard’s only ring rival, will meet Willie Meehan for a 4-rounder, in San Francisco this evening 1 paragraph national
Cubs Are Registered, Although On Train Baseball Manager Mitchell, Paskert and Zeider, the only Cubs not registered for the draft, have complied while en-route back home from their World’s Series loss to the Boston Red Sox 1 paragraph metropolitan
Football Game In The Balance Football There is a possibility that the War Department will request the suspension of football schedules at colleges with military training programs, mandating that spare time for draft-age men be devoted to military training 4 paragraphs national
Saturday, September 14, 1918
Over 1,000 Football Games Are Scheduled For Coming Season Football In Spite of thousands of college athletes serving in the armed forces, there are over 1,000 football games scheduled for this season, for colleges and universities 4 paragraphs national
Cobb And Matty Will Have Real Work Baseball Major General William L. Sibert, of the Chemical Warfare Service disputes claims that prominent sports figures like Ty Cobb, Christy Mathewson and Branch Rickey will have non-hazardous jobs in the military, but will be directly involved in gas warfare training, possibly at the front 4 paragraphs national
Here’s A New Kind Of Record Auto Racing Earl Cooper established a new world’s tire changing record of 12 seconds, yesterday, at Milwaukee 1 paragraph regional
Big Ten Teams Able To Carry Out Grid Plans Football The War Department announced that rumors of plans to suspend college football this season were incorrect, citing the benefits of rigorous training for draft age students, and only mandating that colleges refrain from long team road-trips that keep athletes from their military training 4 paragraphs national
Downhearted Cubs Get Their Bit, Then They Beat It Baseball The Cubs met with Club President Weeghman regarding their lack of any share of the Cubs organization’s receipts from the World’s Series, only to learn that Weeghman received only $10,000, a 1% return on his $1,000,000.00 investment for the season 5 paragraphs metropolitan
Wisconsin Prepares To Start Football Team Football Preparations are being made in Madison, WI, for the beginning of football practice for the University of Wisconsin, with officials speculating a boost in sports performances resulting from military training 1 paragraph regional
Monday, September 16, 1918
Purdue Ponders Its Grid Status Football Officials At Purdue are unsure of this year’s gridiron schedule because of the loss of Coach O’Donnell, but Major Jackson, military director for Camp Purdue, is quite optimistic, citing the excellent material developed through the military training program 6 paragraphs regional
Chaos To Reign Because Teams Are Shy Of Men Football The 1918 season poses to be a challenge for coaches throughout the country, because of the uncertainty of returning veteran players who have answered the call to arms 6 paragraphs national
Cageball Is New And Popular Sport In Army And Navy Camps War Sports Cageball, a new game that can be played by as few as a dozen men, and as many as 1,000, has gained great popularity on domestic and foreign military bases. Played on a large field, participants attempt to bat, punch or throw (but never kick) a 24-inch diameter ball into the opposing team’s nets, on opposite ends of the field 9 paragraphs national
Illini See Football As Means To Train Material For Army Football That football will be one of the means by which 5,000 members of the University of Illinois student army will train, is the hope of head coach, Bob Zuppke 4 paragraphs regional
Hanlon Again Wins Rifle Shot Target Shooting Once again, George Hanlon won the weekly rifle shoot of the Hammond Rifle Club, with a score of 41 2 paragraphs Local
A Powerful Semi-Pro League Is In The Making Baseball The Executive Committee of the National Baseball Federation is meeting in Cleveland, to discuss the organization of a powerful semi-professional league that will take the place of professional baseball next year 1 paragraph national
Notre Dame Drops W. J. Because Of Long Trip Football Washington and Jefferson will be dropped from Notre Dame’s Schedule because of the Government’s order to cancel long trips for football games 1 paragraph regional
Tuesday, September 17, 1918
Meet To Discuss Freshman Rule Football With so many college men in the service, the Western Conference Athletic Association will meet to discuss the advisability of recommending that conference colleges lift the freshman rule for the duration of the war 2 paragraphs national
Walsh, Ex-Semi Pro, Wounded In France Baseball John “Jack” Walsh, former catcher for the City League Travelers, from Chicago, was wounded in action in France 1 paragraph metropolitan
Same Old Hank Baseball Hank Gowdy, former catcher for the Boston Braves, and now stationed in France, has the admiration of soldiers from his home state of Ohio, who maintain that Hank has the same positive attitude in war that he had in baseball 5 paragraphs national
Camp Grant Grooms For Sept. 28; Scraps Against Taylor Team The Camp Grant athletic director has finalized plans for a big boxing tournament with Camp Taylor, to take place on September 26th, at the Camp Grant, IL, arena 3 paragraphs regional
Twenty Candidates Out At Notre Dame Football Twenty candidates for the Notre Dame football team were put through the grueling rigors of one of Coach Rockne’s “light work-outs” on their first day of practice in South Bend 1 paragraph regional
Puryear In Draw With Joe Burman Boxing Corporal Earl Puryear fought Joe Burman, of Chicago, to a ten-round draw last night in LaSalle, IL, in a crowd-pleasing, action-packed fight 1 paragraph regional
Wednesday, September 18, 1918
Columbias Win Series And Honors Baseball The Columbia A. C., of West Hammond, won the West Hammond championship by defeating the South Side A. C., in the second game of a three game series, by a score of 6-3 4 paragraphs local
Wabash To Begin Grid Practice Next Monday Football Wabash College, in Crawfordsville, IN, will begin football practice on September 24th, one week before the beginning of the Fall semester, with their first scheduled game against Butler, on October 5th 2 paragraphs regional
Race Meeting Will Be Held, Say Promoters Horse Racing Officials of the Liberty Jockey Club, in Libertyville, Illinois, plan a 13-day running race meeting at Libertyville, from September 28, to October 12, despite anti-gambling protests 4 paragraphs regional
Ban On Race Betting Ordered By Daniels Horse Racing Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the Navy, has ordered the State’s Attorney and the Lake County, IL sheriff to take measures against horse betting at the Libertyville, IL, meet, scheduled for this month 3 paragraphs regional
Here The Dodgers Are Once More Football/Baseball ? The East Chicago Dodgers will play their first game this Sunday, against the Junior Peerless of Whiting, and are seeking games against fast teams averaging 110 pounds 1 paragraph local
The Sport Spyglass All Sports Miscellaneous national and international sports briefs 9 paragraphs national/international
Puryear and Burman Battle Ten Rounds Without Advantage; Fight Decisions Boxing Joe Burman and Corp. Carl Puryear fought to a 10-round draw on Monday night in LaSalle IL; Jimmy Hanlon won by default when Red Dolan Injured his shoulder, in New Orleans; and Benny Leonard beat Harry Pierce in Philadelphia 4 paragraphs National
Leonard Mauls Pierce, But Bout Is No Cinch Boxing Benny Leonard faced tough competition in his 6-round victory against Harry Pirece, at the Olympic A. C., Monday night in Philadelphia 1 paragraph national
Thursday, September 20, 1918
Graver Tank Team Wins Baseball The Graver Tank Works baseball team beat the Iriquois Iron Team, at South Chicago, last Saturday, by a score of 3-2 1 paragraph Local
Indiana Man High In Camp Perry Shoot Pistol Shooting Although the Camp Perry team is leading in the first of a four-phase shooting competition at Camp Perry Ohio, the highest individual score is currently held by H. J. Mueller, of the Indiana team 1 paragraph national
Tendler Is Southpaw Lightweight Champ Boxing Lew Tendler, claimant of the lightweight championship out-pointed fellow southpaw, George Chaney, of Baltimore,last night in Philaelphia 1 paragraph national
Coch Filwell Let Out Of Tu. Of Pa. Football Because of the uncertainty of the football situation, the University of Pennsylvania notified its head football coach, Robert Folwell, that his services would not be needed this year 1 paragraph national
Roller Wants Referee To Give A Decision Wrestling Dr. Roller, who will meet William Demetral for the second time, tomorrow night at the Haymarket Theater, demands a decision from the referee, even if the match fails to produce two falls, as was the case in the wrestlers’ previous meeting 1 paragraph regional
Purple Loses Stars To Army Football Northwestern University announced yesterday that 20 of its star football players, who had entered the officers training program, at Ft. Sheridan, received commissions from the army, diminishing the team’s prospects for this season 2 paragraphs regional
Jess Offers Meehan bout For War Fund Boxing Heavyweight Champion, Jess Willard has wired Willie Meehan, offering to meet Meehan in a war-benefit bout, following Meehan’s out-pointing Jack Dempsey in San Francisco 1 paragraph National
The Sport Spyglass All Sports Miscellaneous national and national sports briefs 10 paragraphs
Friday, September 20, 1918
Spaulding Football Guide Gives Hammond Credit Football Hammond’s three-state championship football team of 1917, has won recognition in the Spaulding Official Football Guide for 1918, citing the teams accomplishments and star-players, five of whom are on the Spaulding All-Indiana Independent Football Eleven 10 paragraphs Regional
Saturday, September 21, 1918
Gary Wins One Point At Meet Track and Field The team Representing Chicago at the National A. A. U. Track and Field Competition, held yesterday, at Great Lakes Naval Training Station emerged victorious with a score of 34 points, in what is considered to be the greatest amateur track and field event ever held in this country 5 paragraphs regional
Monday, September 23, 1918
Kearns And Dempsey Spend Day In City Boxing Jack Dempsey and manager Jack Kearns arrived in the city yesterday, while en-route to Philadelphia, and when queried, Kearns indicated that he and Dempsey have offered several inducements to Jess Willard for a scheduled title-bout 1 paragraph local
Louis Peters Resigns As Racing Promoter Horse Racing Declaring that he was the victim of pro-German propaganda instigated to stop the raising of war funds through the Libertyville races, Louis Peters, manager and promoter of the Liberty Jockey Club, tendered his resignation yesterday 1 paragraph regional
Tuesday, September 24, 1918 No sports articles in the paper
Wednesday, September 25, 1918
Indiana In Doubt About Long Schedule The Indiana Athletic Commission is meeting to discuss whether or not college teams will be allowed to play out their long distance schedules for the duration of the war, and Big Ten Representatives are meeting in Chicago to debate abolishment of the Freshman eligibility rule 4 paragraphs regional
Stagg Warriors Show Response To Week’s Drill Football Although Coach Stagg has not received confirmation for the scheduled game between Chicago and Minnesota, the Maroons were put through a grueling practice regimen this week in Chicago, in preparation for the pending season 4 paragraphs metropolitan
Who Said Fight? Football East Chicago’s Gopher Jrs. met the Peerless A. C., of Whiting, last Sunday, at East Chicago, and routed the Oil City team by a score of 31-0 3 paragraphs local
Suggestion May Bring Change In ‘Big Ten’ Rule Football Colonel R. I. Reese, of the general staff in charge of the student’s army training corps, yesterday endorsed steps taken by the Big Ten and the Missouri Conference to waive eligibility rules, thus permitting college freshmen to participate in collegiate sports, for the duration of the war 3 paragraphs national
There’ll Be A Cold Time At The “19th “ Hole Golf John D. Henry, winner of the Grand American Handicap shoot at Chicago’s South Shore Country Club in August, has sold his barber shop to two of his former employees 1 paragraph metropolitan
Lewis Has Edge Over Leonard In Eight-Round Go Boxing Ted “Kid” Lewis, welterweight champion, fought a tenacious lightweight champion, Henry Leonard, to an eight round draw, in front of a crowd of 10,000 in Newark, NJ, last night 4 paragraphs National
Leonard Has Shade Boxing Although Benny Leonard was a shade better than Kid Lewis in the final round, last night in Newark, no decision was given by the referee 1 paragraph national
Evanston Player Hurt In Practice Football 18-year-old Henry Hassel, of Evanston, sustained a broken shoulder during a practice football game at Evanston Township High School, where Hassel is a junior 1 paragraph metropolitan
Ed Konechty Plans To Don Khaki Uniform Baseball Ed Konechty, first baseman for the Boston Braves, who is presently vacationing in La Crosse WI, is leaving for St Louis in a few days to begin military service 1 paragraph national
Thursday, September 26, 1918
Rensselaer Is Defeated Football Rensselaer’s high school football team traveled to Morocco last Saturday, where they met defeat, losing to Morocco by a score of 27-5 3 paragraphs regional
Schurz Team Loses Leader Through Fall Tommy Ward, captain of Chicago’s Carl Schurz High School football team, will miss the entire season as a result of injuries sustained from falling from a moving train 1 paragraph metropolitan
Murder In Golf Club; La Porte Boy Held Golf Harold Huber, a 15-year-old caddy at the La Porte Country Club is being held on $10,000 bond on a larceny charge, while authorities investigate the shooting death of club caterer Frank Wolfe, who accused Huber of stealing some money 1 paragraph regional
Lewis’ End Is $8,506 And Leonard’s Is $11,908 Boxing Receipts of the Leonard Lewis fight in Newark last Monday, netted $34,024, with 35% of the gate going to Leonard, and 25% going to Lewis 1 paragraph national
Toledo To Promote Wartime Ring Bouts Boxing Toledo Mayor, Cornell Schreiber has announced that a city boxing commission will take over all promoting of bouts until war’s end, with proceeds going to wives and children of servicemen 1 paragraph regional
Gophers To Cancel Two More Football Games Football Major Ralph Adams, commander of the S. A. T. C., at the University of Minnesota, will not grant any furloughs earlier than Friday nights, thus automatically canceling two of the Gophers’ long distance games 2 paragraphs regional
Friday, September 27, 1918
Department Of War To Decide On Eligibility Collegiate Sports The directors of athletics for the Big Ten and other conferences have been formally tendered to the war department, in consideration of all male athletes being enrolled in S. A. T. C., thus making all rulings regarding athletic eligibility subject to the War Dept. 3 paragraphs national
Friedman And Carl Delaney Fight To A Draw Boxing Jackie Carl Delaney, of Great Lakes Training Center, and Sailor Friedman of Chicago, fought to an exciting 10-round draw last night in Rock Island, IL 2 paragraphs metropolitan
Week-End Ball League Formed Baseball Today the National Baseball Federation, in Cleveland, selected eight cities (Chicago included) as sites for teams to represent a semi-professional baseball league for next season 5 paragraphs national
Packey Has A Shade Over Dryer In Bout Boxing Packey Mc Farland, boxing instructor at Camp Taylor, bested Camp Grant’s boxing instructor, Fred Dyer, in a 3-rounder, last night, at Camp Grant IL, in a multi-bout tourney that ended in a draw between the two military camps 3 paragraphs regional
Seek Michigan For Date Given Up By Gophers Football When Minnesota announced the cancellation of its game at Indianapolis, Indiana University Coach, Edward O Steihm opted to retain the date, in hopes of scheduling another game, possibly with Michigan 2 paragraphs regional
Standard A. C. Seeks Games With Other Lake Co. Teams Football The Standard Athletic Club of Hammond seeks games with any Lake County team averaging 125 pounds 1 paragraph local
Collapsible Ring Is Big Help To The Boys At Camp Boxing Valparaiso’s training camp has a collapsible boxing ring that can be assembled in just eight minutes, designed by Lieut. Seastrum of the detachment 2 paragraphs regional
Fred Norton, Buckeye Athlete Is Killed College Sports Fred W. Norton, former captain of Ohio State’s basketball team, and fullback for the football team was killed in action in France 1 paragraph regional
Saturday, September 28, 1918
Gas Saving Rule Extended To Ban All Auto Racing Auto Racing Federal Fuel Administrator, H. A. Garfield requested that all auto racing, motorcycle racing, boat racing and other speed contests be suspended for the duration of the war as a fuel conserving measure, also citing that skilled mechanics and drivers were needed for the war 2 paragraphs national
New Orleans Racing To Start New Years Auto Racing John T. Prender, president of the Businessmen’s Racing Association announced that racing at the New Orleans fair grounds would run from New Years to Mardi Gras, amid protests of those wishing to ban the events for moral, economic and military reasons 1 paragraph national
Two Football Games Billed West Today Football Football returns today, but in a more diminished status, with only two major contests, Great lakes vs. the University of Iowa; and Notre Dame vs. Case, at Cleveland 1 paragraph regional
Great Lakes Off With 22 Players Football 22 players from the Great Lakes Training Center left last night for today’s scheduled game against the University of Iowa 1 paragraph regional
West Point Cadets In First Tilt Today Football In Spite of several college games cancelled because of the war, the cadets will open their season at West Point today, against the Mitchell Field Aviators from Mineola 2 paragraphs plus game schedule national
Football Comes Second Columbia Officer Says Football Although Col. John E. Finley, commandant of Columbia University’s S. A. T. C., believes that football is a fine sport, there will be little or none played this season, citing more patriotic priorities 1 paragraph national
Gas Saving Fule (Rule-typo in paper) Extended To Ban All Auto Racing Auto Racing Once again the Fuel Administration has requested a cessation of all motorized racing for the duration of the war, as a fuel conserving measure 1 paragraph national
Monday, September 30, 1918
Kostich Earns Honors For Play In Chess Title Chess Gary native, and Serbian master player Boris Kostich, became the Western Champion on Saturday by defeating J. S. Morrison, of Toronto, who had himself beaten seven opponents in a row in the previous day’s competition 7 paragraphs local
Bowen Eleven Ties Froebel Football In their first game of the season, Gary’s Froebel High School tied Chicago’s Bowen High School 0-0 3 paragraphs local
Government Cancels Many Grid Games Football Fans can expect a wholesale revision of the Big Ten Schedule this Fall because of the ruling that football trips involving overnight absence will interfere with military drills on campuses, thus eliminating many of the major collegiate games 1 paragraph national
Hun Shell Bursts At Second Base In Game; No Yanks Are Put Out. Baseball While playing a game on a makeshift field in France, American soldiers had their game interrupted by an artillery shell that exploded at 2nd base. With no one injured, the umpire yelled “play ball,” and play resumed 6 paragraphs national
Football Saturday Football Roster of the results of Saturday’s major college games 1 paragraph national
Win Their First Game Football The Hammond Arrows won their first game, beating the Colonial A. C. by a score of 10-9, and are currently looking for other games 1 paragraph local
Alumni Defeats Hammond High Football The Alumni of Hammond High beat the high school team by a score of 23-6, on Saturday afternoon 1 paragraph local
The Pinch Hitter War Effort Cartoon Illustration depicting Uncle Sam at bat, knocking a submarine out of the park, with bases loaded, driving in our allies illustration with caption
