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Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-30
Fish Tales :

But one or two parties dropped
their lines overheard from any OF
Van Pelt's boats yesterday after
noon owing to the inclement wealth
err. Johnson, and three others, from
Plainfeld, hauled in seventeen weaks
and blues, but the two or three 9TH
err catches made only averaged one
or two fish. The fish don't seem to
take hold when 1t rains, only when
the weather is haZy.
Cliff Lining had a party of friends
out fishing Monday in his launch, the
Miami, and between showers they
caught q big mess Of bluefsh. They
had intended fishing off East Point,
but it was too rough down there, so
they anchored on the white fats, be
tween the Great Beds light and
Soldiers.
George Si1bon and J. Milligan an
chored off the old shad net stakes
opposite Willett's boathouse at Nor
gan's Monday and caught twenty-one
bluehsh, some of them weighing
three and one-half pounds.
Eels are taking the bob and they
run very big. Nightwalkers are to
be found on any lawn or In the damp
earth under heavy brush or trees.
String the worms on silk thread and
bob in three or four feet of water.
The heavy showers causes fresh
and keeps the bluefsh hugging
the bottom. Bedford fishermen who
fish the southwest spit say the fish
are plentiful, zut they won't rise for
the bait. 1t is the same way all over
Raritan Bay, where lead is needed
il order TO place the bait in front of
the fish.
George Starkweather and B. Jack
wen out from Ryerson's (Mor-
gan Station) boathouse Sunday with
Captain Ed Wells and caught fifty
bluefsh, which they brought home to
their Oliver street jeweler friends.
They fshed in the rain n minute,
with the sun shining the next.
nxyrNrYAr0 NrUuTS ,nuere tN. RoJS
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-30
COBB LIKELY TO SURPASS
BATTING RECORD IN 1911

T. Raymond Cobb, che wonderful
out1elder Of the Detroit Tigers, this
season Is out after a record that may
stand side by side with the pyramids.
The record In question is none other
than the highest batting aveEge ever
compiled in big league warfare since
Arson startled the natives in 1879 by
batting .407 for the year.
These are the 400 hitters Of the
game to date IN 100 or more games:
Duffy, Boston, 1S9E12S games, average
438.
Keeler, Baltimore, 1S97-12S games, aver
age .422.
Burkett, Cleveland, 1S95-n2 games, aver
age .423.
Lajole, Cleveland, 19O1-131 games, aver
age .423.
Arson. Chicago, 18S7-1a games, aver
age Al.
Burkett, Cleveland. 189s-133 games, aver
age 40.
Delahanty. Philadelphia, 1899-145 games,
average .4oS.
Duffy of Boston, now head of the
White Sox, holds the record to date,
with .43S.
These are the figures that Cobb
must beat to get there, and the dope
If there is any such animal-shows
that he has his chance to land. For
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-30
BICYCLE RACES
ON LABOR DAY
PlainfieId Events of Interest
in This City.

Final arrangements have been
completed at Plain1eld for thSSbi-
cycle road races to be held thee on
Labor Day. and local enthusiasts will
have a chance to enter that field Of
sport If they care to.
There are nine races on the bill,
with a fve-mile motor paced ace be-
tween Clifford Jones and William
Drake, of that city. A one-mile
county championship race will also
be run off, and many from this VI
cinity will probably enter. The races
will be held over the Mountain ave-
nue. course, and it is predicted that
some fast time will be made.
The officials IN charge, to whom
application for entry may be sent,
will be: Referee, DR.. R. L. Cooley;
judges, G. L. Farley, R. L. Barn
hard, H. K. Lister, w. R. Cass. o. l..
Adams, and G. S. Robbins; timers,
R. P. Gray and Casper Waglow;
starter, Jack Horner.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-30
HUCUEN0T A. 6. WANTS
GAME FOR LABOR DAY

Manager Barry, of the Huguenot
A. C. has been on the Job this week
and has succeeded in booking the
fast Cathedral Minstrels of New
York. This nine is not very well
known in this vicinity, but they
claim they have a team afraid of
nothing. The Huguenot aggregation
is ready for them and think that they
will be able to get more runs than
the other fellows. They have the
spirit but whether they can live up
to their claims remains to be seen.
They would like to travel on La
Dor Day but as yet have no fast nine
to play against. Manager Barry has
his booking eye open and any good
team desiring a game should look
him up at once. The Huguenot lads
are not used to going around the
country and they would like to see
how it feels. Their manager wants
to get a good game and one that they
will have to work for. They have the
goods and want a team who has a
rating. The managers OF
teams desiring the game should step
lively or they will get left.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-30
EVENING NEWS SPORTING PAGE
BASEBALL is
TALKED ABOUT
Roller Skating Will Cause
Indoor Athletic Events.

Since roller skating sessions we're
resumed In the Auditorium a little
more than a week ago there has been
much talk about basketball, races
and other indoor sporting events
such as made the Auditorium a pop
ular attraction last winter. There
are strong indications that a city
basketball league will be formed,
which will perhaps cause two games
a week. If such a league is started
it will be conducted in a different
manner than were those Of the past
two years. The Auditorium man
agement will make a new arrange
ment with players whereby there is
not likely to be any more distrub-
ances such as disrupted the league
last year 1t is expected that repre-
sentatives of teams will shortly con-
fer with the Auditorium managers
on that subject.
Plans are underway for a number
of special features to be held in con-
junction with the Friday night roll
er skating sessions. Roller skating
races, running races and basketball
will be among them. Basketball, no
doubt the most popular Of these
sports, will have the call on most
occasions.
The roller skating sessions now
being held every Friday night and
Saturday afternoon are attracting
good crowds.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-30
TOURNAMENT
CALLED OFF
Absent Players and Wet
Courts End the Contests.

Owing to the fact that several
members Of the South End Club,
who were in line for third place,
have gone away on vacations for the
coming week, the tennis tournament,
which was conducted by that club
during the past month, will be
brought to a close, without deciding
who will get third place.
The rain has also put a damper on
the sport, and has spoiled the plans
of the contestants, who hoped to fin
ish the tournament up last week, as
several had planned to spend this
week out of town. The bronze med
al, which was to be given TO the one
securing third place, will be held
oye until next year, when 1t is
planned to hold another tournment.
The following table shows the
percentage of each contestant up un-
til the time the tournament closed,
which was decided upon only last
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-30
PRINCET0NS AND THE
ASHLAEDS CROSS BATS

Have you heard about the Prince
tons for this week? Well, they are
to meet the Ashlands and think of
the time there will be. The Prince
tons are playing the real article and
have had the best of a material to
choose a nine from. They played
the Iroquois 2 games and split even.
1t looks as If another ought to be
played to decide which has the better
team. Both sides have any number
of hackers who want to see a con-
test arranged between the mines.
The game this week is sure to at
tract a large number of fans. CARTS
will probably be on the mound for
the Ashlands and Seger will receive.
The Princetons will also have a
strong battery and which they Will
spring on the other nine. 1t is still
a secret who the battery Is.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-30
BASEBALL DIES
At SPOTSWOOD
Curtain Drawn on 1911 Sea-
SOn--POOr Record.
spsosql 70 the EVENING NEws.

Spotswood, Aug. 30:-Baseball
for the season of 1911 has been
called off in this burg. The an
nouncement has brought regret to
many faithful fans and a few Of the
players, but on the whole the popU-
lace appears relieved that a curtain
has been drawn over the unprece-
dent ~disgraceful record Of the Spots
wood club. A game was to be played
here Saturday with Englishtown
nine, which is going quite fast at
present, but the inability to keep
the local nine together made q
change necessary.
The Elm A. A. made a credltable
showing during 1910 and close fol
lowers Of the game held hopes for
a more successful season this year.
But another club started early this
spring divided sentiment so com
pletely that matters were never ad-
justed satisfactorily to both sides.
The new organization was called the
Spotswood Athletic Club and after
a very unsuccessful season with
drew from the field in favor of the
old Elm A. A. This team repre-
scented the town In the last four
games and made anything but a
laudable showing.
Spotswood has always been the
home Of a good baseball team, which
brought much advertising to the vii
lage and many visitors every Satur-
day afternoon. Yet, with all these
things, the borough's officials and
bushes men declined to assist, either
financially or otherwise, and thus
added many obstacles to the game.
Better luck next year." is the
motto of the local baseball followers
now
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-30
MOTORING BOWLING
FISHING BOATING
GOOD PROGRAM
FOR LABOR DAY
Two Events on Water and
Trotting at WestfieId.

With numerous ball games in the
morning, the carnival Of the Pc
AmbO Canoe Club, and the regatta
Of the Keyport Yacht Club to be
held in the afternoon, this city will
be certainly In the limeIight on La
Dor Day as far as sporting circles
are concerned.
Further, comes the announcement
that Henry POlkowitz will enter his
famous trotting horses, Bridget Car
rol and Record, in the races to be
held Labor Day afternoon, to be
held under the auspices of the West
field Driving and Riding Club.
These horses need 40 introduction
to the followers Of that sport in this
vicinity. They have COPIED ribbon
after ribbon, as well as winning many
a bet for their owner, such as the
race held some time ago at Morgan,
where Bridget Carol defeated some
of the best horses in the county.
Bridget Carol will race in the
2.20 class, for which there is a
purse of $500, and PoIkowitz is con-
fdent Of winning out in this race,
although some of the best horses In
the state are entered. The horse
RECORD Will De placed IN the III
class, for which the purse is the
same, and the steed will travel right
along in that class.
There are other classes Of races,
such as the 2:26 and 2:30 time, and
the same amount of purse will be
given in each Of these. This track,
known as the Fair Acres track, Is
reputed to be one of the fastest half
mile speedways in this part of the
country, and everyone attending is
sure of seeing some fast races. The
committee is working hard to make
the affair a success Music has been
secured for the day, and stages will
meet all t~rolleys and trains. All
events will start promptly at 1880
o'clock and a large crowd is ex-
pected to be on hand.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-30
MEN To PLAY
WITH hMB0YS
Manager Hardiman Tells
Something About Them.

So much talk has been started
about the strength of the Amboys as
being an unknown quantity that
Manager Hardiman has taken it upon
himself to give a pedigree of each
player whom he intends to put in
the first game.
Bowen, he says, is a college
pitcher, who has had experience in
this vicinity and Spotswood. Lief
ty" Hayes Is well known already
PRODUCTION. Ed. Morse the third
sacker is another college pro-
duct and he promises to be there
with the goods. Stratton, the star of
the South Amboy Athletics, will COW
er the second bag while Ted" Sea-
man, an old Raritan man will fill out
the corners. Herman, the heavy hit
ter of the Independents will be seen
in one of the gardens. Coakley, from
South Amboy stops the Founders
on the infeld while Burlane will stop
them behind the bat.
Burlane is another collegian and
was the catcher for Bowen at col
lege. He is great at the bat and
never has his average been known
to drop below $50. 1t is now stick
ing at .636.
Manager Hardiman states hat one
pitcher will play inthe outfield while
the other is on the mound. Delaney,
Smith, Martin, or Hoffner, will fill
up the remaining gap in the field.
The Amboys claim that they will
make the best of them go some and
although they have not yet been seen
on the diamond together they will
Without doubt the manager has q
god nine but whether they will play
as a team or as individuals remains
to be seen. On that depends their
chances at the top mark.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-30
JEANETTE AGAIN WINS
BEATING PORKY FLYNN

Joe Jeanette, the wonderful negro
knockout at a Lotos A. C. show in
this city, bested Porky Flynn, at the
Fairmont A. c. in New York last
night. 1t was the first fight in the
''pay-as-you-enter' style in New
York since the old Horton law days,
Sam Langford was in Flynn's cor
ner and Porky had the benefit Of his
advice throughout.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-30
ARE ARRANGING GAMEsS
FOR SEPTEMBER DAY

Games for September are already
coming in. The Maurers and the
Iroquois T scheduled to meet on
the second Sunday. The game will
be played on the copper works dia-
mond. 1t is said that SIS has been
put on the result to assist the play
ers in making good stops. If they
lose the game they lose their Jobs
because the coin looks good to both
mines. There seems to be no two
teams in this city more evenly
matched than these and the tussle
between them is sure t. be interest
ing.
Try our exchange column. No
answer, no pay. Two cents for every
za.1y, rona4-.-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-30

Basketball! Basketball! Basket
ball!
That's all you hear these days.
From far and near encouraging re-
ports of interest in this game.
South Amboy will have a quintet
on the floor, as well as several local
sporting f~raternities. The Ashlands
are the latest to cast longing
gIances at the basketball champion
ship among teams Of its strength in
the city.
Where is the City Basketball
League? Good dope!
That recalls to mind q friends
suggestion, Manager Hardiman, of
the Amboys baseball team is out
strong for a County League next
yea The places he a Y will pay
good are: New Brunswick, Perth
Amboy. South River, Spotswood,
South Amboy, Milltown, s~ayreyille
and Metuchen.
NJ NOul 1tA 10 ACN0oSuA y LfClH-
body knows how interesting such a
league would be. But the bugs
might keel owe from excitement!
E
Tottenville is in an argument and
as a result the blooming town is d.
vided. Assistant Manager Kreis-
cher, of the T. A. c.. is on one side
and the rest OF the sports on the
other. Not a bad division, but you
know Hawk"
For the benefit OF T~ottenvtlle, !
would say there is no error recorded
when q baseman drops a ball, unless
1t is a CERTAINTY the runner
would have been declared out if the
had been fielded cleanly. The
scorer uses his judgment when the
play is close,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-30

TY COBB, %DETROIT's REA BATTER.
example, the records of the past three
years shows hat Cobb has hit each
season above 400 after June l..
This season, for the first time in his
career, he turned June above the 400
mark and has now pounded his mas
sive average above $50. July, August
and September have always been his
heaviest batting months, and If histo-
~ repeats IN this part of it he Is la
BILE to run up a set Of figures never to
be equaled by this or the succeeding
generation of those whose main object
I'm life is TO shit EN- where they
amt" too swiftly where they are or
to where they can't even get.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-30
7. M. H. 4. JRS. PLAN FOR
BASKETBALL SEASON

Another basketball team in the
form of the Y. NJ. H. A. Jrs., has
opened negotiations for the season.
They want games at the present time
and would like to meet some Of the
fast junior teams from this city and
vicinity. They will start practice in
a short time and the outlook for a
successful team is declared bright.
Games can be secured by COM
municating with the booking mana
ger, Benjamin Aychen. The idea of
the Juniors is to book tssply~fast-
teams and those who are capable of
putting gaa real game. T6nalAa 3
NJ Lii ~
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-30
TOLERANCE.

Tolerance is a calm. generous re-
spect for the opinions Of others
even the opinions Of ones enemies,
Tolerance is silent justice blended
with sympathy. Tolerance always
implies wisdom and kindness. 1t
seeks to convert others from errcr
by gently raising them to higher
ideals by honestly leading them %
broader lines Of thinking and by pa
tiently helping them to help them
selves. Tolerance does not use the
battering ram Of argument or the
club Of sarcasm or the deadly rapier
Of ndicule.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-30
putting TIA real game T6sGsIz
up viii be given later.
Iroquois to PLAY Basketball.

AS soon as the basketball season
opens the Iroquois will branch put
into that sport. They say they ex-
pect to put a fast team on the floor
and the chances of a favorable sea-
son are declared to be bright.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-30

MOON CHANGES IN AUGUST.
First quarter, LIST; full moon, 9Th;
last quarter, 18th; new moon, 23rd;
first quarter. 31st.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-30

Boston, Aug. 3O:-The local Ma
tional league club is to do a little
more housekeeping before the 1911
season to a close. Not salts
fed with parting with several good
players earlier in the campaign, it
will give one more. According to
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-30
BASEBALL.
Results of Game. Played In National
and American Leagues.

anO NflSTlSdb @odSaSS
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Brooklyn-Cincinnati game postponed on
account of rain.
fredericksburg game postponed on &C
count of rain.
Philadelphia-Chicago first game post
poned on account of rain.
Second game-Philadelphla. 8; Chicago,
3. Observation-Disclosures and Madden; Ruel-
zach and Needham.
At New orkney York, 7; st. Louis,
s. Batteries-Wiltse, Ames, Crandall and
Myers and Wilson; Harmon, Woodburn,
Laudermilk and Bliss.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
W l.. PC. W. L. PC
New York 70 a .621 st. Louis 81 IS .b26
Chicago. 81 40 .64 Cincinnati 50 81 .465
Pittsburg. 50 As $50 Brooklyn 45 50 1895
Phila' phia GA 50 .552 Boston,. 20 ST ESQ
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
At Detroit-Detroit. 9; Philadelphia, s
eleven innings). Batteries-Works and
Stanage; Morgan, Coombs. Danforth and
Thomas and Lapp.
At Chicago-Chicago. s; Boston, 0. Bat
~teries-Scott and Block; Wood and Nu-
namkaer.
At Observation-Disclosures. 2; Cleveland,
1. Batteries-Johnson and Street; Kaler
and Smith.
At st. Louis-New York. 7: St Louis. l.
Batteries-Vaugln and Sweeney; Mitchell,
George and Southwick.
SCANNING OF THE CTJTRS
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-30

EVENING NEWS covers the field
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-30

PUBLIC SERVICE TIME TABLE
Cars Leave Staten Island Ferry:
Eor New Brunswick-6:10 a. m. and
livery 80 Minutes until $40 p. m, also
et $40, 10:40 and 11:4o p. M (Satur-
hays only al l2;1o.9x
Is minutes until $40 p M Then every
For Rahway-b:6o a. m. and every so
n1 FoI bo unttd ii BsaeS1a:oo a. m. and
Syery Is minutes until 1880 p q.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-30

No comment is necessary. Every
body knows how interesting such a
league would be. But the bugs"
might keel over from excitement
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-23

twelve miles away. If we are unable to
stay the previous night together we ar
range TO meet about halfway between
our respective stations and cover the dis
lance in native carbonate. an uncom-
Portable conveyance drawn by two small
and lean ponies, which, however, are
wonderfully strong. and get over a lot
OF ground in comparatively short time.
To take n typical day: Having met. as
arranged, early possible In the
morning. We take canoe. dug out from
"a single tree trunk. to cross the river
with our men. and then walk to where
We intend beginning to shoot.
In this particular district we know of
two good places and decide to go straight
TO the farther one first before the day
gets too hot. This means about one hours
walk over fair trail to some mailard on
the water We approached the mallard.
and, on their getting up. one fell to
long shot, but was not picked up. This
shot put up quite a number .of duck.
which. not having been shot at before,
came we'll over us. and we 5000 had some
six or seven mallard and teal down. and
mostly gathered.
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Dollars From Tin Cans.

The business interests among the read
ers OF our next Sunday Magazine will
enjoy and be instructed in reading OF
THE Great American Tin can 10y
George Ethebert Walsh To illustrate
the entertaining part of the article Mr..
Walsh says:
There is a mansion built just off 5tf
avenue. New York, that might appro-
priately be called a 'tin-can house. not
because IL is made OF tin cans, but be-
cause its owner and builder made his
fortune in collecting tin cans. When
other people despised tin cans and threw
them to billy goats, this man gathered
them up, fattened them out and repaired
roofs with them. Then he discovered
another use for them, and by the time he
had a factory established for recovering
the scrap tin he had 100 scavengers from
sunny Italy picking and buying tin cans
for him. Today this we'll organized force
Of collectors numbers nearly 500, and the
goat that can find a stray can that has
escaped the Argus-eyed force of the tim
can merchant must be abroad bright and
early in the day."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-23

ly high and fast, and though shot at by
both OF us. they go on apparently un-
harmed and heading for the other place
we intend shooting in the afternoon. Then
some teal follow. and are not SO lucky,
for a couple are added to the bag. 1t is
now IL am, and the sun is very hot. so
we decided to rest and have an early
lunch, and then go down to the lower
place.
A cold drink is most refreshing, and
after lunch and a smoke we feel quite
rested and reach our other place about
pm. This is narrow creek with high
grass on each side and steep banks. Here
there are mallard only and in large num-
bers, and when put up they follow the
line Of the creek. flying right down then
wheeling and flying over again, giving the
most perfect shooting. though difficult to
kill as they fly very fast and high. After
q while they break up into focks of
about dozen each and keep coming well
over for about twenty minutes, when they
seem to realize that they would be safer
elsewhere, and then fly Off. safe till an
other day. We then collect what has
we'll trained Filipino leaves very few
dead birds behind in spite Of the thick
Jungle grass. in many places from six
feet to nine feet high.
We then make our way back to our
carromatas well satisfied with our sport.
On a day such as this our bag Is gen.
orally between ten and twenty mallard
and teal. which make a welcome addition
to the harder. We have accounted for
about 1JO mallard and 100 teal from
! December to June, when the season ends,
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WHAT EXPERIMENTS SHOW.
Marconi Tells of Facts Developed
Regarding Wireless Telegraphy.
,pondence Of The Star.

Foreign Correspondence or The Star.
LONDON, June a. 1911.
Mr.. Marconi read a paper before the
Royal Institution the other evening on
wireless telegraphy. He said that the
system of sending messages by wireless
telegraphy had extended to a remarkable
degree during the last few years, and
many Of the difficulties which appeared
at the outset almost insurmountable had
been gradually overcome. chiefly through
the improved knowledge obtained of the
principles involved. The experiments
which he had been fortunate enough to
carry out on a larger scale than was pos
sible in ordinary laboratories had had
novel and unexpected results. Why was
ii that the distances traversed at night
time were greater than those traversed
In the daytime. and why was 1t that
greater distances were made between
north and south than between east and
west? Why was it that mountains and
land generally obstructed the waves in
sunlight and seemed to offer no obstacle