Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-03-30
Met Some Of the
Best Schools
in State.
POINTS SCORED

Last Saturdays game with Pater-
son high school closed the basket
ball season of Perth Amboy high
school, with a record Of winning
nine and losing sir. b l!csSis HAD
as their opponents several OF thu
best high school teams In the state
of New Jersey.
During the games the work 0k
Captain Burns, Allen and Macan at
the guard position was wonderful.
but this fast trio were helped mats
rally by scnwartx, Mccormick,
Roessler and McCreery. Tho team
during the season had many draw
backs which weakened the q~uintotte
and spoiled their chances OF having
a much better record.
The first blow was when Harry
Schwartz, the centre. who Was maxi
Ing an average OF twelve pointn 4
game, vas excluded from playing
any longer because OF becoming too
we'll acquainted with the use Of to-
bacoo. which, 1t Ia said, there II =
rule against. The sudden illness Of
Harry Macan WAS the next and IN
was away five weeks. But his plRce
was filled in fine fashion by Rufus
Allen, q graduate of the class ox
1910, who decided to take q post
graduate curse. When "Dah," al
Macan Is sometimes known, cams
back ten days ago. he stayed only
three days, and beat" 1t to work.
When Schwartz and Macan were out
Captain Burns was forced to make
several large changes, He sent Me-
Cormick, then playing forward. to
centre, and shifted to Macs place.
Johnnie McCreery, one of the most
natural shooters ever seen on a high
school team, A coming star 81 Adj
die Schantz, the safeguard. who
came to the rescue three times.
Coach Williamson also rendered
son egood assistance to the Are.
/, The largest point average waa
won by Harry Schwartz. who Ia cred-I
tied with getting 116 In nine games.
I'm average Of twelve and eight
fhinth points a game. Hans Roess-
Akfasr second With y ayegsxA1
efgf and one-haff a game, geftInE
jlI0 points In fourteen contests.
Third place Is held by McCreery.
who tailed ifty-four points In even
games, an average of seven and ave.
seventies a game.
Those that follow are. McCor-
mick with six and two-ffteenths :
game; Allen with thre and seven-
~eievenths; Macan with three and
one-thtrd; and Burns with two and
ltwc-Afths. Ia tns frss shots
Schwartz is credited with getting
eight, while Roessler has fifty-one
to his credit, an average Of three
and two-ffths. The team tailed
466 points while their opponents
have 336.
There are four games that the
team played that are counted ID the
record. The first game was with
the Woodbridge A. A., in which they
were beaten by the Bayonne profess
They were beaten by the Dextera In
the form OF 1919. The high school
lads next ~triumphed over the Y. Nj.
Fl. A. Wanderers. by the score OF
28-14. In the last mo counts" they
were batsn by the Bayonne profess
SIGNALS. These gaes have been ta-
Ken out because they are not con-
tests with high school. preparatory
schools or college freshmen.
The record is as follows:
Dec. s--P. A. Fl. S.. Eli Red Bank.
Dec. 15-P. a. H. s.. A; Metu-
chen, 4.
Dec. 1e--P. A. H. s.. az; South
River, IS.
Jan. 7-P, A. H. s.. a.: Railway.
Jan. 1s-P. A. H. s.. So, New
Brunswick. 4.
Jan. Pop. A. H. s., 81; Railway.
Jan. PIP. A. H. s. 10; Boys q.
s.. 81.
Feb s-p. A H. s, II; Patterson.
Feb. 1o-p. A. II. s. 81, Battin.
Feb. lip. A. H. s.. azi Bayonne.
Al.
March a-P. A. H. s.. ., Asbury
Park, 81.
March 4-P. A. H. s.. 81: New
Brunswick, 7.
March Io-P. A. II. 8, ID; Has
brouck. &c.
March 1s-P. A. H. s.. So; Red
Bank, 40.
March s5-P. A. H. s.. az; ratsr-
son, e86.