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Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-24
ONE
TEAM IN
50. RIVER

It's all w now Jimmy Armstrong
and his tand of Sterlings have sole
control over basketball in South Riv-
err according to the present state OF
affairs. James Black, who led the
team of star players, under the nom
de plume of the South River clan,
has given up his task as a poor job"
and now the only team that is In ac-
tion is the Sterling Five. If these
boys are to be judged from the ex-
hibition they gave against the South
Amboy Neptunes last week, they are
of the classiest in the county. Speed
and good shooting characterized
their work on that occasion and these
things go to make a clever aggre-
cation.
Mon" Miller is at present with
out a berth on any basketball team
but will probably soon land a job
for he is there" and an idol Of
fandom up the line. The other toss
ers of Blacks team are either from
Midtown or New Brunswick and have
been playing with other quintets. The
Sterlings play every Friday night and
as they will have the support of the
whole burg, they should be able to
do things.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-24

The abundance of fish In the sea Of
Galiiee Is to this day the wonder OF
travellers. Most Of the fishing done by
the Syrians involves the use of nets
probably identical in construction with
those of the apostles. and the best evil
dence of the fishing having through
the centuries been done with nets Is to
be found in the ease with which most
Of the fish may be deceived with The
help of any bait, natural or artificial.
The pellucid water of this beautiful
lake, with its ever changing refec-
tons, is in striking contrast with the
muddy deeps of the Jordan. but the
silt in TINT river. however unsightly to
the eye, does not seem to i%nconven'
fence its fish. which are eX~traordinar1-
ly plentiful yer in the lower reaches
before It falls into that deathly lake
which the Arabs call the sea OF Lot
London Outlook.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-24
THREE CLASSY
BATTLES HERE
FOR TOMORROW

Three good games feature the
holiday card Of basketball games in
this city tomorrow. Two of these
battles will be waged on the Audi
forum court and the third on the
Goodwill hall playing space. The Y.
M. H. A., of this city. and their arch
rivals, the representatives of Bay
onne, will clash on the Auditorium
court tomorrow afternoon. If the
locals were ever anxious to annex a
game, it's the one tomorrow after
noon. Harry Schwartz reports that
he will play his hardest in this fray.
as he is extraordinarily DESTROYS or
winnig this game.
The Riversides will be stacked up
against the Point A. c., of Bayonne.
Only the name is new to the "Rivies'
for the Bayonne tossers will have in
their midst severaIT,f the crew from
that burg who handed the city cham
pions such a lacing on the Audito-
rum court last rear. Lauensteln,
the lanky pivot general, who ap-
peared here last year will be on
the job again. The other members
of the team will be comprised of
Bayonne Lyceum and Bayonne high
school players. The Riversides will
play like they never did before" to
take the verdict and enjoy a merry
Christmas thereby.
In Goodwill hall a battle of much
interest will be waged. The Good
wills will meet the Puritans. Who
the Goodwills will have in their line
up is a mystery for Bill Reynolds,
John McCreery and Durham are
Riverside tossers and they will be in
the city champion teams toys to-
morrow night. However, a rafting
good battle should be seen. The
Just now.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-24
HOLIDAY CARD
IN SOUTH RIVER
Basketball Game and Foul
Shooting Contest.

On Christmas afternoon the Cres-
cents and Sterling A. A. will clash
for their third game of a series.
which no doubt win be the greatest
holiday attraction in this vicinity as
each team already has one to their
credit, both of which show that the
teams are about evenly matched, as
the victors in each case only had a
majority OF five and seven points re-
spectively. The game will be played
at Washington Park.
The game between these two
teams proved such a good drawing
care on Thanksgiving Day that the
South River management deemed 1t
advisable to duplicate the stunt.
In addition to the basketball game
on Christmas afternoon, Manager
Guy Gilbert, OF the Sterling A. A.
has an additional novel attraction
under way. and that is a blind-fold
foul-shooting contest.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-24
SEAoIDES TO TRY TO
EVEN UP WITH 7. A. C.

Tottenville, Dec. 24.-Fandom all
over the Island are a%nXiously await
ing the clash between the S%easides,
of Annadale, and the Tottenville A..
C. quintets. 1t was not so long ago
that the latter trimmed the ~up-Island
clan by a comfortable margin. How
ever, the aspect of affairs has
changed considerably during the last
few weeks for in this time, Manager
Dolan has matched a fine array OF
warriors into a crack combination
out of a crew which at first looked
like the poorest sort Of a bet.
Krumppe is now jumping center for
the Seaside boys and with Al Nc
Intyre and Hennessey In good style
as forwards, and Price and Bern
stein as CARDS, the Dolan clan look
as formidable as their most opti-
mistic rooters would have them.
The Tottenville aggregation Is slight
ly worried over the situation. How
aver, they feel that victory to them
is certain in the game which will
be played tomorrow night.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-24

Photo by American Press Association.
Maurice Daily. the veteran billiard
player. regards KOHL Yamada. the Jap.
AZ q candidate for championship hon
oru. In talking about Yamada recent
~ Daily said: He has a lot to learn.
but will get a lot from observation
and experience. At present he de
ponds on his execution and lacks sys
tenn. When he becomes more method
cal he will he the player most likely
to hav 4 chance to beat Willie Hoppe
for the championship. His tempera
ment Aeelns to he an ideal one for a
billiard player II he IL susceptible Of
any emotion his immohile countenance
does not betray 1t. Apparently all op
ponepts look alike to him"
George SlosHpn's opinion OF the JaDa
neae expert IL. "Wait until he gets the
knack Of nursing and nobody will have
any advantage yer him"
Honus Wagner Fooled by Fake Ball.
Jake Reckley was one Of the few
players who aver made me look Ike q
sucker" said young Honns Wagner
the other day. at happened In Louis
vile years ago.. and Tim Hurst was
umpiring. was IN first hase and
saw Jake hide the ball under his arm.
l told him several times ] WAS wise
to such bush league stuff. but Jake
pretended he did not hear. Finally
when Hurst was not looking grabbed
the ball from under Jake's right arm
and threw 1t into right field. Then
l started for second base. only to have
the pitcher throw another ball to the
basenian. and ! was rnn down
between the bnser. felt ~ cheap J
could hnvp dropped clean through to
Reckley had been holding +
dummy nall"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-24
SAY ROOSEVELT
WON The GAME
Battle Reported as Tic With
TottenyiIIs Crew.

J. j. Murtagh. a member OF the
Roosevelt team which played against
the Diamond Wonders last Thursday.
takes exception to the story Of q
game in Roosevelt as reported by the
Tottenville team. Instead OF being
a 1920 tie clash with an extra period
having been played. the Roosevelt
tosser claims that the final tally was
20-16 in favor Of his clan and that
no extra time was played.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-24
kEYPORT H. S.
WINS SECOND
Defeats First Baptist Church
Clan by 22-6 Tally.

Playing in machine like form and
shooting baskets from all angles of the
court, the boys of the K. II. S. basket
ball team won their second straight vic
tory from the First Baptist church
team of this place, Saturday on the
latter's court, by the overwhelming
score of 90 to 6.
The H. S. boys o~utclassed the Bap-
fist clan in every part of the game,
shutting them ont in the first half. The
composing the H. S. aggregation: Hines
Currie, Polling, Rapp, Maurer, Bahren-
burg, Rosevear. The players of the
Baptist team were: p. and G. Chinery,
Holmes, Whittebaek, and Woodhouse.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-24
GAME BETWEEN
H.. S. FAIR SEX
South River Defeats County
Seat School Girls,

The fair ones Of the county seat
high school and those OF South River
participated in a game Of basketball
at South River Saturday afternoon.
and the New Brunswick girls tasted
the dregs of defeat in their initial
game, the score being 2O-1. The
lone point scored by the county seat
girls was made by Miss Lucy Litterst,
who shot a foul goal soon after the
game began, and this was the drst
score Of the game for either team.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-24
S. R. H S. BOYS
TAKE DECISION

st. Peters basketball team of New
Brunswick, lost to South River high
school by a score of % to II, at
South River, Saturday afternoon.
The game was interesting through
out, and exceedingly close.
Those who scored points we're:
St. Peter's-O'Grady, 8; McGoyern,
2; Thomas, 2; Cereghino, /; Kane,
1, foul; South River-K. Gray, Z;
S. Cathcart, 3, and l foul; B. Gray 1.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-24
Granite, the Bedrock of tho Earth.

Granite, the Bedrock Of the Earth.
Granite is the bedrock Of the world.
II Is the lowest rock In the earths
crust and shows no signs of animal
life. It Is from two to ten times as
thick as all the other layers of rocks
combined. No evidences OF life OF
either animal or vegetable are apparent
in granite. The presence Of lime In
due to animal life. Some scientists as
sert that all the lime In the world has
at some time been q part of some Il
NAL. This includes human beings.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-24
Ended Their Coaxino.

"How Ia 1t that you never coax Miss
Green to sing any moreY'
well, you see. one night we coaxed
and leased and begged and pleaded
with her to favor us with a song. and
after that we decided never to do 1t
again"
"Vhy, did she still refuse?'
mo; she gave In" 49, Detroit Free
Press.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-24

B0WLERS
LOSE TWO
Special to the EVENING NEWS.

special to the EVENING NEWS.
Tottenville, Dec. 24.-Intwo we'll
rolled games, the Amicitias, of Pleas
an Plains. defeated the
of this place, On the formers alleys
last night. The fine bowling Of N.
Cawse and A. Cawse was a distinct
feature of the fray. Sharrot rolled
In classy order for the T%ottenville
team. Woglom, who is quite a wet"
at the game, jumped into activities
last night after doing little bowling
done end showed as fine calibre in
bowling as did nearly my OF the
other
The games were not in the All
Staten Island League series but mere
friendly ones.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-24
Richie viii Raise Weight Limit.

Richie VIII Raise Weight limit.
Willie Richie, the htweight cham
pion. will not insist on the weight bH
ing made at the ringside. While the
new chs NIPPON can make 133 pounds
be will permit his opponent Z" make
that poundage from three 10 i've hours
before the men ARE asked to begin op
orntiona In the ring.
The clubs. and newspaper
men are asked for this change. and he
n perfectly willing to make this con
eession.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-24

Charles 4. Hnlway. the American
professional sprinter, who has com.
peted In various countries. declares If
there was not so much betting In Eng
hind there would he better athletes In
that country.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-24
Short of Material.

Editor (of society paper)-Young fel
low. you opened a letter that was ad-
dressed to me and marked personal"
New Reperter-Yes, sir. In, doing the
personal column today. and there was
NJ. another blamed item in sight
Chicago Tribune.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-24
Afternoon.

y = > y = = = = y - = =
7" Afternoon.
y BASKETBALL
Y. M. H. A. vs. Bayonne, Audi
= forum.
= C%rescents VS.. Sterlings, South
" River.
= Crescent Jrs. VS.. Sterling Jrs., =
" South River.
= Blindfold foul shooting con-
= test, South River.
Night.
= BASKETBALL
" Riversides vs.. Point A. c.,
" Auditorium.
. T. A. c. va. Seasides, Totem
= vile.
-" Sterlings VS.. %Sayreyille, Sayre-
" vile.
= Goodwills VS.. Puritans, Good
" will Hall.
= =
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-24
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Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-24
viii PLAY Water Soccer.

The az has finally fallen upon Amer
team water polo. The everlasting
squabblea and fights Of the past few
years gradually brought IT into dis
repute. and the Amatenr Athletic nm
ion has dropped II and taken up water
soccer Instead: hence the rules Of the
International Federation Of Swimmers
viii hereafter obtntn
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-24
To Number Basketball Players.

College basketball players with wear
big numbers or their backs in future
for the purpose of identification. This
innovation waa decided upon at the
meeting Of officials In New York re.
Gently.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-24
A&LIVE !! ,,. TIPS
By Gosh
By BOSCO

before vH tnsrs "a be e n a . n sossi ss a.sP. a cause Il " WASN'T or tn ''SA'
To get things coming o way it is necessary to g o after them.
Is the giraffe the highest form of animal nte'
Since thoughts have wings. be careful what kind you start o n a
Men who drift with the tide are mighty little help in building up a
Mhess tasIss sfesa VIII Wiz turkey. etc. galore.
R Raa D tstss' q q e. s t . sSies 's once of the poor.
1t seems as though Swiss cheese should always be sold at hOlesae,
A man never really understands how cas- flying is until he es hs
sss-3 :, Ss 3 ns S, a sst .a said ID. that s,s ;s ssss: sr's'-
Mrs. Kicker-"According to you, this breakfast food ISM good for
to sp aas1sn % n tns sd S' ahi @ aat fss' .up } s45H7 va eat Ts9'' be ''' rate stu
The people who take onense easily ire kept busy taking it.
Some people are SO fond of borrowing trrele that they neve get
THY r oTi I'll f att t eS'n flesh n'b bs and i by"
No. rs sata he ct " nS n ss not no .t sns guy fry.
For f msn my a body cSr Ha IA ta11f hs ~ni rolled oi by.
"For t. cold storage am bound
And sssa ~ On = p = ss; sS :, assSas
THOU sn art ;n my yu %sn; y ysstlps ssqv p ss said.
"WU hy in cod storage made his d
And for many a year been stiff and dead
Spodniss Christmas Greeting.
g gn / 9, ss ~; i d i : s q: E e . ! III S, + %:s' ,sss : ! ' "ss 1 ;s; i ;,, sss, +. .s III:
will brighten their path throughout the dawning year.
Christmas day is o n the eve.
With Santa lowering near,
To bring glad Christmas tdings
To those whom he holds dear.
He awaits the hour of gladness.
To mount the chimney top, sA
And fill the homes with goodies
Of gift n holiday pop.
The Sport will. call upon his friend
In Santas costume gay,
To certify his love Elm gift,
A remembrance of the day.
He's happy in the afterthought
That duty has been done,
BY making the day los happy
For his sweetheart and loved one.
The Piker "a no longer
Fourfush with his girl.
He must com across with word o. gift.
Or his happy visits spoil.
Some of my acquaintances
Have quit their lady friends.
To save the price of presents
That with the day does trend.
They'll hunt new girls a month from now,
The kind that they think fit
To joly and consume the time
Till Christmas, then they quit.
We all have annual birthdays
And or those days vi toast
The ear that are to come M go.
As down Hfes hill W g coast.
So we should toast our Saviour,
On the glorious twenty-ffth.
o. The One whose power can make or breaK
sPoDIN1s.
Cpdad Thar CoannH
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-24

Olympic Medal For Carsman Butler.
Everard f. Butler Of the Argonaut
Rowing club Of Toronto. who repre-
scented Canada in the single scullina
events at the Olympic regatta at
Stockholm. has received a handsome
diploma of merit and a medal from
the Swedish Olympic committee.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-24
n MINT Have Been Worse.

~I.ydia-I'n just as mad as l can be
with Charlie. He kissed me right be-
fore MI the girls. Georgette--Well,
isn't that better than If be kissed all
the girls before Won?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-24
A., A. U, Has f7,5o8 Members,

The National Amateur Athletic un.
Ian has 1888 registered athletes
throughout the United States. also 44O
clubs enrolled.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-24
SPODINIS.
FAILURES.

Do not dwell too much upon your
failures. Do not look back too
much. Life will not bear this retro
spcclion, and indulgence in vain re.
greet is not a 6tdns luxury for those
who have then fortunes to make.
Look up and look forward always.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-24

Read the Classified Ads. on page &.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-23
CARP OF LOUIS XXVI
 ARE STILL LIVING.

Democracy has transferred Yer
 sailles into a place of popular resort,
 and most of the 50,000 citizens of the
 city now live on the centimes and
 francs of the bourgeoise and. prole-
 tariat, who on pleasant Sundays
 flock to the one-tir1e residence of the
 French kings by hundreds of thou-
 sands. The great fountains, the folly
 of Louis XVI, now play for the multi
 tudes, and the palaces echo to the
 footsteps of sovereign voters. These
 may see to-day a relic of royalty in
 lars, placed in the famous carp pond
 at Versailles by Louis XVI, for to-
 day is the anniversary of the birth of
 that unhappy monarch, who lost his
 head in the divinity of kings, five of
 the ten famous fish are still living and
 come to the surface to be seen by all good monarchists on every twenty third of August. Republicans and freethinkeFs may not see them, and they are invisible to the cold and searching eye of science; but those who have faith may go to Versailles will catch at least glimpse of the nearly a century and a half old
 Louis XVI, who was destined to reap the crop of misery and tears sowed by his ancestors, was born at
 v was a youth of an inquiring turn of mind, who had ambitions to be clockmaker and locksmith. He was also greatly interested in natural hIs- tory, and made special study of the age attained by various beasts, birds and fish. Upon being told that carp often lived to a remarkable total of years, he ordered the First Gentleman of the Fish Pond, or some such functionary, to supply him with ten live carp. Or each of these he plac- ed slender gold collar, engraved date, and placed them in the carp pond. This little body of water remains to-day identically the same as in the days of the Sixteenth Louis and it is asserted that five of the gold banded carp still swim about in it's waters. Every year on the birth day of Louis XVI, the faithful who still dream of the restoration of the old regime visit the pond, and go away declaring they have seen the carp of the lamented and mistreated monarch. So long as one of these fish remain alive, say the royalists, there will still be hope that France may be cured of it's republican folly and return to the good old days when the common people were made to toe the mark. As for savants they do not believe that any of the carp are telIigence enough to celebrate birth day.
 Another tale of the carp is to the effect that their appearance always presages trouble for France. A ven- erable gardener employed in the roy al park at Versailles declares that ev- cry disaster that has befallen France in the last three-quarters of a cen tury has been preceded by the ap- pearance on the surface of the pond of the carp with. the golden collars. With his own eyes he has seen them. Oui ton of AS, of the disaster at Sedan, of the Dreyfus affair. If they ap- pear to-day, the republic is doomed. And doubtless they will be seen, for the aYa of faith can sec pnuch.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-23
THE BIGGEST FAMILY
 BATH" IN THE WORLD.

The Viennese, although living almost in the center of. Europe, hundreds of miles away from any seaside bathing resort, are yet, owing to the enterprise of the municipality of Vienna, able to indulge in bathing on much more ex- tensive scale than the people of any European seaside resort, with the pos sible exception of Ostend in the height of the summer season
 Some four or five years ago the au- thorities of Vienna realized the great benefit that bathing on wholesale lines, so to speak, would be to the inhabit- ants of the city during the summer months. With this end in view they acquired picturesque tree-clad is- land bordered with fine stretches of sand, in what is known as the "Old Danube Here, in the course of a few months, arrangements were made for providing not only a splendid bath ing-place for hosts of Viennese of all classes who were unable, through lack of time or means, to take the long Journey necessary to reach the nearest Continental place, but also a very in- teresting experiment in municipal more than satisfied it's originators.
 Year by year, since it's first institu- ton some four years ago, the Strand bad", to give this unique institution its proper name, has increased in pop ularity, and now, on every Teasonably fine afternoon throughout the summer months from June until late in Sep- tember, one sees crowds of people vending their way to the floating bridge ferry by which the long, sandy island on which the Strand-bad is slt- uated is reached.-From "A Day at the Strand -bad''' in the September Wide World Magazine
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-23
TOM SHARKEY WON BIG
 FORTUNE WITH FISTS

Although he never quite attained the heavyweight championship of the world, Tom Sharkey, the sailor pugii- ist, may boast of having held his own with all the great fighters of his time. To-day is the anniversary of Toms most disastrous defeat, for it was just twelve years ago, Aug. 23, 1900, that Bob FitZsiYnmons knocked him out in the second round of bout at Coney Island. A great crowd witnessed the encounter. and Sharkey had many followers who believed he stood a good chance to win from the freckled Australian, but they were very much disappointed by the sail or's showing. Sharkey made big money during his paln1y days as a pu. gilist, and since his retirement from the ring has conducted a prosperous saloon in New York. As the result of domestic difficulties, involving a suit for separation, Mrs. Sharkey, who was a trained nurse before she married the ex-fighter eight years ago, alleged that her husbands for tune amounts to s35O,00O. and that his income from his cafe averages $150 day. The trouble has since been amicably adjusted and at last reports Tom and Mrs. Tom are liv- ing happily together in their Sheeps head Bay summer palace" In
 
 same year fought four-round draw with Jim Corbett. He also fought eight rounds with John L. Sullivan. As a result of these battles Sharkey's friends claimed for him the heavy weight championship, but he couldn't make good. In 1898 he won an a foul in the ninth round from Jim Cor bett, but the same year was defeated by Jim Jeffries in twenty rounds. The following year Jeffries whipped him again, in twenty-five rounds and mons ended the sailors champion ship aspirations in the Coney Island battle.