Perth Amboy evening news., 1916-10-20
HARRISON ARROWS
VS.. R|V|ES CARD At
SOUTH TONIGHT.

With the Harrison Arrows as the at
traction, the Riversides are likely to
draw packed house tonight over in
the K. of p. Hall, South Amboy
"Ruie" Aliens combination, which is
now travelling along at top speed,
hopes to take the Essex County boys
into camp and thus hang up their third
straight victory of the season.
Arrows Claim Championship.
The Arrows are well known through
out the state, last year winning twen-
ty-seven out of twenty-nine games
played. They are claimants to the
hight senior championship of Hudson
and Essex counties, and their lineup
boasts of such players as "Porky"
Flynn, Hinchcliffe, Doherty, Stout, and
Tintle. The last named player is the
AH-American soccer goal keeper. Man
ager j. c. Beveridge, of the Harrison
quintet seems to be confident that his
team can defeat the local boys, but in
order to do this his men will have to
put up a mighty hard fight. The Riv-
les, strengthened by the acquisition of
Harold Evans, the new physical di-
doctor of the Perth Amboy High
School, seem to be in prime condition,
and 1t will take an Al team to defeat
them. In practice Wednesday night
the Amboyans showed wonderful abil-
ity in handling the ball, and they are
bound to display some crackerjack
basketball in tonight's set-to.
One of the outstanding features of
last Friday nights game was the come
back of Jimmie Cantlon's shooting
eye. The stocky little forward has had
his eagle eye slowed away for the past
two winters, but the good old "glim-
mer" is seemingly bound to bask in
the limelight this season. Hank"
Thomas, ''Ruf" Allen, Johnnie Nc
Creery, and "Scoot" Burns are all up
to their old court tricks again, and
the verdict of the basketball dopsters
Is that "alPs Well in the Riverside
camp.
1t is no secret that there was an evil
dent lack of harmony in the Riverside
outfit last year, but this season all the
workings of the RIVE machinery have
been creased over again, and things
are running along mighty smoothly.
The Amboy team is out to create a new
record for this section of the state, and
all the players, long pals" in the court
game, are determined to make this the
biggest season of their career.
Big Teams Coming.
Some of the best basketball teams
within a radius of forty miles have
been booked for the coming few weeks
The Rfversides have an aversion to
picking "easy marks" to beat, and ac-
cordfngly such quintettes as the New
York Professional Big Five, the Orig
inal Silent Workers, of Hoboken, and
the Elizabeth Turn Verien teams are
coming here. Last weeks attraction
or rather. detraction-was simply a
slip-up in booking that is liable to
happen early in the season. Ned
Thorne's team was booked with the
understanding that big Jim" McMa-
hon and "Micky" Lang would appear,
and the rating of the team was based
on the fact that the same quintet had
previously came within one point of
beating the Rivies. The team, how
ever, proved sorry failure in COM
paHison with the locals last week.
The New York Professionals, who
come here next week, have in their
lineup such men as White, Connolly.
MCGOWAN, Harrigan. and Healey. Har-
rigan, who manages the team, has
played with the Elizabeth Interstate
League team; Points, of Elizabeth;
Newark Triangles, Montciair Holy
Name, and the Bay View Wheelmen.
The night before last, when playing at
guard for the Montclair Big Five, he
practically defeated the Orange A. c.
team single handed by scoring fifteen
points.
White, McGowan.-am Healey, have
all played league basketball. while
Connolly, star of the old Cherry x
teain-the Xavier A. Ais called
one of the best young tossers in the
metropolis.
Deaf Mutes Coming.
Two weeks from tomorrow-Sat-
urday, Nov 4, the Rivies will play in
the X. of p. Hall against the famous
Original Silent Workers, of Hoboken.
the cream of all eastern deaf mute
quintettes This team held the east
ern semi-pro championship in 1909
1910. The captain is Otto Reinke, who
is probably the best known mute ath-
lete in the country.
Expect Crowd Tonight.
Last week, in spite of the rainy
weather and numerous social events in
this vicinity, the Rivies drew-a capac-
ity audience, and this week, with the
Harrison Arrows as the drawing card,
a cord-breaking attendance is prac-
ticaliy assured.
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