Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-06-07
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When Perth An1boy Turned From Sports to Var

WAR WITH IT'S MIGHTY GRASP
ing reach has cut deep inrolds IN ath-
letic ranks everywhere. Possibly the
thru5ts are brought home the more
severely because the athletes absence
is more quickly noted and felt than
the ordinary civilian who goes about
his business in the beaten path Of
routine. Another contributing cause
is the great percentage Of athletes ia
the service. An athlete, blessed with
natures gracious gifts Of health and
physique, is more likely to offer volun-
tarily his services than the next fellow,
Certainly 1t is true that the nation as
d whole looks forward to such Q step
upon his part, though there is no COM
pulsory legislation along this line.
Somehow the young athlete. wheth-
er Of national or only local fame, is
linked closer with the rcquirem ant5 Of
war. This is noticeable all along the
/ line except in professional baseball
And the big leaguers right now are on
the ropes. 1t is doubtful If the sea-
son of 1919 will experience the con-
ditions of today. Major league base
ball on the whole has contributed a
percentage below that of other
, branches OF sport.
Essentially the American army
is an athletic army. The bona
fidc athletes moulded into the
great force provided an excellent
nucleus for an athletic structure.
After the war every soldier
should return an athlete. Ger
tainly every aim is in that direc-
! ton.
/ Perth Amboy has been hit particu-
/ larly heavy. This is due to the large
percertage Of exempted foreigners
which placed the burden Of quotas on
! the Americanized residents. Base
/ ball, basketball. football, aquatics,
track, gymnastics are represented
= in list Of Amboy's athletes who have
Joined Uncle Sans mighty team for
the journey over there.
The Americans cleaned up at
: Athens. They swamped the other
| nations at Stockholm, but those
! teams are inconSeguentia a conn
pared with the powerful battery
/ Of point-scorers on their way
over now.
/ 1t is a difficult matter to essay the
| choice of a captain for Amboy's unit
of the team. But if a selection is de-
manded. we would favor Rufus
Trough House" Allen. Remember
him? If you have been a follower
of local sports on diamond. gridiron
| or court the last seven or eight years
YOU sure do. Rough House" was
| Just that on gridiron and court but
! always a gentleman and clean sports
! man. Allen, now a sergeant major.
was quarterback OF the Dexters and
one of the best basketball players ever
/ developed here. At high school he
was a star in both sports. Lator, st
Newark Normal nc continued his ac
tivity with undiminished zeal.
The Y. NJ. c. A. track team was all
but disrupted. Enlistments and calls
| cut deeply into the team OF champion
ship calibre early. Holmes Oliver.
cantain and sprinter of the team, is
] in the National Army. James Romer.
! broad jumper, is at Newport Naval
! Training. Luke" Compton. a local
I High School graduate, who attracted
| intercollegiate attention later, is in
the Naval Reserve Luke" did as high
! as five feet. nine while still at Amboy
High He competed under the colors
of Exeter and the local Y. NJ. c. A.
Joe Resh, the association "440" man
is on his way over now.
One of the finest all-around athletes
who ever hit town, Harold Chuck"
Evans left for Dix with a recent batch.
( Evans was everything an athlete
should be. He vas a phenomenal
! football player while at Springfield
Training Though lacking in weight.
he played the backfeld like a demon.
! on striking A mboy as coach at the
! High School, Evans revived sports not
only through his activity at the High
! School, but by coming in personal
/ contact with a large number of local
. athletes. He was the guiding spirit
of the Amboy basketball five, and
| brilliant star. Swimming, particularly
( fancy diving, was his hobby in Y. NJ.
! c. A. competition.
! Baseball has added many stars, in
cluding Joe Coley and Johnny Hunt
/ Joe, as a correspondent of late, has
proven as good a letter-writer as
] ballplayer, and he was some ball
I player. At High School, with the st.
/ Anthonys, later with the Franklins, he
was touted the best initial sacker
around these diggins. And Hunt. play
ing on the same teams concurrently
with Coley, also compiled a neat
record. Coley has been in France for
some time with the engineers. Hunt