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Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-12

In the card of fights exhibited to
the fans of the Amboy Sporting Club
In the Auditorium last night the
three main bouts showed considera-
BILE fight throughout, the winners be-
ing Battling Reddy ip the main bout,
Kid Toney in the semi-final and
Young Carroll In the other six-round
bout. The two prelims ended in the
second round.
Reddy All the Way
The main bout of the evening in
which Bobby Michaels. of New York,
was pitted against Battling Reddy.
also of New York, opened with Red
dy showing considerable speed and
pep from the start. Michaels appear
ed to be weary of standing and
smuggling with the smaller man and
he clinched considerably throughout
the fight.
The second round found Reddy on
the offensive and his rushes won him
a great advantage over Michaels.
Reddy's round. In the third round
Reddy rushed Michaels around the
ring hoping to land a finishing IEpch
but Michaels' unwilHngness to stand
and fight slowed the bout up. Red
dy's round. The fourth round found
Michaels coming out OF his corner
with a little more pep than he show
ed in the earlier rounds. For a few
moments he stood and mixed with
Reddy with neither securing the bet
ter of the argument, but Reddy's
ability to stand soon tired Michaeis
who returned to clinching toward the
end OF the stanza. Reddy again.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-12

Michaels seemed to be strong again
at the start of this round and landed
a number of blows on Reddy's face
and body, but his little punishment
did not effect the fighting of Reddy,
who overcame Michaels early lead
and chased him around the rng
The sixth round found Reddy as
Stunning the offensive once again. His
strong start In his stanza made 1t
apparent that he hoped to put away
his bigger opponent. Reddv started
the seventh round with a rush and
landed often on Michaels. Nlchae $
retaliated by holding and in the break
would take a number of swings which
all went wild.
Both fighters started the final
round in a manner that made it APP
pear hat this round was to be the
best of the bout, but after doing a
little real fighting. Michaels tired and
allowed Reddy to do the leading.
fighting and chasing for the rest of
the round, while Michaels hung on till
The end. Reddy's round and fight.
Toney Outpoints A. Russcf
In the semi-final event. Mooney
Pou'sen's boxer, KID Toney, the
Walloping Wop,'' of this city, defeat
ed another Brooklyn opponent in the
person of Artie Russell Toney secured
four of the six rounds, the other two
stanzas being even. Russell with con-
siderable weight on the local boxer,
showed considerable cleverness
throughout the bout and was willing
to slug.
This six round event, the best of the
night, was full of fight from the start.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-12
SeUenty-Eighh Division
Team Plays Here TOMORROW

morrow night to see the representa-
tives of thai division play Amboy's
best, and a hot tuss,e will surely take
place. Chick" Evans, one of the To-
a players went across with this di-
vision, and he will surely play a great
game against his old division, for the
sake of the record OF the local team.
The Booz combination will lineup
in regular fashion with Scrub" Nc
Creery and "Blackie' Regain In the
advanced positions; Hank" Thomas
in the pivot position and Chick
Evans and "Pete" Hanson in the
guarding positions. Luke" Oliver,
the local utility man, is getting in
first class shape.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-12
DU POINTS WIN FAST GAME
FROM HOWE RUBBER TEAM

The Dupont basketball team won
their second game Of the season when
they defeated the Howe Rubber Com
pany of New Brunswick ON the Par
lin Y. M. g. A court by a score of
1916.
Both teams fought hard for the
game and the lead changed hands sew
eral times. The New Brunswick com
bination scored six field goals, while
the home cam scored five double
pointers. Holzer featured for the
visitors with five counters, while Nor
cite accounted for the other double
pointer. Fitzpatrick featured for the
Dupont team with three field goals
and nine foul goals, while Armstrong
scored the other double counters.
The score: Dupont.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-12
TONEY AND
CARROLL WIN BOUTS


The first rouud was even, Tonev took
the second aud third. the fourth was
even and Touey took the last two.
Toney secured the only knockdown
of the fight. when he landed on his
opponent. who took a count of three.
The bell saved the Brooklyn boxer
in that round, the third, and after
that the boy was graSgy at the end
of a number of the rounds.
Carroll Defeats T.. Russell
Johnny Carroll, the Chrome speed
merchant, outpointed Lew Russell Of
New Brunswick in the other six round
bout. This fight exhibited plenty OF
all the rounds after the first. Tho
first round ended with honors about
even. Carroll nearly had his oppon-
ent out in the fifth. Russell took tho
count of nine twice-and the bell saved
him, and he was groggy at the bell.
Prclims End Early.
In the first four round ont Jimmy
Fortier, Of this city, decided he heG
enough in the middle Of The second.
His opponent, Young Conway. from
P~laindeld, led Fortier during the
time the fight lasted. but Fortier put
up a game battle.
Young Egmore of this city knocked
out Paul Rock of North Amboy, in
the second round OF their bout.
Johnny McAvoy, OF Brooklyn, ref
creed the bouts In a satisfactory man
ner, and was the master Of the boxers
throughout the night. McAvoy was a,
X. of c. secretary during the war and
served on the other side for n long
time
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-12

The Seventy-Eighth Lightning Dr.
vision basketball team OF Newark
viii be the opponents of the Audito-
rum five on the local court tomor-
row night. This team has been going
strong in the northern part of New
Jersey and contains several players
who formerly performed with the
Newark Centres. a team hat defeated
the strong Y. NJ. H. A. combination
of this city and a number of other
teams in this section last year.
The local team performed in a
creditable fashion on Wednesday
night.
Local boys who were in the Light
ming Division will be out strong to-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-12

The Riverside-Windsor game in
South AInboy tomorrow night should
certainly be u peppery tussle, judging
from liz performance this put
up against the strong Auditorium Five
some time ago
o
With cold weather fast approaching
other sports will soon get on the go.
Skating and hockey playing will soon
occupy a place in the sporting world.
The Star Fish + beginning to
make their presence known in the
EIks bowling league. In thei last
couple of matches they have been
going strong.
Ferguson, q pitcher of the Cleve-
land Americans last year, showed he
knows a little about basketball too,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-12
PLAY WINDSOR BIG
FIVE ATS. AMBOY TONIGHT

~ Special Correspondents.
SOUTH AMhBOY, Dec. 12.-AN the
big fan n little fans, n fanettes will
be on hand at st. Mary's Hall tonight
to see what is expected to be a basket
bah classic, for the Riversides, who
have won four straight games. are to
clash with the Windsor Big Five, of
Newark. The Newark boys in their
first game of the season. played to a
2S-2S tie with the Auditorium Five,
of Perth Amboy, and the Perth AM
boyans won the game by h forfeit
score 2 to 0 when the WindSors re-
fused 10 play the extra ive-minute
period.
Gil Schwab Is looked upon as the
Rivies' tower Of strength in tonight's
game, although the Newark boys, who
have been in contest many times with
this elusive little court romper, are
wise" to Gil's bag Of tricks and can
be depended on to watch him closely.
"Dutch" Dehnert, the star enter man
,of the Rivies, will be on hand, and
Jimmie canton, who is playing a
great game at forward with Schwab,
will be another boy who will bear
m3tchire in tonight's game. Allen
and Burns will do the guarding and
Handy who didn't break into the
p~ortutity to display his wares to-
might.
For Newark Solador, Clarke. Schill-
ing, Shcwankert, and Fem, who need
no introduction to local fans who fol-
low the court come, will be In the
lineup. These boys, some of whom
play with the National urn Triang-
les and the Whirlwinds, are capable
of putting UP a fast, hard game, and
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-12

The Auditorium Five won their
sixteenth victory when they defeated
the strong Hudson Triangles on
Wednesday night.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-12
The Melting Pot
Sport News Boiled Down

for he performed in a classy manner
with the Hudson Triangles on We'd
nesday night.
o
Lewkowitz and Spitzer are sure to
make the other candidates work
hard for the guarding positions on
the high school varsity. Both of
these boys played q great guarding
game and Amboy highs victory on
Wednesday was due a great deal to
their playing.
o
The New York Giants are counting
on securing Meanwhile from Boston
and Hornsby from St. Louis, and 1t
is stated they r willing to give
Kauff, Fletcher, Doyle, Zimmerman
and a number of other players to put
over these trades.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-12
MORGAN TEAM TAKES GAME
FROM FAST. MATAWAN FIVE
81 Special Correspondent.

MATAWAN, Dec. 12.-The Morgan
basketball team travelled to the local
court on Wednesday night and hand
ed out the second defeat of the sea-
son to the local team by q score of
32-19 in a snappy. we'll played
game. Hasslacher and Henshaw fea-
tured for the winners with ten points
apiece, while Tassini was high score
man for the home team with eleven
points.
The Morgan combination surprising
ly outplayed the locals throughout
the game and led 17-9 at the end of
the first half. One of the Morgan
guards dropped a field goal in Mata-
vans basket to start the second half
and Haksini was credited with the
score.
Kutcher refereed the game.
The score:
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-12

RIVE a look forward TO a thrilling
contest
There will be a program OF enter
tainment in connection with the
anne Gil Schwab, a gymnast who
has won national honors on apparatus
with the Newark Turn Verein, has
promised to give an exhibition of floor
tumblng, the Arthur Scufy-Btn Pear
son duo will entertain with songs and
dances, and Gene Bird, h popular
vocal artist of Perth Amboy, will en-
terrain with popular songs.
Sam Berse will referee.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-12
Sport Doings
ATTY. ~ CA.

A three-man bowling match, rolled
on the local Y. NJ. G. A. alleys last
night, resulted in some Of the highest
scores which have been made on
those strips this season. The match
wa between Payne's All-Star trio
consisting of Edgar Mallet. Gene Par
ker and himself-and the crack Post
Office trio-Btll Pemberton, Birden
Golden and Clarence Hoffman. Four
games were rolled. both teams win
ming two. although the Post Office
combination secured the highest total
for the four games.
Pemberton and Mallett did excep-
tional bowling in the games. The
former made a high score of 279
which, together with games at 223,
1875 and 1873 gave him an average of
224 for the night. Mallett got three
double century games out Of four, his
scores of 204, 21s. $50 and 22z CIV
ing him an average of 206.
The ore:
PaYDefs Stars.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-12
GIRLS BASKETBALL
GAME HERE TONIGHT

Another basketball game will be
played on Roessler's court tonight,
and tho Kewpie and Imp teams of
the Girls Club will be the opponents
in this game. These teams have met
before, the Kewpies coming out
ahead. This game was played at the
Auditorium court on the night of tho
Red Cross field day. .Tonight's game
will start about s o'clock and there
will be dancing before the game, dur
ing the halves and after the coantest
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-12

Van Mulchahey's refereeing at the
local games still continues to win
favor with all OF the local fans, II
number of whom are hard to please.
- O.
Luke" Oliver continues to i'm
prove in his playing and by the time
the big games come Luke" should
be In good shape.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-12
ElRS BOUlinQ
League Data
Standing in Elks League

The ~Ironc1ads took the lead in the
E1ks bowling tourney last night as
the result of winning three straight
from the PAGERS. The Madisons, who
were tie for first place, are now In
second. A. Greiner was high average
man for the winning Ave and P.
Greiner led the PAGERS in average.
The scores:
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81 Side Talks y
lssS by Rqdtln Cameron |
LEAVING THE BEATEN TRACK.

many places worth seeing. and she Is
very happily married to n man win
tastes and talents akin to her own. Her
girl friends. none of whom have done
as we'll either in rIatr!m"ny or IN huSl-
n"ss. are very proud to refer /" her AS a
dear friend.
she had talent. Of course. But more
than that she had thu courage t. persist
n the face Of the iccrs and SconS OF
;hoss. Sh" counted az her dearest friends
The things which are thoroughly worth
while and which bring us III" largest
rewards. art those which only Few
people can do. They require either
great natural ability. or special ptrHe-
vcrIng raining. or both. In order To al
tain 10 them We must leave the beaten
track Tho moment we do 50. We. with
all the mudcstv in the world, show n
dtCrCc Of self esteem which our friends
resent and they do their best 10 take
II out Of us.
Decide to Do One Of TWO Things.
One thing is certain. II YOU believe
You haNr a great idea If you cherish
~ cal amb!tiun--ur even a comparative
Is small one, you must either keep II To
Yourself or else steel yourself to bear
the ridiculc of those about you. The
hing to do IS to emulate pavy Crockett
be sure you arc right and then so
ahead.
Let those who may boot and jeer. II
YOU succeed. tho jcers will promptly
turn To cheers if you fail YOU have at
least proved yourself better than those
who. staying in the beaten path. have
talents only as oostrurt'"nlsts. hinderlng
those who would leave it
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s!|.|s

The schoolmaster asked his class IN
aritbmetic 20 substitute figures for let
tiers SO as 10 produce the result shown
on the blackboard.
Can you tell the figures represented by
a. 3, c and d?
ANSWER TO NO. 30o.
Josiah and Maria must have mad 3eo
days.
Multiplying 800 by so gives the num-
Der Of individual daily chicken meals az
$4,000. Should Josiah's suggestion pc
lowed and IS chickens sold of. then 20
divided into $4,000 shows that the feed
would last so days, whereas IL Maria;
purchased a hundred extra fowl, 4OV
divided into $4,000 gives 45 as the num-
Der Of days the stock would last
Copyright. 1919, by Sam Loyd)
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The world cheers the man who has
achieved something. it iecrs him who Is
attempting to achieve. The great dis
vgvercrS. inventors. pioneers in sci"nc"
and all others vino have left In" beaten
track - chart II NI.'IonCd course, have All
known what II Is TO push unSw"ENln%i!
ahead while those who knew HIM best
je"rrd.
Even though We cannot take place
with these great men We know that me
dread Of ridiculc CXtInguiShCS Originality
in it's birth" | think that 1t must b.
EoTac particularly malignant admlNtur"
Of envy. venom and knowledge OF our
own limitations. that makes US boot anu
iccr at tn" man or woman. who, Ill our
own circle. is trying TO accomplish some
thing.
The Very Time She Needed Her Friends
announcement.
know Il self contained woman VINO.
educated bv her father :" be s"lf-Sup-
porting became a far StCnOgraphcr She
decided she would rather be - public
reader, and announced that she Intended
10 study clOCution She had five or six
very intimate SRI friends any one OF
whom might have been expected TO sym
pathise with her. Instead. they all
treated her determination as huge joke
They could fini 50 many reasons why the
idea was insane. so many that she hcr-
self had overlooked.
Now They Are Proud OF Her.
She persisted. Today she ia very
successful lecturer. You might not know
hor by name yet she enjoys a very fine
income. she has congenial work. she has
travelled up and down the world. seeing
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United States Of America. Northern
District Of West Virginia. SIS:
In the United States District Court
in and FOR said District.
In the matter Of LYDIA Elcnder An
derson, Bankrupt. No. 524. In Bank
ruptcy. Petition for Discharge.
Judge of the District Court Of the
United States for the Northern Dis
trict Of Yves; Virginia:
LYDIA Elender Anderson. Of Jackson
burg In tho County of WCtzel. and state
of West Virginia. in said District. re-
day OF February. 1919. last past. sh"
was duly adjudEed a bankrupt under
| the acts Of Congress relating TO bank.
ruptcy; that she has duly surrendered
and has fully complied with all the re-
Qurcments Of said acts and Of orders
Of the court touching her bankruptcy.
Wherefore. she prays that she may
be decreed by the Court to have full
discharge from all debts provable
against her estate under said bankrupt
acts. except such debts as are excepted
by law from such discharge.
Dated this second day of December.
LYDIA ELENDER ANDERSON.
bankrupt.
BY c. l.. JOHNSON. Counsel.
Order Of Notice Thereon.
! Northern District OF West Virginia. IS:
1919, on reading the foregoing petition.
It is
Ordered by the Court that n hearing
be had upon the same on the 15th day
OF January. A: D., 1920. before said
Court at Wheeling in said district. at
ten o'clock in the forenoon; and that
notice thereof be published in the
Wheeling 1ntellGcncrr. newspaper
printed in said District. and that all
known creditors and other persons In
interest may appear al the said timc
and place and show cause. II any they
have, why. the prayer Of the said petit
ton should not be granted.
And it is further ordered by the
Court. that the clerk shall send by mail
! to all known creditors copies Of said
petition and this order addressed to
/ Them at their places OF residence as
stated.
Witness the Honorable Aston g.
Dayton, Judge OF the said Court. ana
the seal thereof. nj Wheeling. in said
district. on the sth day of December.
4. D.. 1919.
Attest:
A. T. BARRETT Clerk.
L. S. II. c., y. D. W Va.
d-11-l8
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HELD SPECIAL TERM

Judge J. B. Somerville was at
Moundsville yesterday where he held a
special term of the Marshall county cir
cult court Chancery business, argu-
rents on matters and decisions IN
number OF pending matters engaged
the attention Of the court.
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IN BANKRUPTCY.

United States Of America Northern
District OF West Virginia. SO:
In the United States District Court IN
and for said District.
In the matter of Elias D. Bland. Bank
rupt. No. 533. In Bankruptcy. Petit
ton for Discharge.
To the Honorable Aston G. Dayton.
Judge Of the District Court OF the
United States for the Northern DIS
trict of West Virginia:
Elias D. Bland, of Reader, in the
County of Wetzel. and State OF West
Virginia in said District respectIuliy
1919, last past. he was duly adjudgcd
bankrupt under the acts of Congress re-
lating to bankruptcy; that he has duly
surrendered all his property and rights
OF property. and. has fully c3mpiiea
with all the requirements Of said acts
and of orders Of the court touching his
bankruptcy.
Wherefore. he prays that he may be
decrecd by the Court to have a full dis.
charge from all debts provable against
his estate under said bankrupt acts. eH-
cept such debts as are excepted Dy law
from such discharge.
Dated this 5th day Of December A D,
ELIAS D. BLAND.
BY c. L. JOHNSON. Counsel.
Order Of Notice Thereon.
Northern District OF West virginia, 50:
1919. on reading the foregoing petition
II is
Ordered by the Court that a hearing
be had upon the same on the 18th day
OF January. A; D. 1920; before said
Court at Wheeling in said district. at
ten o'clock in the forenoon; and that
notice thereof be published IN the the
nrinted in said District. and that all
known creditors and other persons IN
interest may appear at the said time
and place and show cause, IL any they
have, why the prayer Of the said petit
ton should not he granted.
And it is further ordered by the
Court. that the clerk shall send by mail
TO all known creditors copies OF said
petition and this order addressed 10
them at their places Of residence as
stated.
Witness the Honorable Aston g..
Dayton. Judge OF the said Court ana
the seal thereof. Mt Wheeling. in said
district, on the 5th day of December,
A. D., 1919.
Attest:
A. T. BARRETT. Clerk.
II 6 d C. y. d. w. Va,
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