Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-10-31
TAKE COURT NOV. A;
SCHWAbA NDDEHNERT WITH THEM

OtuAGIL, DOLu OF the bridgeport,
Conn, team Of the Interstate League.
Schwab, who comes from Newark,
has been captain of the National
Turner's for V years, and Dehnert,
who has been playing with Johnnie
Beckman and Chris Leonard in the
Newark Turner aggregation, comes
from Brooklyn. He has played on
some of the fastest quintets in Great
er New York.
The new combination means a rare
treat for local fans, and no team has
ever had moro loyal support than
the Riversides have had in South
Amboy. They want a winning team
here, and this year they will get it.
No expense will be spared to form
and keep a team that will gladden.
the hearts of the followers of the
court game, and the best teams that
can be secured will be pitted against
the fighting Rivies.
Again the Fighting Rivies
The fighting trio of the old River
side outit-Ruie Allen, Jimmie
Canton and Scott Burns-will form
the nucleus of the new team. These
three, all Woodworking, "clean-cut
and loyal Rivies, have long been fav-
orites with basketball devotees here.
And then, too, there is little Raw
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fast developing into one of the best
tossers the court game has produced
in Perth or South Amboy.
Schwab is bound to be a wonderful
asset to the team. In the first work.
out Monday night Gil seemed to fit
in wonderfully with the RIVE oomDI-
nation. He is undoubtedly the fast
est player who has ever graced q
local court, and he is tickled with the
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such a hard fighting little crew as
the Rivies.
Dehnert is a finished player. a hard
worker, and bound to become a fav-
ortte with the fans. Although he
gained his fame under professional
rules, he adapts himself to the A. A.
U. game with great skill and is to be
a great factor with the Amboy crew
as & pivot man.
Schwab is not only known promi-
nently on the asketball court, but
is considered one of the best gym
nasts in the country. He went through
the national championships in 1914,
1915, 1916 as the Newark Turn Vele-
in titleholder for apparatus work.
About the other Rivies there is
'nuf sed. Jimmie Canton has ever
been able to hold up his own with
tile best of EN-. He has been con-
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parts. His passing has always been
a feature of his work on the court.
and there a never been a time
when Sir James, as he is fondly
known among his loyal followers in
South Amboy, would sacrifice team
work for personal gain. Although a
good shot, Jimmie never plays to the
scoreboard, but for the teams vic
tory.
Rufe Allen, laying aside the digni-
tx of the teachers position that he
holds during the br~ead-earning hours,
gets into the fray for all that he's
worth. Opposing teams always find
him like the pesky flea-now you've
got him and now you haven't. He is
popular here, and righteously so, for
South Amboy loves a born scrapper-
and Rufie would rather play basket
ball or fight than eat.
Scott Burns is not a f1ashy player
but a good steady worker whose eff
forts are appreciated by those who
have ever canned with him. He is
an excellent guard, up on his toes
and fighting every mnlute-and
that's the stuff that makes the Rivies
known n loved here. Scott this
year in practice has been doing some
great shooting under the basket,
something he has been rather weak
on heretofore, and unless all dope
goes wrong this will be the best sea-
son he has ever had on the court.
Handerhan, though slight of build,
makes up for his missing pounds in
surplus energy and scrapping mate
rial. He is fast, apt, n a good shot,.
Under Schwab's tuition he will o
attain in senior basketball a name
| similar to hat which he made in
junior circles when playing with that
clever little Perth Amboy outit-the
West Sides.
May Set Another Star
Although the Rivies now have an
abundance of material, 1t is said that
negotiations are being carried on
with Frank McDermitt, of Newark, q
former st. Benedict and Seton Hail
College star. McDermitt has been
recommended by Frank Hill, New
Jerseys basketball expert, as one OF
the fastest men that the state has
ever produced under the A. A. U.
rule. He is now playing in Newark
Friday nights but expects to make a
| shift by which the Rivies will ac-
quire him.
st. Mary's Hall
The games are to be played every
Friday on the spacious st. Mary's
court, and the opening night will be
November IA. Middlesex county
teams will probably be booked for
The first two or three games, after
! which the Rivies will stack up
I against the best tossers in the east.
The National Turner's, Newark Turn
ers, and probably the Trenton East
ern League team will be brought
here during December and January.
There will be dancing before and
after the games, OBrien's jazz or
chestra having been secured. New
uniforms have been ordered for the
team-the colors of the Rivies this
year will be Cornell scarlet and
white.
There'u be q hot time in South
Amboy on the night of November IA
when the new RIVE combination
makes its first appearance before the
public.
After County Title
The Rivies, having tossed their hat
in the ring, nnounc that they are
going after the county championship
tooth and tongs. With a stronger
lineup than they have ever presented
before, they feel that they have q
good claim upon the county colors-
Harold Hoffman, who managed
the team during the 1915 and 1916
seasons, will again direct them this
year.