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Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-01-17
Hoffman Replies To
Booz I'm Reference To
Audo-Riverside Series

week. But moi Mr.. Booz suddenly
decided that he was booke up until
after January 1. and the RiV1es dld
not hear from him until the night
that the Newark papers announced
Gil Schwab had an ankle sprained,
when a Perth Amboy sporting writer,
speaking for MI. Booz. telephone1
me that he was anxious to get to-
gether'' and arrange the series.
About two weeks ago the meeting
was held. A forfeit was mentioned
and Peter vanSyckle, who appeared
with Booz, said that 1t was not nee
essary; that both teams had enough
at stake without that.
On Tuesday night / promised MT.
Booz to have the names of the Riv-
erside players In the hands of the
sporting editor of the EVENING
NEWS by Thursday morning. This
I did, and the names were published
in Thursday afternoons edition.
The Riversides will play Monday
night. The word of the Riversides is
as good as that Of Mr.. Booz or the
Auditorium Five, and I defy him to
! prove otherwise. The Rvs will be
there, and If we only have five Grip
pies to put on the floor they will be
only the ones whose names have
been posted with the EVENING
NEWS. We want no others. Mr..
BooZ can hire the whole Eastern or
Interstate League If he so desires N
there will be no howl going up from
the RIVE fans.
After taking many knocks in the
sporting columns of the EVENING
NEWS because they had profession
ais In their lineup, the Rtvies are
tickled to death to see the Audos
blossom out with Mcintyre and
Nicholas In their lineup. But in the
NEWS there is no reference to these
men as professionals" They are
merely new men who nave Joined
1.-THE Auditorium Five"
The Rivies do not claim to be
world-beaters. We do not expect to
have a '.cinch" in the coming series.
We hope to win. but we may be beat
en-. But we will be there. INT so will
the good old royal rooters from
| South Amboy. We may be "Rubes
from a high grass town." but you've
got to admit that little old South
Amboy raises a real crop of basket
ball fans. And they pay to get IN to
the games, oo-no 'tin horn" sports
/ over here.
Yours until Monday night,
H. @. HOFFMAN,
! Manager.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-01-17
(By II. S. Correspondent

(By II. S. Correspondent ?
The biggest game of uhe season for
the boys varsity was won yesterday
when the local high school quintet de-
feated the crack combination from
Neptune high by a margin of two
points. Sc.
The Neptune team was heavier than
the local team n looked as If they
could deliver the goods. A foul was
called on Hyde OF the opposing team
and Hansen scored first when he,
dropped in the foul. The two teams
then battied in vain trying to get a
field goal. The local team resorted to
passing and very seldom were they
able to through for the basket The
opposing team ~resorted to dribbllng
more than to passing. Moe Splitter lay
about ten or fifteen feet from h Nep-
tune basket and whenever the oppos-
ing team would dribble the ball to-
wards their basket Splitter would al
ways break 1t up.
No field goals were made during
this half by either of the teams. Han
sen was high score mar for the local
quintet making seven fouls out of nine
tries Jenkins of the opposing team
made the most points for them maxi
ing good four fouls out Of five tries.
This half ended with Amboy leading
by a margin of three points the score
being "a and neither team made q
field goal.
After ten minutes rest the two
cams faced each other. Amboy mad
the same lineup while Gravett repiac-
ed Hummel on the opposing team.
During this half Amboy scored only
one point. when Hansen dropped a
foul called on Ferritagra. Neptune
succeeded in scoring w points during
this half when Jenkins dropped in two
fouls one called on Splitter and one
called on Lewkowitz. Outside Of the
small amount of scoring this half al
q REPETITION of the first. Each team
tried to score a field goal but could
not succeed. During his half Nep-
tune had several disputes with the ref
cree concerning certain fouls.
This game was one of the most
unique anne ever played in the gym
because Of the fact that no field goals
were made by either cam. Both teams
were about evenly matched, one re-
sorted to passing while the other to
dribbling. The game ended with the
score Sc in favor of Amboy.
The boys varsity will travel to Jer-
] sey City Monday afternoon to play a
return game with st. Peters Frep.
The score.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-01-17
A, s. & R. POOL TOURNEY IS
POPULAR WITH PLAYERS

The American Smelling & Refining
Athletic Association like the
Raritan Copper Works. are promot-
.dng all branches of sport. An inter
department bowling league will be Or
gained and a lively pool tournament
is being run off at the Royal parlor
on Monday and Friday nights. The
results of recent games are as fol-
lows:
Ciiff Larkin. 100; Oscar Wilson. 90:
Joe Mullen. 100; Lambach, ST: De
Leon, 100; C. Thomas. 60: Cliff Lar
kin, 100; Miller, so; Wilson, 100;
Watson, 96; w. Merrill, 100; Arnston,
rs: Cliff Larkin. 100; De Leon. So;
Searles, 100; Ffnney. IA; Geo. Valid
man. 100; Watson, 49,: Leon Merrill,
100; r. Miller, 40: Arnston. 100:
Thomas, 6S: w. Merrill. 100; Cliff
Larkin, 72: Mullen. 100; Wilson. GA:
Whelan. 100: G. Waldman, S.; Searles
100; Lanbach. so; Searles. 100; @.
Waldman, 60: Whelan, 100; L. Mer-
rill, so: Whelan. 100; Watson, 9S;
Cliff Larkin. 100: Lanbach, 90; c.
Thomas, 100; Rasmussen, IS; Fritz
Sperr, 100; Schultz. 70.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-01-17
BIC F|GHTSh At
AUDITORIUM
First Appearance Of Leglnsky
Here Thursday Night

The Auditorium on next Thursday
night will be the scene Of the second
big boxing show arranged by the
Amboy Sporting Club and the caro-
arranged for this night appears to
be as good as or better than the card
of events for the first night. Three
e~ight-round events, one six-round
bout and a four-round prelim WILL
complete the show.
Two Light Heavy Battlers
Battling Levinsky, the light heavy
weight champion of the world. Will
oppose Johnny Howard, the light
heavyweight champion Of New err
sey, in the eight-round main event.
Levfnsky has defeated the best men
In his class, and the Bayonne cop mas
a wonderful reputation and should
put up a wonderful battle.
Lightweight Contestants
One Round Hogan of New Orleans,
the opponent of Young Joe Gans OF
Newark, has a wonderful reputation
and should give the colored battler q
hard go. Cans, q challenger OF Benny
Leonard, Is well liked in this city
where he performed on several &C.
casions.
Featherwetght Contestants
Kid Potty. the featherweight fdol
OF this city, will return to the ring
on Thursday night, and his opponent
will be Charley Britton, a speedy
feather of the county seat. Britton
made a great showing against Potty
in their last meeting, and a return
match has been secured al the re-
quest of local hstic fans.
Fast Prelims
A six and a four-round bout VII
be matched and several local boys
are expected to participate IN tines
events.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-01-17
STIFF OPPOSITION
IN BIG GAME HERE TONIGHT

The Auditorium Five Will have as
their opponents tonight the crack
All-Collegians combination from New
Brunswick. This combination con-
sists of three Rutgers varsity n;en.
one Lehigh varsity player and n
player from the crack Princeton Col
lego team. The visitors have played
together for q number Of seasons and
are highly reputed all around bas-
ketball stars.
Company Il Players
In the lineup of the New Bruins
wick team will be found Boudinot,
one of the star Company r perform
ers, a member of Rutgers College
varsity cam, a player on the New
Brunswick high school in former
wears and an all-around star player.
French, q player on Rutgers and
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-01-17

Manager Harold Hoffman, of the
Riversides. has sen to the sporting
editor q letter in reply to that pub
iished yesterday from Manager Louis
p. Booz, Jr., of the Auditorium Five,
with reference to the coming series.
The letter follows:
Sporting Editor EVENING NEWS,
Perth Amboy. N. j.
Dear SIR
May I be permitted to reply to the
ambitious literary effort of your we'll
known and well-meaning Fellow
townsman. Louis F. Booz, Jr., pub
iished yesterday, and may / also say
that his letter. which is full of mis-
statements, brings forth a big "ha!
hal over here In South Amboy.
The ambitious Mr.. Booz, in his
howery flights OF rhetoric, foresees
that we shall ''blot out the name OF
Riverside and deal 1t a blow from
which II will never The
name Riverside, may ! say, will never
be bIotted out while there Is a good
South Amboyan left to yell 1t. The
Rivies have made many mistakes;
they have been beaten In many
games. and they have been beaten
badly In a few games. In probably
another season the Rivies will put
aside their basketball toys forever.
But I feel sure that the team will
nOI p0 OfBOlLc Ny bhC OA6 hOcI tSA
fans who have backed the team
through thick and thin. n these
fans, at least, will always remember
the Rivies as good winners and game
losers, and never as "crawlers."
For months we have been using
professional players. Every member
of the Riverside team Is a profess
sioual: SO is every member Of the
Auditorium team a professional. for
the term professional" In athletic
circles Is defined as lone who re-
ceives compensation for playing in
any branch of sport" The only diff
ference is that the Riversides. backed
by the loyal South Amboy fans. have
been able and willing to secure a
better grade of players. There are
no Observation-Disclosures on the
Riversides. and I feel safe in saying
that a RivIe player on the bench re-
ceives more money han the highest
paid player on the Auditorium pay
roll.
Several weeks ago. it may be re-
membered, q meeting was held in
the EVENING NEWS office, at
which the Riversides offered to post
a 500 forfeit to appear on the
Auditorium court the very next
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-01-17
Bic SERIES MAY
FALL THROUGH
John ]. Powers Makes State
ment; is Answered by Hoffman

John J. Powers. one OF the menu
bers of the Auditorium management,
this morning communicated with the
sporting editor OF the NEWS by
phone and said that Riverside-Au-
ditorium series was off unless Man
ager Hoffman OF the Riversides gets
down to business and sticks to some
statements Ire makes"
At q conference last night Powers
said the Auditorium management adj
vised the drawing up of certain arti-
Giles that would govern the series.
but Hoffman vas not inclined to do
such q thing stating that he now be-
Eeves he will use Dehnert and Bow
ers in the series and drop Gene
Parker. a local boy. When Hoffman
was allowed by Manager Booz OF the
Auditorium five to secure a ninth
man, the ninth man was to be used
only II Dehnert was not secured said
Powers
Powers stated thai the forfeit was
not mentioned, but he said he Knows
Hoffman would not agree to It be-
cause If his team was badly beaten
In the first contest, they would not
show up for the second game and
their forfeit would be lost.
Hoffman Answers.
Manager Hoffman, Of the River
sides. communicated with the Sport
ing EDITOR IN reply 10 a COInInullicd~
ton from John Powers OF the Audi
torium management. in which Powers
stated he was going tc give a COM
munication to the Sporting Editor on
the Auditorium-Riverside series.
stated: THE RivSrsides are ready to
play Monday night, the only players
we wi use or have intended TO use,
are those whose names were posted
with the EVENING NEWS and pub-
ilshed In Fridays paper. On Nom
day night my lineup will include only
Schwab. Canton, Allen Powers, Schel-
ling, Handerhan and Burns"
He further stated: 1.-THE sporting
public knows that the Riversides are
ready and a W been ready for sew
eral months TO play the Auditorium
five. We will be In Perth Amboy
Monday night IL the Aud forum five
refuses to play. the Riyies rootera
will hold a banquet at the Packer
House."
At the present time the long
awaited start of the Riverside-Audi-
forum series seems as far off as ever.
and the fans may have to go without
the basketball classics.
Chief Patrick j. Burke of the local
! police department, hearing of the con-
troversy between the two teams. stat
ed this morning that II the arguing
continues his department will pre-
/ vent the game, II appearances show
that the game would result in a free-
for-all battle.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-01-17
R|VERSDES EASILY DEFEAT
PRUDENTIAL BIG FIVE, 1878

The Prudential Big Five of Newark
did not furnish the expected oppo-
sition against the Riversides last
night and the team from across the
river scored its first victory on the
local court by the score of Abs.
Charlie Powers, the sta pivot man
of the Riversides. showed up well
last night, dropping six double count
ers; Schwab scored three field and
six foul goals Evans, who perform
ed with the Montclair team when
here on last Saturday night, featured
for the visitors. scoring three field
and two foul goals.
Evans, OF the visitors was the first
to clang the scoring gong, dropping
in a field goal. Schwab dropped in a
foul goal and Rufe Allen promptly
put the home team in the lead by a
double counter, after which Schwab
scored his second foul goal. Van
Orne, the speedy forward of the Wis
iting combination, dropped in a SEN
sational basket some distance from
the basket. tieing the score, and
Burns discounted this score with a
field goal and the Rivies were then
never headed. The score at the end
of the first half stood 1873.
During the first session Schwab
scored two field and two foul goals.
Powers cored two field and one foul
goal. Allen and Burns each dropped
In a double counter. In this session
Schwab was off form in shooting
fouls, making two out of five. Powers
also missed one out OF two attempts.
For the visitors Evans scored one
field and two foul goals, Tate and
Van Orne each dropping In a double
counter.
+ Both teams used their same line
ups to start the second session with
the exception of Schelling replacing
CANTON at forward. Schelling start
ed the scoring In this session and the
Rivies scored ten points before the
visitors made a score. Ray Handler
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-01-17

Company II, is another star who viii
perform with the All-Collegians,
Runyon, a third member on tonight's
visiting team. is also a member of
the Rutgers and Company L teams.
A Princeton and Lehigh player will
complete the lineup.
The local team will take the court
tonight as they did the early part OF
the season. Hank" Thomas will be
back in the center position, "Jawn"
McCreery and Eddie" Regain will be
found IN the advanced positions,
while Evans and Hanson win take
charge of the defensive positions.
Nichols and Mcintyre will be on
hand tonight ready to get into the
ARRAY.
Van Mulchahey will be the elev-
enth mar on the floor tonight, There
will be dancing.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-01-17
Murray VS..
Tin Found In United States.

Deposits of tin ore are found in Cal
ifornia. Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina, South Dakota. Washington.
Nevada and New Mexico. but the ore
at some of them contains so little tin
that 1t cannot be mined with profit.
Tin concentrate from Bolivia was ham
died at four tin-smelting plants In this
country, which produced from 1t over
10000 tons Of metallic tin.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-01-17
Leonard May Go West

Billy Gibson, manager of Benny
Leonard, denies hat his boy is going
to fight Johnny Dundee at q Newark
Club the latter part of the month.
Leonard is reported to be going to
the west coast with a moving picture
concern.
BPitton. Training Hard
Charley Britton, the New Bruins
wick feather, is reported to be train
ing hard for his eight-round bout
with Kid Potty. the popular feather
Of this city.
Murray vs.. MichaeIs
Johnny Murray, the New York
featherweight, is scheduled to do a
great deal of boxing in the next four
weeks. Murray boxes Bobby Mich
aels in an eight-round bout at Tren-
ton on Monday night.
Howard Should Show up Well
Johnny Howard, the fighting cop
from Bayonne, should give Battling
Levinsky, the light heavyweight
champion Of the world, a hard go at
the Amboy Sporting Club on next
Thursday night.
yelling Made Offer
Joe yelling, the crack Chicago
lightweight, may fight either Mickey
Donley of Newark or Eddie Fitzsim-
mons of New York at the next show
OF the Newark Sportsmen's Club.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-01-17
WLADEK ZBYSZkO
TO WRESTLE HERE

Wladek Zbyszko, the Polish Giant
will appear in a wrestling match
against Frank Kovac, the Hungarian
champion at Pulaski hall on Wednes-
day night. In another bout, Mike
Nestor, a leader in the light heavy
weight division will meet Joe Romano
the Italian cyclone. There will also
be a fast preliminary match.
These are the first wrestling
matches to take place in this city
since the days of Harold Christiansen
and Nelson in Palace Hall when the
wrestling game was a big attraction.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-01-17
Fl. S. Boys Defeat Neptune, SO;
Girls Beat North Pdinfleld

field. while Miss H. Spencer was re-
sponsible for the other t-c-~ass.s.
team points as the result of "a head
goal. For Amboy Miss A. Handerhan
twice dropped in double counters and
made good one Of the two foul shots
she tried. The other two points were
the result of a field goal by Miss A.
Wilentz.
In the last half both Miss Wilentz
and Miss Handerhan scored two field
goals. while the former made two
foul and the latter three foul goals.
Miss e. Shotwell and Miss Spencer,
Of the Plainfield team, each made
two field goals and the latter two
foul shots also.
The score:
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-01-17
Referee-van Mulchahey.

The scoring in the last session was
done by Powers, Schelling, Schwab,
Allen and Parker. Powers scored
four field goals. Schelllng dropped in
three double counters and Parker
contributed the same number, Schwab
and Allen each scored a field goal and
Schwab scored four out of five foul
shots. For the visitors Evans and Co.
en- each scored two field goals and
Tate dropped in a double counter.
Van Mulchahey refereed the game
calling twelve fouls on the visitors
and eight on the home team.
The score:
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-01-17
p. A. Fl. s. (2o)
SElBOTH LEADS COPS
In REVOLVER PRACTICE

Frank Seiboth leads the members
of the local police department in
shooting ability. For the month of
January each member was gwen ten
shots at a target with rings ranging
from 5 to 10. Seiboth secured a mark
of 10, Charles ~Jorgenson was second
with 55, James Egan scored 48, J..
Reager was close to Egan with AZ and
Sergeant Niels Tonnesen scored 20.
The other members of the department
scored from 20 down.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-01-17
corGHED NIGHT AND DAY

John Vognue, Elerton, Ga, writes:
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down with in the Influenza. l tool a
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I coughed night and day and my
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two hours. My condition began to i'm
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Barnekoy &c Petz-Ady.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-01-17
Perth Ambey.
Amboy Girls Win Also

While the Amboy boys were WIN
ming their game here yesterday af-
ternoon the girls varsity was having
a real battle at North Plainfield with
the high school girls varsity there.
The Crimson and White finally won
out 20-18 after having been behind
by one point at the end of the first
half when the score was ST. During
the first half Miss E. Shotwell, play
ing forward for North Plainfield,
located the basket thrice from the
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-01-17
00THE0 %
AItIsS il!D :D z
@GsArs@0

1t Is hoped that the Riverside and
Auditorium game, waited for by fans
in this section, will not be cancelled
at this late Gate. The first game OF
the series usually proves the most ex-
citing, and Will be the big feature OF
the season.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-01-17
ElkS BOWllnq
League Data

The MadiSonS maintained their noIu
on second place in the Elks Bowling
League las night by taking Two out OF
fthree games from Jack Weitzen's Pac-
i ers who are now tied for hfth place
with the Nationals. Uffer was high
Weitzen's 191 was high single score.
Weitzen's 191 was single score.
| Tba cp0raS.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-01-17
On The Strips
With 1he r. {. w.
Standing in Ingots Bowling eLasue.

TWO teams tumbled out Of first
place in the Ing0ts bowling league
last night. when Teams 1 and 4, both
of whom had perfect records thus far
in the league, clashed, the former
taking two out of three games, on
the Cunningham alleys. AS a result
Teams 10 and 5 are the sole occu-
pants OF the 1000 positions. while No.
/ is second and No. 4 is tie with No.
s for third Diedrickson with an av-
erage OF 175. was high for the night.
The scores.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-01-17

The New York Giants have secured
a college graduate pitcher. named
Carton. He halls from Tulsa of the
Western league and Is recommended
by Dick Kinsella-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-01-17
SharJxey Wins Another

Jackie Sharkey. of New York. out
pointed Johnny Buff, Of Jersey City,
in a whirlwind eight-round bout at
the City A c. OF Jersey City on
Thursday night. Sharkey was forced
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-01-17

han replaced Burns at guard after
five minutes of play and showed up
IN classy fashion. Parker replaced
Allen near the end Of the session n
scored three baskets.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-01-17
Sport D0lngs
At Y. M. C.

Last night IN the business mems
league Rev. w. HI ,Bawden's team
won two straight from Thomas Han
sons combination, while Harry Com
ings' team look two from Capt. Lee
son.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-01-17

The showing OF the All Colleg-
ian team against the Auditorium
five tonight. will have a great
deal 10 do with the strength Of
Company e, New Brunswick's
representative In the inter-city
league.