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Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-13
WHAT THEY SAY
Wilbert Robinson

Putting pi~nch-hitters into world
series games is a big gamble, says
Wilbert Robinson. It's easy to make
o big mistake. He says:
THE manager can pull bones in
a series as well as his players. but
he is quite often blamed for things
that aren't his fault. This is par
tieularly true of the pinch-hitter.
Nothing is more uncertain than a
pinch-hitter, and yet, If a manager
in a world series sends in a pinch
hitter who delivers the goods, he is
called an able s~trategist. If the
pinch-hitter strikes out OIL pops up,
the manager has pulled a bone. It's
the same old story Of the second
guess. What succeeds is right.
What fails Is a blunder. During the
eeason a manager can sometimes
juggle his pitching staff, %conceding
a few defeats here and there in or
der to win the greatest number of
games over the stretch, but in u
short series every game is so inn
portant that you must fight until the
last man is out. Good breaks on
sending in p~inch-hitters mean a lot
in world series games
John McGraw
In doping out world series games
experts very often pass e the
managers of the clubs lightly, but
in the opinion of John McGraw the
pilots figure much greater in the
outcome of the series than the star
players. He says:
Il would say ii is more difficult
to manage a winning team than a
loser. Anybody can lose and there
are always plenty of alibis. The
team may be ill-balanced, the man
ager may lack good players here
and there and it's easy for him to
blame his shortcomings on such
well known and obvious things. But
with a good team the managers job
becomes different. People expect
him to win and the pace always
grows hottest at the top. SO with a
good team the manager is blamed
for various things which are really
rot his fault. He has to even Shout
der responsibilities which properly
belong to some player
Chef Thomas
Babe Ruth's home run record did
not come as any surprise TO Chef
Thomas of the Cleveland Indians,
Chef used to catch Babe when he
was a pitcher, He says of Babe:
Il told some of the fellows last
spring that Babe would hit forty
home runs before the season was
over. They laughed at me. They
offered to bet. / wish now / had
taken them up. But l got to think
ing and figuring and came to the
conclusion that forty busts were
quite an order. Besides Babe is only
human and might slump. You never
can tell about a ball player. Blu
I'm certain now that Ruth ism
human. At least he does things
! which You couldn't expect of a mer,
batter with two arms and two legs
l can't explain him. Nobody can
/ was with the Red Sox when ht
broke into the game. And he Ger
tainly broke i'm all right. A catcher
can't figure him. All he a do i!
to give his pitcher a target aud lie
him shoot. Babe can hit anything.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-13
NEWARK TURNER'S MAY PLAY
HERE SATURDAY NIGHT

Bill Manning's Auditorium basket
ball team went down to defeat be-
fore the Newark Turner's at Newark
Sunday night by a score of 37-25.
The manager of the local %represen-
tative team is so proud of the show
ing of his team without Hank"
Thomas their star local pivot man
that he is trying to book this crack
outfit for a game here on Saturday
night instead of the st. Malachy five
of Brooklyn as originally arranged.
The Auditorium manager is of the
belief that with Thomas at center,
Reilly and Calder, forwards, and
Cosgrove and Harrigan in the guard
ing positions, the Newark outfit with
Stretch" Meehan at center, Role
and Schilling at forwards, and Boyle
and Schartoff at guards, the fans will
witness a real battle.
Stretch" Meehan the eighty inch
center of the Newark team perform
ed with Seton Hall college team and
numerous other strong outfits in this
section of the country. His height
give him the advantage ove the ma
jority of the pivot men playing on
teams in this section. The other four
men on this team Role. Schilling,
Boyle and Schartoff are all known to
the followers of the court game In
this city. they having appeared here
different occasions in the last few
years.
Manager Manning will arrange
with the manager of the team to APP
pear here on Saturday night to have
the visiting team on the floor to start
the game at 9:15 o'clock.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-13
Carpenter; Man O. Wan;
Cleveland 3 Big Winners

Georges Carpenter the heavy
weight champion OF Europe kayoed
Battling Levinsky light heavyweight
champion of America in the fourth
round of their bout at the Jersey City
ball park last night before a crowd
of $4,000 frenZied fight fans. This
event vas the closing one of an in
teresting Columbus day program. in
the afternoon Cleveland defeated
Brooklyn in the final game of the
WORLDS series SO and Man O. War
scored an easy victory oyer Sir Bar
ton at Windsor, Ontario.
The Frenchman led his opponent
from the start of the fight, and show
ed the fans here that he carries a
wicked right punch. There were a
number of other interesting bouts on
the card.
Man O. War piloted by Clarence
Hummer set up a new rec
ord for the Canadian track complet-
ing the mile and a quarter in 2:0S
and toward the end of the race can't
cred home. In defeating Sir Barton
before $4,000 people Man o. Wa
record 2:02 AS set up by the five
year old Boots at Fort Erie on Aug
ust S, 1916. The great three year-old
Man o. War is conceded by every
one to be the greatest horse in the
world. After the first seventy-five
yards Sir Barton was not in the race.
This victory brings a $4,000 cash
prize and a $4,000 gold cup.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-13
REGAIN TO LEAD AMBOYS
IN GAME At BOUND BROOK

Edward 'Blackie" Regain, who
has served on Joe Mullen's Perth
Amboy baseball nine as a star all
around man, will pilot the Perth
Amboy Baseball Club TO Bound
Brook on Sunday afternoon where
they will cross bats with the strong
Bees of that place. Manager Regain
will pilot the Amboy team on sever
al other trips before the close of the
season If weather conditions con-
tinue to remain favorable.
The Amboy team will have Harry
Apologize on the mound for this
game, and either Bader. Grassick or
Hand will do the receiving, In the
infield the representative Amboy
team will have Regain at first, Egan
at second, Stinson at short and
Billy Christopherson at third, and
in the outfield the Amboy outfit will
have Romer in left, 500 in center,
while the player for the right fed
position has not been decided on.
The Bound Brook combination
has been putting up a good brand
of ball this year, on last Sunday de-
feating a strengthened Pond team
from Plainfield. They also have a
number of other victories on their
string. Each year after the close of
the regular Amboy season the team
is taken on a transforming tour and
a game with Bound Brook has been
on the schedule. Last season the
Amboy team defeated Bound Brook.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-13
Tier, man OF WAR and CLEVELAND ALL WINNERS in GREAT SPORTING DAYS EVENTS
THIS WAS SPOKES GREATEST YEAR

Up until this year Iris Speaker
believed in his heart that batting
was the biggest thing in baseball.
Now, with the gray of age be-
ginning to creep into his hair
and a years experience as man
ager of a ball club that has fought
and been within sight of the
coveted pennant since April. he
has gone a step deeper into the
great game.
No player has ever come as
near playing super-baseball prob
ably than Spoke has done this
year.
Fastest Clip.
He has set a clip both on the
offense and defense that is little
short of marvellous.
In spite of the general rule that
playing managers usually slump
in their work, as a player he has
played the best game of his long
and bright career in the majors
of thirteen seasons.
His individual style of going
after balls i'm the outfield is de-
veloped so that the crack of the
bat tells him instantly the exact
spot where the ball will settle.
Greatest Catch.
Iris admits himself that he
made the greatest catch of his
career this season. 1t happened
at League Park, Cleveland. The
ball was one of those long scream
ing drives, headed for the score
board, that he gathered in over
his shoulder, running with the
ball.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-13
Y. M. C. A. SPORTS

The Tuesday-Friday night business
mems class volley ball captains
selected their teams last night and
the first games in the new tourney
were played, Captain George w.
Sharp's team winning two straight
from George Dover's combination
while the teams led by Christian
Nielsen and Ell Johnson broke even,
each winning and losing a game rs
one point.
The teams as selected last night
are: Team No. 1, Sharp, captain;
Frado. Oliver. Hermsdorf, Macormac,
and PETE: Team No. 2, Dover.
captain, Rankin, Warter, Thomas
Hanson. Pullen, Jones, Seaman,
Peterson; Team No. 3, Johnson,
captain, Stocker. Westcott, Pickers-
gill, Gargan, Reimers, Letter.
Bawden and eager; Team No. 4.
Nielsen, captain. Jack Klein, MAJ
Klein. War;. George Miller, 1ngfred
Greisen, Wright, Abegg and Benz
jamin Goldberger.
The schedule of games in the
Tuesday-Friday night class is as fol-
lows: Oot.<15, Sharp VS.. Johnson.
two games, Nielsen VS.. Dover, two
games: Oct. 10, Dover VS.. johnson,
Nielsen VS.. Sharp; Oct. %, Dover VS..
Sharp, Johnson VS.. Nielsen; Oct. rs,
Johnson VS.. Sharp, Dover VS.. Nielsen;
Oct. 30. johnson VS.. Dover, Sharp VS..
Nielsen; Nov. 2, Sharp VS.. Dover,
Nielsen VS.. Johnson; Nov. 5, Sharp
VS.. johnson, Nielsen VS.. Dover; Nov.
8, Dover VS.. Johnson, Nielsen VS..
Sharp.
More Monday-Thursday Players.
The following players have been
added t the three teams which were
originally chosen by the Monday
Thursday business mems volley ball
captains: Dilts and Coke to Shoes
team; Brewster and Mazeo to Com
lngs' team and Csipo to Solt's team.
Women Have Gym Today.
There will be no mems or boys
activity in the building today, it being
the first day in which the women
will be permitted to have full use
of the building.
With the close of the membership
tive volley ball team will get under
way with George w. Sharp, Jr.,
again as its captain. The Plainfield
organization has already challenged
and it is understood the Railway
association has been working hard
to perfect a team which will even up
matters with the Amboy combina-
ton for the numerous victories scor-
ed vel that sextette. Instead of
having only six men on the team
this year there may be eight, ten or
possibly twelve selected as the MEM
bers of the class who will be eligible
to play on this first team. In this
way more members will be given a
chance and the lineup will depend
entirely upon the strength of the
opposing team. 1t is planned to have
two or more utility men on hand for
every game, both at home and on
opponents court. Wednesday was
usually devoted to practice volley
bail games. but with the women
using the gym this ear this idea
had to be abandoned.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-13
Yale May Adopt Running
STYLE OF Attack This Fall

Head Coach Tad Jones isn't say
ing much about the forward pass
this year. but it is believed the Ellis
will be displaying the running at
tack before the season reaches the
big games.
Yale elevens have always adhered
to the more conservative style of
play, with the exceptions of 1914
and 1915. when they ran wild with
the lateral pass.
But their conservative football
didn't succeed last year against the
more modern methods of attack as
practiced by rival squads.
That's why il is believed that
Jones will shake off some of the old
Yale conservatism. He has never
been enthusiastic yer the forward
pass during his reign as a coach.
Eight of last years team have
been lost, but there is some excel
len material from the ranks of the
1919 freshmen.
Tins Jinx
Captain Tim Callahan has been
unable to start off in his regular
position at center, due to knee trou-
BILE. During his three years on the
team injuries have kept him out of
early games. 1t seems to be his
jinx.
Tins big brother is captain and
center of the Princeton eleven.
They'll ciash on November~13 at
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-13

championship in 1912, 1915 and
1916.
outfelder Jack Graney Is the
dean OF the Cleveland players in
point of service. He first joined the
club at the start of the 1908 cam
paign and has been a member con-
tinuously since the start of the 1910
season.
Next to come was Catcher "Steve"
O'Neill, who reported September ID,
1911. Pitcher Guy Morton. Second
Outfielder Smith were the next TO
arrive. They donned the Indians
uniform in 1914. Morton reported
in June; Wambsganss August l and
Smith September IS.
Graney. O'Neill, Morton, Wambs-
gansS and Smith are the only mem
bePs of today's team who survive
the club that was purchased by
Owner James c. Dunn in 1916.
Pitchers Jim Bagby and Stanley
Coveleskie. however, had been our
chased prior to the sale of the club
to Dunn and they reported the week
afterward.
Iris Speaker became an Indian
that spring and Joe Evans came
along later when his university term
q tAP4iS's WV WIN was PA3E
chased in 1917 while Harry Lunte
joined the team late that season,
although he did not really play with
Cleveland until 1919.
Wheeler II. (Doc) Johnston, who
had been a member of the Maps in
1912, 1913 and 1914, rejoined the
team in 1915 Chef Thomas cast
his lot with the club about the same
time.
Those added in 1919 are Catcher
Leslie Nunamaker, Pitchers Ray
Caldwell, George Uhle and Robert
Clark; Third Baseman Larry Gard
ner and Outfielder Jameson.
The 1920 aggregation of REIN
forcements consists of First Base
man George Burns, Pitcher Walter
Mails and Shortstop Joe Sewell.
Pitcher Russell Ellison, of the
University of California, also was
eligible TO play with Cleveland in
the series but has gone to his home
in California. Pitchers Ted Oden-
valid, Cykowski and Hamilton, who
were in Indian uniforms the last
few weeks of the season, have been
dismissed until next spring.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-13
AMERICAN SWIM MERS
MADE NEW RECORDS

PARIS. - Duke Kahanamoku,
Keoloha and Norman Ross, Hawaiian
and American swimmers, not only
smashed French swimming records
during their recent visit to Paris. but
established marks in another branch
of sport hat will stand for all times,
according to the manager of the hotel
at which they stopped. He Is Willing
to hand them the eating Champion
ship of the world.
Mon Dieu, they command r.
bifteck with pommes frites, three OF
them, said the hotel man. The
waiter produced what is generally
thought at the hotel as sufficient for
three persons but Norman Ross 10
alleged to have ~confiscated the whole
platter while both Kahanamoku and
own steak was. All the ~gesticulat-
ing %eloquence of the headwaiter fail
ed TO convince the trio that thu
steak was meant for three.
Vegetables. ham and eggs. cheese,
fruit desserts followed in turn while
the manager moaned.
"Why they drink beer with al.
their meals" said the headwaiter,
horrifed at the heresy of not drink
ing wine for dinner. And right IN
the midst of their meal they absorb
a huge bowl of sweet chocolate"
When informed that the men were
champion swimmers of the world.
regular sea-lions. the headwaiter
said:
"sea-lions. not much. they are
m~eat-eating tigers"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-13
FINE PLAYING
IN BIC SERIES
While Cleveland 0utclassed
Brooklyn, Latter Team
s!r,ged Strength at Times

Tristram Speakers Cleveland
American League baseball team cap
tured the worlds championship by
winning their fifth game of the big
series yesterday afternoon at Cleve-
land by a score of 80. Stanley
~coveleskie, the star of this series,
was on the mound for the Cleveland
cam and won his third contest of
the series. Five well scattered hits
were allowed by the Pole, only two
coming together. Manager Speak,
er's work in the field and at the bat
also was greatly responsible for
Cleveland's big victory, his triple in
yesterdays game knocking in n
of the runs.
Burleigh Grimes, Brooklyn's
mainstay, lost his second game in
three starts, being relieved by Mann
aux late in the game. He was
touched for seven hits. Jameson
for Cleveland and Wheat for Brook
lyn, led the hitters with two hits
apiece.
Cleveland and Brooklyn players
played some brilliant ball in this Sc
ries, and although Robinson's
moundsmen showed up well they
could not stop the heavy hitting In
jun outfit. Speakers team COPIED
the first game of the series and APP
peared a big favorite, but the west
ern took a drop in estimation when
Robinson's boys took the last two
games OF the brooklyn stay. Going
into the west with one game lead
seemed a big advantage for Robbie's
mon, but brilliant pitching and
heavy hitting resulted in the Ameri-
can league entry coping four
straight games in Cleveland.
coveieskie with three victories in
as many starts, led the pitchers of
both teams, Bagby and Mails turn
ing in the other victories. Grimes
and Smith turned in wins for Brook
Ign, while the first mentioned pitcher
lost two games to Cleveland, Smith,
Galore and Marquard each lost a
game, while Caldwell and Bagby
were defeated by the fasteners.
lack Wheat, captain and %outielder
of the Brooklyn team led both teams
IN the number of hits secured in the
series, Robbie's captain accounting
for nine. while Olsen and Speaker
each connected for eight safeties
while O'Neill collected eight hits.
Wheat and o'Neiil led the batters in
percentage with 1888 while Speaker
and Olsen batted ago.
The eve worlds series games at
tracted attendances totalling 17s,357
and total receipts S564,7S0. The
players share of this money amounts
to S214,S82.74,' clubs share, S291,-
417.25 and the commissions share
S~56,47S. Each Cleveland player and
Mrs. Chapman wife Of the dead play
er will receive $4,2O4, and each
Brooklyn player will be given $2,3S7.
The box score of the deciding
game:
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-13
BOXING CLUB BACKED BY
LOCAL MEN URGED HERE

Local men interested in the box-
ing game again have a chance to
gain hold of a fight club in this city,
for it appears rs If Charley Doesser-
ick the Bayonne promoter has de-
serted this city and the boxing game
for good. Doesserick who was
scheduled to put a fight on at the
Auditorium every second week. has
not been heard from since the can
collation. of the Ryan-Ward bout two
weeks ago, and fight fans in this city
have not witnessed bouts in the Au-
dhorium since September 8.
This is the time of the year when
the boxing game pays best n 1t
would be a good proposition for sew
eral local men interested in the box
ing game to take over.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-13
d CLEVELAND PLAYERS TOOK
PART IN FORMER SERIES

BY The Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, Oct, 13:-There
are only four players on the Cleve-
land American League Club who
ever participated in a worlds series.
Coincidentally they were on the
same team-the Boston Red Sox.
Manager Speaker was a member
of the Boston team when it won the
championship in 1912 and 1915. He
came to Cleveland in a trade during
the spring of 1915.
Although requested by President
James C, Dunn to take the manage
ment of the Cleveland team on sew
eral occasions, he declined to do so
until mid-season, 1919. Under his
leadership the Cleveland team dis
played improved form and more ag-
gr~essiyeness. and only lost the 1919
flag by a game and a half. He has
kept the Indians in first place prac-
tically all of this season.
Third Baseman Larry" Gardner,
Outfelder Joe Wood and Catcher
"Chet' Thomas were members of
the Red Sox when they won the
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-13

1t is to laugh-up our sleeve!

1t is TO laugh-up sleeve!
Because whenever any one, aiming
to sting the general public, gets
stung himself instead. there is a
laugh coming.
In spite of all honest efforts to pre-
vent ticket scalpers from buying up
lots of seats, some of the money
hounds turned the trick in connec-
ton with the first world series game
at Brooklyn.
Early on hat first day there was a
fine mess of sunshine and it looked
like scalpers' wares would sell prom
to.
About noontime, however, a chill
breeze picked up and apparently it
had its effect on some fans.
After the game was actually on its
way, several scalpers ran around out
side the Brooklyn ball yard like mad,
They had tickets, already paid for on
their hands.
BY the third inning they were
even more desperate.
And They do say that a heap Of
tickets were finally sacrificed for less
than they actually cost.
When we were a mere kid we
would have said, "Goodie! Goodie,"
But being grown up-it is to
laugh!
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-13
00THE@D


Recently somebody wrote quite a
song
About Cuba, way out in the sea.
The spirit was right, in fact nothing
was wrong
III, as Judge, they will leave II to me.
1t speaks of the hallabaloo and the
hip.
OF the land where the traveller stops:
It's based. s. 1t seems. or the ms
little fact
That in Cuba a man can buy
schnapps.
And we have been wondering.
ever since, whether this song had
anything TO do with these news
items:
Babe Ruth. circuit smash champ.
is Don to make a home run" for
the lii American possession out in
the gulf waters.
Carl Mays, slick singer for the
New York Yanks, will be right by
Ruth's side when the Bambino lands
on the pineapple-growing soil.
'Steen other ball players will trail
along!
d
Now, one might gather the i'm
preston that the sweet odor of legit-
innate liquor might be attracting the
erstwhile ball tossers
o
But listen. Lester. you've pulled
a poor guess.
Our hero. Ruth, is going to show
the Cubans how he gathered his
notoriety.
And Mays hopes 10 show the tan
ned folk what speed really is.
O.
The rest of the lot will make up a
regular baseball nine and Ruth
Mays and Company will stage about
fifteen ball games.
For money?
Aw. cut III the kiddin'!
O.
And, just incidentally. Jack
Dempsey. who often dons the fistic
mits. is going to buy a ticket for the
island.
Somebody over there wants his
block knocked off!
Jacks going over and do the
knocking. And he gets a mere bag
of shekels for it-S100, 900.
Gosh, we think we'll go over ia
Cuba ourselves!
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-13
PERTH AMB0Y Y. NC. A.
BOWLERS DEFEATED

The Perth Amboy Y. NJ. C. A.
bowling team travelled TO South
Amboy last night where they de-
feated the association bowling team
of that place in two out of three
games. Bill Eyerkus won high
cor and high average honors IN
this match. After the home team
took the first game. the visitors came
back strong and took the last two
games of the match.
On next Tuesday night the local
association team will bowl the
Roosevelt "Y" team. Great rivalry
exists between the two associations.
The score:
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-13
Post Office Men IN Bowl

The Post Office boWIers VIII play
their fourth match of the season on
the Bohnsack alleys on Smith street.
The representative Foresters team
will furnish the opposition. The let
ter carriers defeated the Foresters
on the ~" alleys last Thursday.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-13
Gun For Officers.

NEW YORK.-A $500 cup has
National Horse Show in Madison
square Garden, Nov. is to 10, to
stimulate riding contests between
military officers. Competition is open
o regular officers of the U. S. Army.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-13
BATTING AVERAGES OF
SOUTH AMB0Y TEAM

The complete batting average Of
the men who represented the South
Amboy branch of the Pennsylvania
railroad in the p. r. r. League
which just closed, shows that five
men VINO represented the town
across the river in this league fin
ished in the select class. Peterson
led the South Amboy hitters and
finished third in the league batting
race. Reggie batted one thousand
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-13
Amboy a Win.

The Amboy Stars defeated the
CloyHr Jrs. on the Salem diamond
SUNDAY afternoon by a score OF Cd.
Stocked pitched for the winning
team while Thessleton was on the
mound for the losers.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-13

NEW YORK.-Fordham Univers.
ity is back in the football field thiA
season after having been without z
team since 1917, Only one member
has ever played or a Fordharn team
before.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-13
Jimmy Was Regular.

MISUNDERSTANDING Johnston,
third sacker of the Brooklyn Dod-
gers, played 152 consecutive games
this season without missing an in
ming.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-13
Wills An

NEW YORK.-Harry Wills, gians
colored heavyweight, is an e~x-jockey.
Back in 1906 he was quite a rider
and went under the name of Eddie
Barnum.