Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-18
Auditorium FiUe Lose 1w0
Fast Games Over Week. End

The Auditorium basketball team
representing this city on the k
ball III lost two hard fought
games over the week end. On Sat-
urtay night they were defeated 30
70 by the Newark Turner's on the
local court and yesterday afternoon
the Audos travelled to Newark where
the National Turner'S nosed them
out 1924.
The Newark Turner CHAMPION
ship basketball team defeated RUu
Manning's Auditorium FIVE in this
city on Saturday night in a hotIy
contested game by a score of 1925.
The Newarkers appeared early with
the lineup as advertised. and the
game started about 9:25 o'clock.
The playing of Role. Boyle and
Meehan for the visitors. and Calder,
White n Hank" Thomas for the
local representatives featured the
game.
Hank" Thomas played guard for
the Auditorium team, while Cos
grove the tallest man on Manning's
roster was placed against Meehan.
The only local player in the game
performed in classy fashion. his all
around work drawing continuous
applause. During the game he was
given very few chances to score. bur
in the first half from an almos,
impossible angle he dropped in a
double counter, his only score of the
night.
The home team drew first blood In
this game when "Midg" Reilly
made good a foul basket, but the Wis
ltors stepped into the lead when
Schartoif, n of Newark's best
basketball players pulled off a long
shot. a foul goal by Reilly again
eVened n score. but the Turner's
ccnceding the strength of the Am
boy defense decided to try long
range shots. Schelling. a brother of
Eddie dropped in two long shots
IN rapid succession from almost the
same position on the floor and the
visitors were leading by four points.
a long shot by Boyle. the New
arkers forward. increased the visit
ors lead to six points, but the last
score was Immediately discounted by
a held goal from a difficult position
by "Ecky' Calder. Reilly reduced
the visitors lead to two points when
he dropped in his first O of the
night from the field.
The score stood ST in favor OF
the visitors after Reilly scored his
third goal from the fifteen loot line
Tho ball passed W and down the
u several times and a number of
Si'ots We missed by the players on
me tive cams before Thomas drop
ped in the prettiest shot of the night
and the Audos led, 9-S. The New
arkers went into the lead for q time
when Boyle scored his second field
goal of the half, but Calder i'm.
medlately followed with another
pretty shot. Reilly increased the
lead over the Newark team with an
other field goal.
The Audos three point lead was
soon reduced, and a similar lead
taken by the visitors during the
last Few minutes of the initial ses-
sion. Role. Meehan and Schelling
dropping in baskets in rapid sue
cession and the half ended 1913.
Audos Take Lead.
REID goals by Calder and White
who replaced Harrigan in the second
hall placed the Audos in the lead
20 start the second session. Role
followed with a double counter, but
MS score was discounted by C'alder's
second basket. Role dropped in an
o:hef pretty shot after which
stretch Meehan who proved a big
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the game, dropped in a free throw
n a long shot from the field giving
me Newarkers a four point lead.
White who replaced Harrigan at
guard proved a good shot, dropred
in a fieid goal under the basket alter
receiving a long pass. HIS osIy
t:oub'e was an IT Willingness 20 pass
the bal! 'Larky" Meehan dropped
in another foul goal, and White
scored another double counter. re-
duclng the Newark lead to n
point.
Boyle with a pretty shot placed
the visitors in a three point lead.
The Newarkers seemingly of the
belief that this is a "rube'' town be-
cause of having four out-of-town
men on the representative court
team, started to pass the ball around
10 XII time. Boyle dropped in an
other double counter and the WISH
tors lead jumped to five points with
the time limit fast coming to an
end. Role dropped In a goal right
Under the basket. completing the
visitors score for the night.
The Newarkers continued to kill
time with a seven point lead and
the best the locals could do was to
score two goals from the fifteen foot
line. AS the whistle blew several Of
Mannlng's men rushed Meehan into
a corner and a littre fistic encounter
started. but the players broke it up