Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-20
Newark " Athletes WIN
Track Meet With Local Team

In their first track meet of the
season with an out of town team,
the Perth Amboy Y. NJ. G. a. dth-
letes were defeated by the Newark
"1'' representatives here Saturday
night. 1922. Although the
would indicate that the local team
suffered an overwhelming dsfea'
such was not the case as the cor
was close throughout. Newark's
possessing two crack a~ll-round men
of unusual ability being mainly re-
sponsible for the Amboy teams de-
feat. The defeat was not a disgrace
for the Perth Amboy team as h
Newark athletes are considered n
strongest in the state. The meee
gave Amboy an excellent workout
out and pointed out the weak spots
in the local associations team.
Finn. enc of the crack Newark
athletes, alone scored eighteen
points. while Wenzel, an A. j. +.
champion at the i~nter-allied games.
added nine more points to New
ark's sCC,c. Thus the points OF
these two men alone were sufficient
to defeat the entire Amboy team
and without them in the lineup
there is little doubt but that Perth
Amboy would have opposed the
meet.
Both Finn and Wenzel gave excel
lent exhibitions in the vents in
which they participated, especially
the jumps. Finr's high jumping
record is 5 feet 10 inches. He did 5
feet 6 inches Saturday night in an
ext ibition jump. Wenzel. :ho inter-
allied jumping champion. crosses
the bar in the high jump at 5 feet
s inches and in addition makes over
eleven feet in the standing broad
jump.
Owing to the fact that the entire
Perth Amboy Dry Docks tug-of-war
team did not appear. the scheduled
event between this team and one
from the Atlantic Terra Gotta conf
pany had to be postponed.
The first event of the meet was the
running high jump. Finn easily won
this at 5 feet 6 inches, Wenzel TAX
ing second, with 5 feet 2 inches. An
drews and Harold Jensen, both OF
Amboy, failed, at ) feet > inches. and
tied for third.
In the 2O-yard dash Harold Jensen
annexed first place for Perth AM
boy. defeating Finn. Newark had a
third man in the race. but he failed
TO finish, and no point was allowed.
Richard Pickersgill won the mile
run in 3 minutes 4 seconds, holding
the lead from the first. Don. of New
ark, came in second, while Ray Jen-
sen. of Amboy, who entered the race
at the last minute, came in a good
third.
In the standing broad jump Wen
eel leaped across the 10-foot mat,
landing on the floor 10 feet IL inches
from the take-off. Finn, of Newark,
earned second in this event, with
Ellwood johnson, of Amboy, third.
The 440-yard run resulted in a Sc
ries of mishaps and misunderstand-
ings. One of the timers broke a
watch, n Amboy man stopped one
lap too soon and another was run
understanding the one who was
counting their laps. 1t was finally
decided that Foer. of Newark, was
first, Ellwood Johnson, of Amboy
second. and Don. of Newark, third.
Bergren, n of the promising
junior runners. made the best time,
but unfortunately he stopped before
finishing.
In the shot-put Carl Mullen ap-
peared for Amboy for the first time
in two years, but his old time form
was still with him. He heaved the
weight 40 feet 9 1-2 inches, more
than Z feet further than his nearest
competitor, Finn. Louis "Pox" Booz,