Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-19
DRY DOCKS defeat WOODBRIDGE
PARISH HOUSE BY ONLY ONE POINT
IN FIRST GAME OF Big SERIES

BY a sensational finish the Perth
Amboy Dry Dock big i've basketball
team defeated the Woodbridge Par
ish House court team on the latter's
court in Woodbridge last night by
a score OF 1916. This contest was
the first of an elimination series for
the county championship, the Sec
ond game Will be played in this city
On Jan. rs.
After Charley Brownmiller had
missed a long shot from the field
with 40 seconds to 60 in the final
session, Captain Harold Runyon fol-
lowed In the shot and dropped in
he two-pointer responsible for the
victory. The scoring for the visit
ing team was divided between
\ Brownmiller. Ray Handerhan and
Harold Runyon. Irv Martin and
Torch scored all of the home teams
points.
The defensive play of the two
teams was exceptionally good and
resulted in the low score. Bill
Campbell and Gus Kurowsky han
He'd their guarding positions in good
fashion. Kurowsky playing his man.
Drummond, close. and preventing
one of the leading Parish House
scorers from netting a point.
The Dry Docks boys took the
aoor. with Brownmiller, Rankin,
Runyon, kurowsky and Campbell,
while the home team lined up with
Torch, Drummond, Irv Martin. Me-
sick and Baker. Neither team scored
,or several minutes of play in the
opening session, Torch dropping in
4 point from the ffteen-foot line and
Brownmiller, a short time later,
knotted the score. In a scrimmage
nnder the basket. Torch dropped in
1 double counter and the home team
stepped into the lead. Torch missed
Two foul tries and Brownmiller one.
after which the Woodbridge foul
shooter scored another single point
n. making the score Al.
Ray Handerhan replaced Rankin
at forward for the visiting team.
Torch scored another foul goal aft
sr the start of play, and Handler
han missed two foul tries. Brown
miller scored a foul goal and a min
ute later scored a double counter
from the side of the court, the first
Dry Docks score from the field.
making the ~scoreboard read 5-4. in
favor of the home team. Irv Martin
Increased the Parish House lead
with a long shot from the field, but
Brownmiller discounted this score
with a shot from the center of the
door. Torch added a point to the
home teams lead with a foul goal.
but Brownmiller again discounted
with a similar from the If
'lcen-foot line. The half ended ST,
n favor of Woodbridge.
Captain Runyon put the Dry
Docks in the lead to start the Sec
ond half with his first field goal of
thu oannn InrDh fniCGnd fun foul
tries and Brownmiller increased the
lead with a foul goal. Irv Martin
put the home team in the lead with
two sensational shots from the field,
and Torch missed two more chances
from the foul line. Brownmiller
missed a chance from the fifteen
foot line and Lorch also missed a
foul try. Martin scored a point from
the flfteen-foot line, and the Par
ish House team lead by five points
when Lorch pulled a long field goal.
Ray Handerhan was held safe by
the Parish House team for fifteen
minutes in this half. and time was
flying while the home teams fve
minutes to go Ray Handerhan
dropped in a basket from a scrim-
mage under his own basket. The
sugar Kid" scored his second field
goal a short time later from the
center of the floor. Brownmiller
missed a foul goal with a minute
to go but Runyon's ~life-saving shot
came with forty minutes to play.
The playing of Campbell and Ku-
rowsky enabled the Dry Docks to
get the ball every time Martin got
the jump on Runyon.
Charley Campbell of Woodbridge
called twelve fouls on the Dry Docks
and ten on the home team. A big
ger crowd attended this game than
the contests on the previous Tues
day.
The score: