Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-05-09

More than 1900 baseball fans
witnessed plenty of action in the two
big games put on by Manager JOS
eph Mullen's Perth Amboy baseball
tossers on the Raritan Copper
Works field yesterday afternoon.
The Perth Amboy club was success
flu in both events, defeating the Red
Stars of New Brunswick SO by send
ing a runner across after two were
Jamaica nine of Long Island 6-5 by
scoring a runner after n man was
down in the tenth inning.
The features of the double bill
were the pitching of Mickey Mil
chick, recently returned from Dam
vile. who twirled the first contest:
h strength of Harry CHUNK
Apologize in the pinches in the Sec
ond contest, the batting of Andy
Kane and Jim Romer, and the all
around work of Captain Johnny
Fullerton in both contests. Rich
mond showed UP well.
Red Stars Battle Hard
With Murray Borlund pitching his
usual good brand of ball the Red
Stars fought tooth and nail to defeat
Mullen's combination. Milchick's
good box work prevented the New
B~runswickers from carrying out
their wishes. Only five hits were COL
lected off the Amboy pitcher, while
sever were made off Borlund's de-
livery. The work of Gregg at Short
stop for the Red Stars materially
aided Borlund and the visiting team.
Mickey Loeser led the Amboyans
with the stick in this game.
The Red Stars drew first blood,
pending a runner across in the OPEN
IN rat1nI IN n -, ~ h,r LA~A -
helder's choice and an error by
Johnny Fullerton. The score was
knotted In this round when Amboy
collected a run on singles by Loeser,
Fullerton and Stretch Burke.
Amboy went into the lead in the
fourth inning when Richmond
singled, went to second on a balk
and scored on Milchick's one timer.
The Red Stars evened the score
when Dametsch singled in the sixth,
stole second and scored when Jim
Romer fumbled Borlund's single to
the center pasture.
Larson singled to right after one
was down~in the last session of the
game, and was safe at second when
Dametsch dropped Milchick's
-grounder to force the runner at the
smiddle station. Larson scored from
second after Loeser flied out, when
Lynch missed Gregg's throw to re-
tire .Christopherson on a grounder.
Second Game Evenly Fought
The second contest also was bit
terly fought, the Amboy batters,
with the exception of Kane, Romer
and Fullerton, were unable to con-
meet with Hawks delivery. Apple
gate was strong in the pinches, half
of the visitors twelve hits coming
In the first three innings. Kane was
given the honor of knocking the first
homer on the Raritan Copper Works
field this season in the fourth inning
of this game. The South Amboy
shortstop also set up a record in this
game for the present season, knock
ing out two homers in the last game,
both to left center. Remsen. for the
visitors, knocked a homer over the
right field fence.
The Jamaica tossers scored two
runs in the first inning, after two
were down. three hits and a wild
throw by Richmond being RESPONSE
BILE. The Amboyans tied the score
IN the same inning on a single, hit
batter, a fielder's choice and an err
0 Kane's homer In the fourth
inning gave Amboy the lead, but the
visitors went into the lead in the
sixth session on Remsen's homer
over the right field fence (the first