Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-12
AMb0YS OPEN
SEASON SUNDAY
Toe MuIIen's Outfit to Play
Royal CoIored Giants at the
Copper Works.

The Royal Colored Giants base
ball team, m OF the strongest base
ball cams ever banded together, will
play Joe Mullen's Perth Amboy Club
at the grand opening of the Raritan
Copper works baseball field next
Sunday afternoon. The announce
ment of this booking means that
Manager Joseph Mullen Of the Perth
Amboy team, is going to make good
his statement that none but the best
diamond attractions will be booked
for games here.
In order to give the fans q chance
to come out and see his regular
team in action. Manager Mullen has
decided to practically cut the ad-
mission price in half and charge half
price for children. This should give
everyone In the city a chance to come
out and witness the diamond attrac-
tons booked by Manager Mullen.
The prices will continue as long as
a good sized crowd of fans come out
to witness the games.
With Smoke" Hubbard on the
mound the Royal Giants will take
the field on Sunday afternoon, with
Gatewood. c. Brooks. Glove and the
remaining "old Royals ready for
action. This team appeared here
last season, and scored wins over
Mullen's combination.
Manager Mullen will have his old
standby, Harry Chunk Applegate
IN his eligible list for the season.
Apologize is n of this city's great
est diamond favorites, having pitch
ed for numerous teams in this vicin
ity for many a season. Andy Jen-
sen, another local boy, brother Of
Aicer Jensen, will be the Amboy
emergency pitcher. Andy, like
Aicer. Is a southpaw.
Jimmy Silver. fast rising local
back stop. will do the greater part
of the catching for the Perth AM
boy team. Silver made good In
several games with Mullen's team
last year, Stretch" Burke, local
ball tosser who made q good show
ing with the Newark team of the
International League in trying for
the position of guard at the initial
sack, will play first base for the
Amboy team. A hard hitting SEN
sation beat out Burke for the posi-
ton on the Newark team.
Johnny Fullerton, a popular ia
vorite in this vicinity and a good
ball tosser will occupy the second
base position for the local team,
while "Wee Willie" Christopherson
one OF the best fielding tossers and
sacrifice men, Perth Anaboy boasts
of, will play in the shortfield posi-
ton. Benny Gloff, Keasbey tosser
who played a consistent game in
this vicinity during the last several
seasons, and showed up well in the
Representatives. series last year.
will play third base for Mullen's
combination. =
The Perth Amboy team will have
. first class hard-hitting outfleld.
mick" Loeser. popular favorite. will
cavort in left field. his regular gar
den; Jim Romer, the slugger Of the
Amboy team. will occupy the CEN
ter field position. and Meyer Larson
will be found In the right garden.
Three heavy hitters and good field
ers. Charley Kochek, like Silver, a
high school boy. will be an extra
man on Mullen's roster.
With two good teams taking the
field for the game Sunday, the
grounds in first class shape, and
seating capacity Of the grounds in
creased to 1000 through the addi-
ton of a bleacher along the first
base line, the fans should be well
satisfied. The screen on the grand
stand will be changed so that the
people al see without straining
car grandstand this year, as the cars
will be moved every Sunday morn
ing. The new bleacher will seat 500
people. The game will start prompt
ly at $3.50 o'clock, and Pick" Null
len is expected to do the umpiring.
Ed Mooney Poulsen. fight man.
ager and former local %balltosser,
will be in charge OF the squad of
boys selling thirst q~uenchers, cigars.
candies, etc.