Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-12
II. S. CORRESPONDENT

For the HrSt time In seven years
the Perth Amboy High school was
represented this season on the grid
iron by an eleven, although not n
'oonquerable, succeeded in Haunting
to the breezes of scholastic football
of the Crimson and White. Not
since the days of "Rufie" Allen, the
Macan brothers Schwartz and other
old-time pigskin chasers was there
such spirit in the local institution as
was exhibited this year.
When the faculty allowed var
sity football in September, there was
general rejoicing by the athletic fac
ton of the school, for there loomed
up in the horizon the spectre of a
crack eleven. From a conglomera-
ton of over fifty green youngsters,
Coach r. s. Waddell selected a
squad of twenty.
The varsity eleven played, or
rather waded through a schedule of
five games, of which two went in
the win column, two were lost and
one tied. All the games were played
away from home, as no field suit
able for football is to be found In
this city.
A scorelss tie contest was engaged
in with the Metuchen representa-
tives, in the locals initial start. In
this contest the Crimson and White
warriors were apparently stage
struck, and they were lucky to Cd
tain a tie with the brainy borough
lads. Had the two teams met later
on, 1t was the general opinion that
the Amboyans would have literally
wiped up the field with the ~Iup-coun-
ty performers.
In the second game the locals Wis
tied South Amboy and easily de-
feated the cross river representa-
tiyes. But at Railway in their third
struggle the State ~streeters went out
of their class and were downed fight
ing gamely.
The second win was scored against
the strong Freehold eleven. sever
years ago the Monmouth county
team inflicted a defeat on the locals
which resulted in the stopping OIL
football at the local institution. In
the Freehold encounter the Amboy-
ans exhibited championship callbre:
Last year Freehold was the Central
Jersey Glass b champs and by virtue
of Amboy's victory the latter will no
doubt receive official recognition
from the state interscholastic ath-
Ietic association.
North Plainfield high school de-
feated the Raritan river lads after
a fierce battle. This was a game
which Amboy should have won but
over-confidence coupled with lack of
brainwork brought about defeat.
Every member of the squad de-
serves credit for the showing of the
team and better results are looked
for next season. Nine of the first
eleven graduates this year and next
years outfit will be built around
Don Martin, Buddy" Larson. See
man, Bohnsack, Salacki, Jacobson,
McWilliam and Spivack. Rasmussen,
Carbon, Grieve, Goddard, D'Andrea,
Wilmer, Convery, Cohen and Horo-
schak are lost by graduation.
Great credit is due Coach Wad-
dell for the success of the under
taking. The line of the local team
average a little over $50 pounds
while the backfie1d averaging 1873.
The average age was IL and average
height 5 feet 6 inches.
Jasper Johnson and Howard Die
ker managed the affair of the squad.
AS a fitting climax to the season h
first eleven will probably receive gold
footballs as a reward for their work.
The record:
Amboy O, Metuchen o.
Amboy g., So. Amboy 5.
Amboy Z, Railway 40.
Amboy IS, Freehold 0.
Amboy o., N. Plainfield z.