Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-20
Merchants Defeated
After Five Hard Games.
Press Beat Nationals

Thy General Bakelite vollsy ball
team Industrial champions OF the
city last night added a few more
whea they defeated the Mer-
volley bail team in three on
OF five games in the plsy-on OF a
tie for first place.
The two teams proved TO be about
evenly matched, the games being
about as hard fought as any yet
seen in the league. The play Of the
teams gave the large crowd of spec
tstors a good idea of how the game
should be played. In the other
match the Press team proved its
superiority over the Nationals In
three straight games. This contes,
claim third place. the Press being
the yictors by a big margin.
The first match OF the night was
between the Press and Nationals to
decide third place. Capt. Dick
divers men got off to a flying start
and took the lead, but this was over
come by the newspaper men when
the game was about half over. The
bank building band we're unable to
hold down the press combination
once they started a squirt and the
game ended Is to 8. In the second
game 1t looked like the Nationals
for a long time. but a sudden streak
OF fast playing tied the score and the
news sextette again won, is to IL.
In the third game the Nationals lost
by six points, Is to 3. The winning
team lined up with Capt. Ellwood
Johnson. Joe Messenger, Irving Rel
mers, Russell Larcombe, Richard
Pickersgill and Joe Massopust. The
Nationals had Capt. Dick Oliver,
Pox Booz. Chris Nielsen, Doc Bedeli
and Peter Grieve.
Immediately after the Press-Na-
tional match. the Merchants and
Bakelite teams took the floor. The
Bakelite team was expected to win
owing to the fact that they defeated
the Merchants once before this sea-
son, the only team that defeated .he
champion Bakelite combination be-
ing the Press outfit. Notwithstand-
ing the fact that the Bakelite play
ers were confident Of victory, they
were given a severe Jolt when the
Merchants defeated them in the first
game, Is TO 8. In the second game,
the tables were turned. the Bakef!te
winning Is to .. The third game
went to the Merchants after a nip
and tuck battle, Is to 10. II the
match had been a two out of three
game event, the Merchants would be
the champs, but the contest did not
stop there as it was for the best
three out of five.
The Merchants. needing one more
game to win the title, had the fourth
game well in hand when the chem
lists let fly a series of spikes which
overwhelmed the Merchants. Tns
Bakelite team won. Is to IL, thus
making the game even. The ff,n
and final game was a case Of give
and take from start TO finish, the
Bakelite champs winning by the
close score of Is to IL.
The city champions are: Captain
Schrimpe, Gene Parker, Gilbert
Peakes, Tom Major. Kardos, Cor
Nelson and Frederickson. The
Merchants had their regular line
up last night consisting of Captain
George W. Sharp, Chick Warter,
Herbert Rankin, Whitney Lesson. /.
r. Robbins and John French.
The Bakelite team was awarded
with the large silver loving cup
which they will hold for one year
until next years league Is decided.
The winning team each year is per
mitted to have its name engraved
upon the cup. The team that wins
the cup three years will be given per-
manent possession of the trophy. The
Merchants are the undisputed oecu-
pants of second place as the result
Of last nights games, the Press are
third and the Nationals fourth. These
games brought to a close the first