Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-09-25

close TO TWO thousand baseball
fans learned yesterday afternoon
that it is possible to go from coast
to coast to secure the services of
diamond stars. and also that certain
stats cannot be expected to shine at
all times. This lesson was taught in
the fourth game of the interstate
series between the Aquehongas of
Tottenyille and the Perth Amboys,
which was played on the local field.
Amboy won 81, and the series was
ended.
a person using the name Larry
Smith and sporting the uniform of
the Perth Amboy Speedways, for he
failed to bring a uniform of his
own. started on the mound for the
A~quehongas. Some fans are of the
opinion that he wasn't given a
chance to get started. Anyway he
succeeded i'll dragging through four
innings and then Frank Dunn,
would-be hero of the previous con-
tests of this series, was sent IN and
completed the game as far as it pro
crossed. After the first half of the
eighth, the game was called on ac-
count of darkness.
Included in the lineup of the
Aquehongas were Smith, a member
OF the Waterbury Club Of the East
ern League; Whalen, a catcher said
to have E reputation; Gillespie, an
infielder with minor league expert
ence; Ed "Blackie" Regain of the
Danville, Va, team of the Pied
mont League; Donovan, an infield-
er of a western league, and Ed
GIassick, who was given a tryout
with the American league champion
New York Yankees last spring.
Outside of the fact that Smith
couldn't pitch and Whalen couldn't
catch. there was some kind OF a
weakness among the shortstop, sec
ond base, centerfielder and right
fielder on fly balls. Allowing a num-
Der of fly balls to drop rs safe hits
in among these men gave the locals
the start that resulted in victory.
500 Stars in Box
While the A%quehongas generally
were playing ragged ball, Mike
the Amboys in the pitching box.
After the first inning when the
Aquehongas made two hits and
their only run, the Keasbey south
paw allowed only two hits, n in
the fourth and one in the sixth. He
famed fourteen batters and issued
one pass.
Smith allowed nine hits, three
passes and hit one batter during his
stay on the mound, and also famed
four men. Dunn allowed three hits
in as many innings, famed foul
and issued one pass. The Aque-
hongas made even errors compared
to three for Amboy.
Regain, one of the three Amboy
members of the Aquehonga team
had a bad day yesterday. He start.
ed in ~centerfield and then relieved
Donovan at short. During his stay
at the latter position he made three
errors. n a missed throw. another
a wild throw and the third on an
easy grounder. He famed his first
two trips to the plate, grounded out
to Smith his third time and flied
out to Dzurilla in his last trip to
the plate.
Only Run In First
The Aquehongas scored their
only run of this game in the first.
After Regain was called out on
strikes Donovan was safe on For
mans miscue. went to third on Gill
lespie's clout to the right field fence
and scored on Grassick's single to
left. Lyons famed and Burke
grounded out, ending the inning.
In the second inning the visitors
went out in order, a fly to Smith
and two grounders to Henshaw. 500
famed the side in the third, two al
lowing the third strike to go by and
the third swinging. A single and a
passed ball enabled the Aquehongas
to get a runner on second with one
down in the fourth, but o famed
the next two batters. The side was
retired in order in the fifth and in
the sixth session the Tottenville
representatives made their final hit
after one a down, the ext two
batters being retired in rapid order.
500 again famed the side in the
seventh, u Lorenzo midded the
last strike on one and the third out
was the result of a fly to DZurilla.
McEnroe's wild throw to first gave
the visitors a life in the eighth after
two were down, the next man flying
out to Romer for the final out OF
the game.
Amboys Start
Loeser was hit by a pitched ball
in Amboys half and was sacrificed
to second where he was left when
Smith and Romer went out. -Four
hits, two passes and an error gave
Amboy four runs in the second and
in the third Dzurilla walked and
stole second with one down, For
man and Lorenzo, however, failed
to come through.
Five hits and three errors gave
the locals four more run in the
fourth and in the next session Dunn
was on the mound. The locals got
two men on the bases in the fifth
and failed to score, and did likewise
in the sixth. 1t appeared as IL the
Amboy players were satisfied with
the number of runs they had al
J ready tailed.
! In the seventh inning the Amboy
players made their final tally on an
error by Grassick or which 500 got
two bases and McEnroe's single off
the right field fence. Grassick play
ing in centerfield attempted to run
over into right field to catch Soo's
fly and missed same.
Henshaw and Smith played well
on the defense for Amboy in this
contest, while McEnroe, Smith,
Romer, Henshaw and Dzurilla made
two hits apiece. Burke played a
good game at first for the Aque-
honga team.
The Aquehongas won the first
game of this series in ~Tottenville,
Amboy evened matters on the local