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The Washington herald., 1922-08-01
GLEN ECHO PARK.

The musical Programs offered by
oehmann's Orchestra Is q powerful
magnet attracting dancers to Glen
Echo Park. The open air ballroom
provides an ideal spot. Scores OF other
diversions including the six big joy
rides and the manifold amusements
Of the giant midway. also draw their
full quota Of patronage. The mid
way. which was originally built for
the youngsters. seems to be attract
ing the grownups to as great extent
as the kiddies. The two new features
added to the midway this year. the
rocking pigs and Hee Haw Maude
are making big hits. The picknickers
who were not drawn to the park en-
tirely by the amusements turned out
in large numbers all day Sunday with
their lunch baskets we'll filled.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-01
GRANT TRANSFERS
ON w. r.. & E. BUS LINE

Authority was granted the WASH
ington Railway and Electric Com
pany yesterday by the Public utili-
ties Commission to issue free trans
fers between the Park Road motor
bus line and the Rock Creek Park
motor bus line.
The transfer point will be at tie
intersection of Seventeenth stl eet
and Park road. The Commission
further authorizes issuing two-cent
transfers from the bus lines to the
Eleventh street or the Georgia ave.
nue. street car lines.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-01
.GARRICK
Ton wise In "A Gentienan fron
MlssisnlDpi.s

To4 Wise In "a Gent1enan from
Mississ1Dpl.s
"A Gentleman from Mississippi" /"
the famous comedy success in which
Tom Wise scored such profound
stage success and which was re-
vived by the Garrick Players Sunday
week with Mr.. Wise In the title role,
began the zt;ond week Of its Wash
ington engagement at the Garrick
last night under brilliant auspices.
The story concerns the ambition
of a newly elected Senator from
Mississippi to have'a naval base To-
Gated In. his home State. 1t is laid
In Washington and has peculiar
appeal to the washingtonfan. The
play was written by Harrison
Rhodes and Mr.. wiss and the star
Is supported by a cast Of the Gar
rick Players that includes Gus A.
Forbes. Brandon .Ie1ers. George
Henry Trader, Denis Connsil. Ed
ward Trusheims and others.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-01
Bullet Hits Windshield.

cartridge on the car track at
Thirty-third and p streets north
west. yesterday morning exploded
under the trolley wneeis and the
bullet smashed the windshield Of
the auto Of Albert Crouch. f35 Sixth
street southeast parked near the
Intersection.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-01
Advance Survey
/" s Shows Clothing
Will Be Higher
Medium-Priee Clothing in Face
Of High-Price Eoolens
tr Offers q Big Problem

''' - ROM all that We can
! ! ! ! !" ! !: ! !. ] !
learn from early
TH peeps" at the wool.
AU en- market, unless
n NA conditions change
t ~ unexpectedly, the
mN cost of fabrics will
be consider ably
higher than for the last spring season.
It il impossible at this time to learn
d.fnitely what.per cent, but We can
find out enough to know that there
viii Be 4 material advance.
i. This is. Of course, due to the emery
eney tariff that now exists. and also to
tire Threatened 80 IL per cent which
T. proposed for the new tariff bill.
Either OF these precludes the inn
b,p9-'stion Of wool from other eouna
Hiiriss which is necessary to provide for,
iiahs r.ore than so per cent shortage
that exists in this country.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-01

E. ]. Fleming has sold 70 Eliza
beth Lucas Jackson four lots on
the north side or Montgomery
street east of the old Georgetown
road in Jones ard Pickford's sub
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-02
VOCATIONAL SCHOOL
BASEBALL LEAGUE STARTS

Vocational school No. 2 Travelled
to Elizabeth to play its first game
of the eason April 81. Perth AM
boy was defeated in a close contest
by a score of 1921.
Details follow: Elizabeth: Runs,
25; hits, 10; errors, ~. Perth Am
boy, runs. 81: hits, IS; errors, 10.
New Brunswick Vocational school
No. ] came to Perth Amboy yester-
day afternoon and defeated the
representative team of Vocational
school No. 2 by a score of 1913.
Details follow: New Brunswick.
10; hits. IS: errors. 3. Perth
Amboy. runs. 8; hits, 6; errors, IT.
Northern New Jersey Vocational
Athletic Association Perth Amboy
baseball schedule 1922:
April 27-Perth Amboy at Eliza
beth.
May New Brunswick at Perth
Amboy.
May 10-Perth Amboy at West
Orange.
May 12-Elizabeth at Perth Am
boy.
May 16-Perth Amboy at Newark.
May 25-Perth Amboy at Bay
onEe.
May 26-Newark at Perth Amboy.
June 2-Bayonne at Perth Ambov.
June Perth Amboy at New
Brunswick.
June S-west Orange at Perth
Amboy.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-02
AMbOY PLAYERS
ARE SIGNED
Will Play With Aquehonga
Team of TottenviIIe Sum-
day Afternoon

Stretch Burke and Mike Tague
of this city and Lefty" Lyons of
South Amboy. will be in the lineup
of the Aquehonga baseball team
when this team takes the field
the Allendale Club of New
York city in T%ottenville on Sunday
afternoon. The A~llendales lost a FL
eleven inning game to the Aque-
hongas at Tottenville last season.
Manager Art Romer announced
his lineup for Sundays game as fol-
lows: Romer, pitcher; Knesel,
catcher; Burke, first base: Griffin,
second base: Nelson shortstop;
Tague. third base. Kenny: left field:
Lyons center field; Hallowell, right
field. and Graf, Wolff and Paugh,
utility men. Nelson is one of the
Staten Island Professional team. II
is understood that every effort was
made to secure a team similar to the
one placed on the field last sea-
son by the Aquehonga Club, without
laval.
The Allandale team will take the
field for this game with the fol-
lowing lineup: Kenslef or Ander-
son, pitcher; Knopf, catcher; Acker-
son, first base; Raffay. second base;
Fogarty, shortstop: Embrozio, third
base; Nolan, left field; German, GEN.
ter field; Banning, right field, and
Stafford, utility.
will throw the first ball to mark the
season opening in Tottenville Sun
day afternoon.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-02
so. AMBOY BOWLERS TO Be
HONORED At RECEPTION

SOUTH AMBOY, May 2.-The
representative bowling team of the
Jr. o. u. A. NJ. will be entertained
at a reception to be held in the p.
r. r.. Y. M. c. A. on Thursday night.
when a program extraordinary VIII
be presented to the members OF n
"Y" and their friends.
The Junior bowling team were
the winners of the coveted first po-
sition in the "Y" league, for the sea-
son of 21-22. This team has set a
record that they proudly, and just
ly boast OF and in all probability
upeQualled BY any bowling team OF
the state. They won SIS games out
of 50 games played.
In addition to the members OF the
Junior team. there will be a prize
given to the high man of the league.
The festivities will commence
promptly at s o'clock with a read
ing followed by instrumental Sc
lections and individual songs by the
members of the minstrel cast. Well
known quartets will render several
selections. The refreshments are
In charge of a very able committee.
Those in charge OF the affair are
making reservations for a large
gathering of the friends Of those that
are TO be honored. Secretary A.
Nell. of the ~" with the officers of
the association. join in extending a
cordial invitation to all members and
their friends to be present on Thurs
day night.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-02
ORIOLES DOWN
SPEEDWAY NINE
Red Bank Team Continues on
Rampage in Game Sunday
Afternoon

The Red Bank Orioles continued
on their winning stride Sunday af-
ternoon when they downed the col
ors of the Speedway baseball team
of this city on the Red Bank
grounds by a score Of 11-2. The
Orioles got IL the offerings of Andy
Jensen, local southpaw in the first
second and third innings and scored
ten of their runs in these sessions.
Mickey Milchick relieved Jensen in
the third with the bases loaded and
one down. These three men later
scored, but after the third session
Milchick held the opposition in hand
and the Monmouth county outfit
scored only n run in the remain
ing innings.
The visitors only runs were made
in the third inning. The Orioles
have not been defeated this season,
while the Speedways have won and
lost a game to date. Stretch"
Burke featured with the stick for the
Amboy team in Sundays game, he
being credited with four safeties in
as many trips to the plate. McIn-
tosh, Manuel and Stryker led the
home team at bat.
The box score:
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-02
SPEEDWAY FIVE
ACCEPTS OFFER
Will Play TottenvilIe Team
Here Saturday Night With
Solador Officiating

The Speedway basketball team
has reopencd its season 20 play an
other game with the Beauvais pbst
quintet of T~ot.enville on the Audito-
rum court here Saturday right
Chuck" Solador will handle The
whistle in this game, and TottenylIle
fans and other basketball followers
in this section are confident that the
island team will take the measure
OF the locals with the Newarker in
charge of the game.
Last Saturday night the Spesdways
downed the colors of the T~ottenv1lle
team in the deciding game of z three
game series This contest Was sched-
uled to be the last for the Speed
ways this season. but yesterday Cap
tain Dave Preacher OF the Totem
Vile team issued q def Z the Speed
ways for another game to be played
this week, with Solador al tho elev-
enth man on the floor
Solador refereed the recent Staten
Island championship games. and also
cficiated in q majority OF the games
at Roosevelt for the Separate team
! of Manager Jerome Jacobowitz- The
Speedways have always been satis-
fed with the work Of Solador.
The Beauvais Post quintet viii
have one new man in their lineup
tor the game this Saturday night.
and he viii be used at guardDfC5al
ter. This player is said to h .
member of the Montana Quintet q
Stapleton.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-02
KEASBEY F|REMEN TO PLAY
HOPELAWN FIRE Co.

KEASBEY, May 2:-The Protec-
ton Fire Company's baseball nine
will open the season here Sunda
morning when they meet h nine
representing the Hopelawn Fire
Company.
Great rivalry exists between these
opposing firefighters and the man
agement of each team is organizing
tho best material available for the
opening game.
In the opening game between
these two teams last year the local
iremen scored an overwhelming
victory over the opponents.
Manager E. Schuster. of the local
team, has banded together a strong
team. He has available such fre-
men as James Romer, Charles Pfeif-
fer, John Grispart, Joseph Katraus-
ky, Benny Gloff. John Sullivan.
Max Wagenhoffer, George Fullerton,
William Romer. Jr., John Damack
and others.
Both companies will be well repre-
scented with rooters and an exciting
game is expected. The game VIII
start at 10 o'clock sharp.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-02
Richards Easily
Wins Eyerkuss Match

Howard Richards took the mea-
sure Of Bill Eyerkuss in the last ten
games of their twenty game match,
which were rolled on the Argonne
alleys last y His decisive VIC
tory in the ten games last night
enabled Richards to cop the match
by one hundred and ten pins.
Richards showed old time form
last night. and for the ten games
averaged EOS. He beat Eyerkuss oy
one hundred and thirteen pins in
the ten ans last night. and beat
his opponent in six Of the ten games,
and one was tied at 204. His best
score was 235, rolled in the sixth
game while his lowest score was
rolled in the tenth game. 159. II IS
said he rolled with a bruised finger
in the last game.
Eyerkuss gained a three pin lead
on his opponent in the first ten
games rolled OF the Eyerkuss al
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-02
MARY'S HAS
8 TEAM LEAGUE
Sixth, Seventh and Eighth
Grade Teams in ParochiaI
School Tourney

st. Mary's school league opened
last Saturday afternoon when h
Seventh Grade representative team
defeated the Eighth Grade represen-
tatives on the upper diamond of the
Raritan Copper Works by a score OF
14-S. Errors on both sides were
caused by the conditions OF the
grounds.
Kafton twirled for the Seventh
Grade nine and kept his opponents
eight hits well scattered. Patten was
ON the receiving end for the win
hing team. Connolly and Rogan We're
in the points for the losers. Gadek
led the Seventh Graders in stick
work. while Rogan and Slater were
the Batting stars for the Eighth
Grade team.
Next Saturday afternoon on one of
the local diamonds. the Sixth and
Seventh Grade teams will play. There
are three teams in this league, and
after the completion of the league
schedule, two teams will be organ
lied to play representative teams of
other schools in this section.
The box score:
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-02

The Amboy high school varsity
nine will play its first home game
his afternoon. South River will
furnish the opposition and the game
will be played on the Raritan Cop
per Works field.
The Speedways probably will ac-
cept the challenge issued by Dave
Preacher. captain of the Beauvais
Post quintet, of To~ttenville. for an
other game on the Auditorium court
this Saturday night.
Tho United Lead Works nine
opened the seaso Saturday after
noon by scoring a win over the Du
Pont team Of Parlin. The Lead
workers are prepared for their
game with the Dry Dock team to-
night.
The new three game headpin
bowling tournament was started on
Bohnsack's alleys las night. A
number of the leading bowlers of
this section were on hand and rolled
a set.
If the times improve during the
present year. basketball Will have
its greatest season during the lat
ter part Of this year and the early
part of 1928.
The Rainbow Midgets recently de-
feated the Yankee Midgets by a
| score of 28-18. The Rainbow Midgets
can be reached by calling S25-J.
The nrio1a MidpatS Wara dafeated
by the Amboy Juniors, 81, and de-
Heated the Cliffwood Indians by a
score of 1876, in weekend games
NJ. virgillo. s67 Elm street, is man.
ager of the Orioles.
Basketball fans in Roosevelt, Tot
tenville and other places in this
vicinity are OF the opinion that
Chuck Solador can handle a has
ketball game more efficiently thar
"Pingy'' Pengitore.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-02
LEAGUE GAME
ONFORT TONIGHT
Lead Works and Dry Dock
Teams at Raritan Copper
Works Field

The new industrial baseball league
will be started this evening. A game
between the United Lead WORKS and
the Perth Amboy Dry Dock teams
is scheduled to be played on the
Raritan Copper Works field starting
Mt $3.50 o'clock.
Tonight's contest will be the first
game of the season for the Dry Dock
nine, while the Lead Works team.
opened the season on Saturday af-
ernoon by scoring a victory over
the, Dupont team at Parlin.
The Lead Works team is sched-
uled to take the field tonight with
McNulty. pitcher; Springer. catcher;
Maloney, first base; McCreery, Sec
ond base; Dunton. shortstop: Pfeif-
lfer. third base; Halbert. left field:
Dixon, c~enterfield. and Majesty.
right field.
No announcement has been made
regarding the lineup of the Dry
Dock combination but it is probable
that Brownmiller or Deveny will be
started on the mound and Campbell
will do the receiving.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-02
NO CITY VOLLEY BALL
LEAGUE GAMES THIS WEEK

There will be no City Volley Ball
.eague games this week owing 10
he gymnasium being occupied at
III times by those who are rehears-
ing for the annual circus which VIII
Be presented on Friday and
of this week. AS soon as the CIR
Gus has been given Physical Direc-
tor s. c. Pew will make over n
present unfinished schedule in or
der that the games might be speed
ed up and the league brought to a
close.
Great interest is being shown IN
the league and it is expected every
team will complete its schedule. Sew
eral games were scheduled for to-
night but these will not be playes.
owing to the circus rehearsals.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-02
Back At Second
For Game Here SUNDAY

zurek are steady hitters, and with
batters of the type of Loeser. Ro-
mer and Dzurilla occupying the out
field positions. Messrs. Applegate and
Poulsen can boast of plenty of
strength on the offensive.
According to reports from New
ark where the coal miners perform
ed against the Meadowbrooks last
Sunday morning, the Pennsylvania
team IS strong in the pitching de-
partment and there are several
crackerjack batters in the lineup OF
this team. IL the Amboy team sue
ceeds in continuing its present bat
ting stride against the coal miners
hurlers the locals will have some
chance of continuing their winning
streak.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-02
LEADERS OPEN
WITH VICTORY
Have Easy Time Downing Du
Point Team at Parlin--
Score 1873

The United Lead Works baseball
nine had an easy time defeating the
Dupont nine of Parlin on the latter's
grounds Saturday afternoon. The
final score of this contest was 1873.
1t was the first game this season for
the local industrial team.
The visitors got off to a six run
advantage in the opening frame ana
three more runs in the third inning
sewed up the game. The Leaders
also scored two runs eac in the
sixth and eighth innings. The home
PLAYERS scored in the first. third.
fourth, eighth and ninth innings,
two and one runs an inning.
Hart, the Dupont twirler. was
pounded for nineteen hits. McNulty,
HaIbert and Romer were the main
offenders. the former with five hits
and the last two players with three
apiece. McNulty had a perfect day
at bat. Pierson was the batting star
for the home team with three safe
ties. Dunton pitched for the visitors
and allowed sixteen hits.
The HOY score.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-02
AMBOY HIGH SCHOOL Nine
PLAYS SOUTH RIVER HERE

The Amboy High School varsity
baseball team will open its home
season this afternoon in a game
with the South River High SchooI
nine on the Raritan Copper Works
field. Manager James Patterns
team lost its first two games, played
on opponents grounds.
The Crimson and White r~epresen-
tatives have had q number of prac-
tice sessions in preparation Tor To-
days game. Coach Waddell has not
announced his lineup for today
contest. The game will start ABOUT
4 o'clock.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-02
kEASbEY WINS
BOWLING MATCH
FordS Team Loses Two Out
of Three Games on ~"
Alleys

The Keasbey bowlers won two out
of three games in a bowling match
rolled on the Y. NJ. c. a alleys here
last night, the Fords combination
being the losers. The first game went
to the ~Keasbeyites by forty-nine
pins. Art Dagger. anchor man for
Fords, being high with PIT. In the
next game Keasbey again won. this
time by a th%irty-nine pin margin.
Fullerton. lesd-off man for K~easbey,
made high score in this game with
1913. In the last game Fords won by
thirty-six pins. Pfeiffer, Keasbey's
anchor man, was high man with 1873.
High average for the night went to
Fullerton with 17s. Art Bagger, of
the Fords team, averaged 1853, be-
ing high for the losers.
The scores:
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-02

With Tom Henshaw back at sec
ond base for Amboy's representative
team on Sunday afternoon, visiting
combinations will have to come
strong in order to take the measure
of the local outfit. This Sunday
afternoon the Scranton coal miners
association team will play the AM
boy nine on the Copper Works field.
Henshaw Is a regular heavy stick
err and from present indications he
will be at the second bag in all
games for the remainder of the sea-
lson. Donahue. the local first base-
man, struck his hitting stride In the
closing innings of his first game here
last Sunday afternoon and big things
can be expected of him in the flu
ture games here. Stinson and Ma
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-02
MOON WORKING HARD FOR
RETURN SO WITH 0IEARY

Johnny Moon is hard at work
these days getting On shape for his
fight with Sturdy O'Leary at the
Centre Athletic Clubs show. john
ny says there will be a different
story next discriminating that he
will hang a kayo on Sturdy.
Moon has always made q hit with
the fans here. as he is always work.
ing. and gives the best that is in him.
He is now rounding into wonder
full shape and his friends will be
there that night to cheer him to
victory.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-02
JUS BALL LEAGUE WILL BE OPENED OMGH
BRIEF BITS OF SPORTS
IN ALL FIELDS

During the next fifteen days the
boxers on the program for the Cen
tire A. c. boxing show, will train hard
for their respective bouts.
The Industrial factory league will
get under way on the Raritan Cop
per Works field tonight. The Dry
Dock and Lead Works teams Will
clash in this contest.
Williams will be a real drawing
card IL his present home run hitting
continues. He is a real all around
player regularly. and If his home run
hitting continues until Ruth re-
turns. there will be a great match for
supremacy.
Fans from Staten Island will come
out in larger numbers his saturday
night of the Speedways n Beauvais
Post are rematched and Chuck"
Solador is signed to referee.
The Scranton, Pa, coal miners will
furnish strong opposition 10 the AM
boys this Sunday afternoon, judging
from the showing the team made
against the Meadowbrooks in Now
ark last Sunday morning.
There is every indication that
Tom Henshaw will be at second
base for Amboy when the game
next Sunday afternoon gets under
way and IL the average class OF al
| the present players is lived up to
the local representative team will
remain intact for the remainder OF
the season.
The arrival of warm weather fell
most indoors, will probably prevent
the rolling of any more matches
which might change the individual
bowling championship title of the
city.
According 10 an announcement by
the manager of the South End nine
of Metuchen. his team defeated tbs
Keasbey Eagles by a. score of 12-1l
in a contest played Sunday after
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-02
CRESCENT Nine BEATEN
BY RARITAN SOLDIERS

KEASBEY, May 1.-The Crescent
Baseball club lost its first game of
the season Sunday afternoon at
Camp Raritan against the soldier
nine. The final score was 6-3.
The going was nip and tuck until
the eighth inning. when the soldiers
rallied and put three run across,
winning the game.
Both Gardella and Hartnett
pitched good ball and only allowed
six hits each. Jibb's triple was the
longest hit of the game. Penland
and Damback each collected two
hits. Gardella famed eleven and
Hartnett five.
The following is the score:
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-02
Dempsey Refused $4,000 oaer

PARIS, May Jack Dempsey
refused an offer of $4,000 for a three
round exhibition match in a Paris
ring, it has become known. While
the offer far exceeded any MADE
previous for such a brief appear
ance the answer was that it was use
less to speak of any amount less than
$1,000. A municipal councillor who
later asked Dempsey to give an ex-
hibition for charity said he had re-
ceived no answer to his communi-
cation
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-02

leys. but he was outrolled through
nj last night.
Through Harry Levine. Howard
Richards this morning issued a cha
lenge TO Gus Pappas, present holder
OF the individual bowling Champions
ship Of the CITY for a match OF y
number Of games TO be rolled any
where. at any time. The arrival OF
the present weather conditions
which makes the indoor game out Of
season, may prevent the rolling OF
many more matches.
The scores:
Richards
PIG 2f4 1877 s04 a04
235 22I 214 1919 15s
Eyerkuss-
al 1879 EOS 1913 2o4
1s2 1ss 1sS al 1ss
-1sas
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-02

The score by INNINGS.
S~peedways . 0 o 2 0 0 0 0 0 o. 2
Orioles -. 1 8 6 1 0 0 0 o XII
The summary-Home runs. Man
uel and Mcintosh. Three base hits.
Leddy, Stryker and Ay. Jensen. Two
base hits, Manuel and Toach.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-02
Eighth


The summary. IHTtt UdSt H4tS
Gadek and Connolly. Two base hits
Rogan. Left on bases Seventh 8,
Eighth g.. Struck out by Connolly
z, Kafton 4. Bases on balls on Con-
molly A., Kafton 4.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-02
Dupont

The score by INNINGS.
u. J.. w. :. 6 0 8 0 0 ? 0 2 0-13
Dupont -. 2 0 / 2 0 0 0 1 IS
The summary-Three base hit,
Smullen. Struck out. by Hart, 8;
D%unton, s. Bases on balls. OFF Hart,
4; Dunton, 8.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-02

Rochester at Jersey City.
Toronto at Newark.
Buffalo at Reading.
Syracuse at Baltimore.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-02

GAMES TODAY
American League

BQStOn at Now TUE.
Washington at Philadelphia.
Cleveland at Chicago.
ST. Louis at Detroit.