Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-11-08
Perth AmbOy Baseball 8
a Record
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One of the greatest records ever
established by a baseball team in
this vicinity is credited, to the Perth
Amboy Athletic Association nine for
the 1922 season. OF thirty-one
games played twenty victories were
registered and one tie game was
played.
By defeating the Landings of New
Brunswick in two out of three
games (the third contest was a tie)
the Amboys cinched their claim to
the Middlesex county championship
and in honor of their county victory
the Board of F'reeholders recently
presented the team with a loving
cup.
The local representative baseball
team was under the leadership of
Ed Mooney" Poulsen as business
manager and Harry Chunk" APP
plegate as field manager during the
past season. Apologize has been
associated with the great diamond
game for a number of years, having
played with the Amboys, Franklins
and teams of similar strength, and
Poulsen served the baseball public
as a member Of the Danish Sociable
Athletic Club and other leading
teams in this vicinity.
Harry A~pplegate, Art Shafnecker,
Dutch" Schesler, Aicer Jensen and
Mike 500 carried the heaviest bur-
dens Of the mound duties for the
local combination and Art Young.
Bill Flynn and Pat Haley each
worked a part of a different game.
Apologize scored seven victories
and suffered three defeats, Shat
necker o two games, Schesler
registered four wins and lost three
contests, Jensen turned in three VIC
tories and lost one game, 500 won
four games and lost n and Mil
chick and Young lost one contest
each. 500 pitched the tie game.
The Amboys played six games on
an opponents field, four of these
ended in defeat, one a victory and
the sixth a tie. In only one game
of the thirty-one did an opposing
team succeed in shutting out the
locals. Railway being credited with
this honor. The Amboys shut out
the R~ecreations of Plainfield on the
local field.
The Union county ball team had
the better of the Amboys in three
out of four games and the Red
Bank Orioles beat the Amboys in
two contests. both on the Red Bank
field. The Plainfields of New York
and the Bloomfield setbacks were
tough mes and were registered
when the locals were in a slump.
A notable series victory was
scored over the Aquehongas of Tot
tenville, Amboy taking three
straight games after the Tottenville
representatives had succeeded in
winning the first game of this set
on their own field.
Romer Leads Batting
Jim Romer, who performed in the
outfield in most of his games with
the locals, led the team in batting
with al. average of .46S. He also
led in the number of two base hits
and singles and was second in home
runs and triples. Tom McEnroe,
third sacker, finished second in bat
ting with an average of .371 and
Tom Henshaw was third with 1866.
Bill Dzurilla led the team in home
run hitting, being credited with a
total of six and Henshaw's four
triples were the greatest number OF
three base clouts made by an Am
boyan.
Al Lorenzo had the best fielding
average for the season, having made
'tA Ciiois III Three INJURED ana ten
chances for an average of $50. Lor-
EMO and Dzurilla were the only
members of the local team to par
ticipate in every one of the thirty
one contests. Mickey Loeser, Hen
shaw, Romer, Forman and Wallace
started with the team and were in
the local lineup at the end, having
been out of different games for va
rious reasons.
The local magnates used a great