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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-17
YANKEES PRESENT LEAD
NOW ALMOST PROHIBITWE
BY NEA Service

NEW YORK, July 17.-With h
Fourth of July over, the New York
yankees held a 12h game lead in
the race for the American League
pennant.
Such a prohibitive lead makes the
Yankees look like a sure thing in
the Johnsonian organization.
While the Giants played even fast
err than the Yankees, their lead in
the National League is considerably
less, due to keener competition.
Despite the fact that the Giants
are being hard pressed by Pittsburgh
and Cincinnati, it is a pretty good
bet that the next world series will
be played exclusively in New York.
However the Reds and Pirates are
strongly in the cunning.
At the start of the American
League campaign,C Connie Mack, wise
old leader of the Athletics, made this
remark:
New York should again win in the
American League. The club has the
pitching. No factor is a bigger asset
in winning a pennant. Every man
ager in the American League has
pitching problems to worry over ex-
cept Higgins. My staff is as good
as six others and my club will make
plenty of trouble as long as 1t gets
the pitching"
With the season half over, Mack's
prophecy has come true. Rarely in
the history of the major leagues has
il club passed over the Fourth of July
mark, the half way, with such a
commanding lead as the Yankees en-
joyed.
Consistently good pitching has put
the Yankees where they are. Every
manager except Higgins has had
pitching worries. Mack's club has
certainly made the trouble he pre-
dicted. Not until an injury to Nay
lor, his pitching ace, and a let~down
by several other members of the
staff. did his club slump.
All of which merely proves that
pitching is the outstanding feature in
winning q pennants
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-17
KEASBEY Nine TO PLAY
FORDS TEAM SUNDAY

The Keasbey Field Club will hol6
a practice session on the Keasbev
diamond tonight at $40 o'clock IN
preparation for several scheduled
games TO take place shortly. Cap
tain Paisler requests all members Of
the team present.
On sunday the Keasbey team vii
play the Fords Field Club on the
Copper Works field. This game win
De played preliminary to the AM
boy-Red Cap game. Manager Art
Jensen would like to hear from SEM
Tor teams in this vicinity having
home grounds. He can be reached
by sending communications to 225
Jefferson street.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-17
DETROIT TIGERS NOW ADD
ANOTHER SLUGGER TO LIST
BY NEA Service

DETROIT, July IT. = Since the
days of Hughey Jennings, the De-
troit Tigers have always boosted a
great array of sluggers.
For over a score of years the De-
troit team has always had two or
three players in the lineup noted for
their ability to hit them high and
far.
At one time Sam Crowford and
Claude Rossman were the fence bust
ers of the Tigers, free swingers of
the old school. Both eventually
drifted to the minors. Crawford,
now well In the f~orties, continues to
slug the old apple in the Pacific
Coast League.
After this pair Bobby Veach and
Harry Heilmann drew the spotlight.
Veach. a left-handed hitter of the
old school, is apparently slipping as
a batsman, at least in the eyes of
Manager Cobb. He isn't playing reg
ularly.
Few players in the history of base
ball ever took a healthier cut at the
ball than Veach. Regardless of the
style of the ball pitched, a fast ball
or a slow curve, Veach breezed away
in his usual manne The game has
produced few right-handed hitters
who can compare with Harry He'll
mann in getting distance to his
drives.
For the day that will mark the
passing of Veach and Heilmann, De-
troit has a new entry for the realm
Of swat, IIeine Manush.
THE big fellow seems to be able to
hit any and everything say Ed Rom
mel, crafty pitching star of the Ath-
letics. II threw him everything /
had on tap and he hit each delivery
harder than the other one. The
waste ball seems to be about the only
delivery certain to keep him from
connecting and it would be we'll for
every pitcher to keep it far from
the plate
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-17

The Aquehongas of Tottenville
are scheduled to play the staten Is
land Elks tonight. Kreischers men
will try to drop off the odd Man
Jinx," who has been pursuing them
the last few games. With the new
men a different result Is expected
tonight.
The Keasbey Field Club has been
travelling good of late. They are
scheduled to play the Fords team
on this coming Sunday. the NIL
boys have won six out OF elght
games played so far.
After a sensational tie Bobby
Jones defeated Doggy CruickshanK
for the American open golf title
Cruickshank is a Jersey boy. me
closeness of the match is seen from
the fact that the final score was
1876.
I'm around Passaic they are al
ready talking about their high
school basketball outfit for next
wear. Amboy high is being taken
seriously DIS II 10 a
next year the Crimson and White
will be a strong contender for state
honors. Four of the men on mex,
years quintet appeared here lasl
season in an independent contest.
The police representatives are NOT
discouraged by their showing OF
Saturday. Now they realize the value
of practice which connot be recelV'
ed from just pounding the walks
day after day.
It is said that Frank Romeo, the
new coach at P. A. H. 5. was ar
athlete of note while at Springfield
and should make an excellent a
for the local school. He willshave a
chance to establish himself with tins
basketball team which won twenty
in = row.. Should they continue TO
win he will be hailed as a "mlracle
man."
Apparently the Perth Amboy hign
school independent nine don't give
a snap about winning ball games
from the way the regulars are COM
ing out for the contests. on iast
Thursday they had four regulars on
hand. They are harming the name
of the local high school.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-17
Annual Championship
Swimming Meet AUG. ;

200 yard free style. There will be
three medals awarded. the cham
pion receiving a gold medal the wins
ner of second place a silver media
and third a bronze medal. Judson
Scoop Hubbard is the present hold
er of the city championship and he
Is expected to defend his title.
Victor Peterson. manager OF the
Y. NJ. c. A. swimming team, is in
charge of this event and entry
blanks may be procured from him
Letters addressed to him in care Of
the Y will reach him. The senior
meet is open to any resident Of
Perth Amboy seventeen years old
or older.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-17

The annual city championship
aquatic meet to determine the best
~all-around swimmer in Perth Am
boy will be held IN the Y. II. c. A
pool on Friday night. August 3. In
addition to deciding the senior
champion this year a junior champ
will also be proclaimed as the re-
suit of a special series of events fof
the boys 16 years old and under.
The senior meet will be a penta-
thalon affair consisting of the five
following events: Forty yard free
style, forty yard back stroke. Cham
dicap), 100 yard free style, forty
yard breast stroke, 6handicap), and
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-17
BRIEF BITS OF SPORTS
IN ALL L

A really and truly home bred
baseball outfit is the Dublin Glee
Club nine. Nearly all the members
of the team are residents of this
city. Their showing against the
Perth Amboys will be watched in
tensely. Bill Sheehan should be given
credit for collecting such a roster
of home town satellites.
The Amboys should get some good
opposition on this Sunday when they
play the baggage smashers", the
coIored Penn Red Caps. Daugherty
of Poulsen's nine, will have to be at
his best to score a win.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-17
LOCAL ENTRANTS TO MEET

A. Clayton Clark, Jr., captain OF
the local Y. NJ. c. A. swimming
team, is entered in the 100 yard
swimming event at Columbia Park
Jersey City, at 3 o'clock next Sat
urday afternoon. There will be
another Perth Amhoy entry in one
of the other events, Miss Virginia
Riznichak being entered in the SO
yard novice swim.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-17
MICKEY WALKER KNOCKS OUT
NATE SEIGEL AT NEWARK

Shortly after twenty-nine seconds
of fighting in the tenth round of a
scheduled twelve round bout, Mickey
Walker, welterweight champion dis
couraged another one of the long list
of contenders for his rown when he
knocked out Nate Seigel of Boston
in the main go at the Broad A. C,
Newark, last night.
Walker although four pounds
lighter and six inches smaller than
his opponent, gave the Bostonian the
worst treatment ever inflicted by the
champion since his taking owe of
the w~elterweight title.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-17
DUBLIN CLUB
MEETS DEFEAT
GIee Club Nine Beaten by
Lakewood and Series is
Now Evened up

The Lakewood baseball represen-
tatives 'evened the series with the
Dublin Glee Club nine of this city
on Sunday afternoon when they
were defeated by the down-staterf
by a score of 9-2. The pine-wood
nine started the scoring early and
held the Middlesex boys safe
throughout. Only in one inning did
the visitors threaten the home team
and-that was in the fourth but only
n run crossed the plate.
Manager Bill Sheehan is without
a game for this Sunday and would
like to hear from some good home
team. The Dublins are a good at
traction wherever they play and
have a large following.
The score follows:
In.-a4I
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-17
HUNGARIAN C. C. WINS
9TH STRAIGHT IN CARTERET

The Hungarian Catholic Club nine
of this city registered their sixth
straight victory on Sunday when
they travelled to Carteret and de-
feated the White Eagles of that
place by an 81 score.
Faltisco the local moundsman,
allowed the Carteret team but
seven hits. while the local batsmen
made good ten safeties from the de-
liveries of Max, the Carteret pitcher
Rasmussen, G.. Mitruska and LeyaJ
were the star pitchers for the locals
while the heavy batting for the Car
teret team was done by Karascus.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-17
METUCHEN IS
90 WINNER
Brainy Borough Ball Team
Trim Wheelmen of Plain
field in Fast Game

METUCHEN, July 16- The Me-
tuchen field club won their sixth
consecutive victory of the present
season on Sunday afternoon when
they defeated the Queen City Wheel
men, of Plainfield, on the Durham
road diamond by a SD score.
TenEyck did the twirling for the
home team in this contest while the
pitching for the Plainfield outfit was
done by Snowden. Nine hits were
collected from the Metuchen
mound worker and eight from the
Plaineld twirler. O'Connor of the
visiting team was the star at the
bat in Sundays contest, making
three ~safeties out of four trips tc
the bat.
Next Sunday the Metuchen outfit
will ross bats with the Acme nine
of Perth Amboy on the Durham
road diamond.
The score:
MefT1cI1an Field rJuh
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-17
FLYER nine WINS At
HELMETTA BY 10 SCORE

Tho Flyer baseball teaem Of this
city travelled to Hesmetta on Sunday
where they downed the colors of the
Holy Trinity nine by a 10 cor
Nuns Nedswicki, the Perth AM
boy high school pitching ace, was IN
the mound for the locals and allowed
but three hits to the Helmetta toss
ers. He also struck out ten of the
batters who faced him, while Wit
kowski the opposing pitcher, allowed
five hits to the local batsmen and
struck out six.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-17

The local Y. NJ. H. A. nine should
win its first home game Thursday
night against the high schoolers.
Hochheiser. the cross-river ace,
will pitch for the Jewish representa-
tives and as he tanned the locals once
he will probably repeat.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-17
Victory scored

The Meadowbrook Midgets easily
defeated the Cornell Midgets on sun
day afternoon by a score of 27-s.
Augustine pitched for the winners.
The winners made six home runs.
The Meadowhrooks are out for the
Midget championship of the city.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-17
"Yn juniors Booking

The Y. NJ. C. A. Juniors of South
Amboy would like to hear from
teams in this vicinity playing Satur-
day afternoons and twilight games.
For games phone South Amboy PSI,
or write Cecretary Z. A. Nell, South
Amboy Y. NJ. c. A.
Brighton Stars Win Two
The Brighton Stars defeated the
Crescent Juniors in a twilight game
recently by a a. score, while on
Sunday afternoon they handed the
Liberty Juniors a 12-1 trouncing.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-17
LEAGUE
RESULTS
National League

Chicago, Z; New York, 4.
First game.
New York, 8; Chicago, I.
Second game.
Brooklyn, 8; Pittsburgh, 4.
ST. Louis, 10; Philadelphia, Z.
Cincinnati Boston, rain.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-17
Elizabeth Caseys
'Batted for Gllsenan in the 10

score by INNINGS:
Maurer A. A. O1O0Osoo0oOo-4
Caseys -. 0003010000 Is
The summary: Home run Johnson
Two base hits, johnson, Urbanski.
Smalley. Struck out by 500 Z, oy
Dooley 5. Hit by pitcher (Dooley)
Let's. Bases on balls off nooley 2,
off l. Double plays. Urbanski. (un-
assisted) Dooley to Morgan 10
Cook.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-17

Ironnois Want frames

The Iroquois Of this city are de-
sirous of booking games with light
senior teams in this vicinity. Man
ager William Scholz can be reached
by calling 1889 r between 7 and S
o'clock evenings.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-17
TODAY's GAMES
National League

Chicago at New York.
Pittsburgh at Brooklyn.
st. Louis at Philadelphia.
Cincinnati at Boston.
American League
New York at Cleveland.
Boston at st. Louis.
Washington at Detroit.
Philadelphia at Chicago.
international League
Jersey City at Buffalo.
Newark at Toronto.
Baltimore at Syracuse.
Reading at Rochester.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-17

.Summary-Three-base hits, Car
rigan 2; two-base hits, Carrigan
base on balls, off Milchick 2, of
Young 2; struck out, by Milchick 1,
Young 2, Damn 5; double plays, Manu.
rex to Nesley to Burke; left on base
Amboy 5. Lakewood 9; hit by pitch
er, by Milchick 2.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-17
international Leagne

Toronto, 8; Jersey City. g..
Toronto. 4; Jersey City 8
Newark, 6; Buffalo, 3.
Buffalo, 8; Newark, S.
Reading. Z; Syracuse, 3.
Rochester. s; Baltimore, 4
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-17
American League

Cleveland, 6; New York. 1.
First game.
New York, IL; Cleveland, 4.
Second game.
Philadelphia, A; Chicago, 2.
Washington, A; Detroit. 2.
st. Louis, 4; Boston, 1.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-17
Mheelmen of Plainheld

Stated for Snowden
Metuchen . 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2-5
Plainfeld =. 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1--3
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-17

Score by innings:
Hercules :. 0 0 0 0 0 OIL l O. 2
S. A. Y M c A
$500 0 0 x-12
Evening star., 1923-04-14
Employees in P Packing Plants Vote
10 Per Gent Increase to SO, 600

four-hour week, with overtime after
ten hours In any one day to be paid
for at the rate Of time and half.
The forty-hour-week guarantee -
continued. and double pay promised
for Sundays and holidays.
The increases will add more than
s2.500,000 yearly to the payroll OF
Armour and Company. with Its $4,000
workers. Swift and Company an
nounced 5000 employees here and 2e.-
600 in other parts of the country Will
benefit
In Chicago the increase will give
employees now getting 37la cents an
hour, scent raise; semi-skilled
workers will get cents an hour
more; skilled workers cents ana
girls cents.
Increases in other cities will de-
pend somewhat upon local conditions.
The piecework rates Will be ADJUSTED q
so as not to be more than the rate
paid November %. 1921. or 10 per
cent more than the present rate.
"In our negotiations with the COM
mittees from the plant assemblies, we
had number of factors to bear very
strongly in mind" G. +. swift, wee
president Of Swift and Company SAID,
in commenting on the increases: Our
responsibility for protecting the IN
vestment of $4,000 shareholders is
very great In addition to that. there
are producers of live stock on one
hand, anxious to obtain the nlBnesl
cash price for their animals. and on
the other hand the consumers or
meat, eager to buy at the lowest pos
sible price.
I'VE believe that the increases
given are such as will be fair to
every one and we are gratifed that
we were able to negotiate Directly
with the committees from our plant
assemblies on a matter of such great
Importance We believe 1t proves the
value of this method of handling all
matters pertaining to our employees.
Evening star., 1923-04-14
Nv tIta A sxocia red Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, April 14.-"ndustrial
democracies" in the "big five" pack
ing plants of the country have re-
stored directly to $4,000 workers
and indirectly to 10000 more-the 10
per cent of their wages which the
same plant legislatures took away
in November. 1921.
Announcement last night that the
plant assemblies had voted the pay
increase marks the second big step
by these organizations instituted by
the packers as an alternative for in
dustrial unionism.
The action of the packing house
councils followed negotiations so
quietly conducted that the first public
intimation of an upward re-adjust-
ment of wages was the announce
ment that 1T had been voted.
The five companies diredtly affected
Armour. with the Morris and Com
panl plants 1t recently purchased;
Swift, Wilson and Cudahy-employ
$4,000 workers Independent COM
panies and subsidiaries which are ex-
pected to follow suit, as the big
five set the wage standard, will bring
in another 10000 men and women
In addition to the average increase
of 10 per cent in wages, the plant as
semblies also agreed on vacations
with full pay. or extra pay at the
usual rate if the worker chooses to
remain at work during his vacation
period.
The wage scale is based on fifty
Evening star., 1923-04-14
RAPS INDICTMENT
OF w. VA. MINERS
Counsel Says industrial Autoc-
racy" Persecutes Houston
and Others.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHARLESTON, W. Va, April IL
Harold W. Houston, general counsel
in West Virginia for the United Mine
Workers, and twenty others have
been indicted in Logan county on
charges of murder or accessory to
murder. T. c. Townsend attorney as
sociated with Mr.. Houston in union
miners trials, announced here last
night. Mr.. Townsend made the an
nouncement in a statement which fol-
lows, in part:
Twenty months after the alleged
armed march took place, during which
time there has been at least eight
separate and distinct grand juries. the
Logan county authorities suddenly
find that Harold W. Houston. chief
counsel for the United Mine Work ers
of America, is guilty Of murder. hav-
ing been this week indicted as an
accessory before the fact TO the mur-
der of John c. Gore and others.
Hits "Industrial AutOcracy."
The indictment of Houston is in
furtherance of the campaign of per-
secution on the part of the Logan
county authorities against the labor
organization which he represents. My
belief is that there is not a scintilla
of evidence to justify the indictment
and that he will never be brought to
trial. This is only another and fur
ther demonstration of what it means
for the agencies of the government
to be in the hands of, as Senator Ken
yon aptly said, AN industrial autoc-
racy'"
Mr. Houston has been counsel for
district II. United Mine Workers, for
the last six years, and has played a
leading part in the defense of Dis
trict President c. Frank Keeney sub
District President William Blizzard
and others placed on trial on various
charges growing out of the 1921
march.
Evening star., 1923-04-14
100000 .SWINDLE GAME
LIKELY TO BE EXPOSED
Man Held in Cleveland Suspected
of Wholesale Frauds on Jew
elers in Cities.

CLEVELAND. Ohio, April IA
Swindling of jewellers in prominent
cities throughout the country of
amounts in jewelry said to total ap-
proXimately 100000 during the past
four years may be cleared with the
Imprisonment here of a man giving
the name of Walter kratZ, which, the
authorities say, is fictitious.
This man was brought here from
charging him with obtaining jewelry
worth s1.025 nearly three years ago
from a local firm by forgery. He is
said to have operated also in New
York. Chicago, Philadelphia, Pitts
burgh, Boston and Cincinnati.
The name "kratz," according to
circulars issued by the National
jewelers. Protective Association and
two prominent private detective
agencies. is that of a doctor whose
name he took.
Posing as a professional man, ac-
cording to the circulars, the man
would forge cards Of introduction
from well known medical men in the
city in which he was operating. buy
expensive jewelry and present a
forged check for payment.
The man was convicted in Pitts
burgh a year ago on charge of
forgery. On his release this week he
was sent to Baltimore, but was re-
turned to Cleveland as the forgery
here, it is said, was a greater offense
than that charged in Baltimore.
Evening star., 1923-04-14

At the end Of April approximately
100000 workers in the New England
textile mills will receive an advance
in wages averaging 1212 per cent.
Evening star., 1923-04-14
Bridal Petticoats
of Lacv LONELINESS

Bridal petticoats Of white, soft satin, crepe de
chine, or radiunl-there are many charming mod
els exqusitely trimmed with ribbons, 1aces, and
embroidered founces and pleated founces; also
models of quaint simplicity.
Bridal Pettcoats, $5 to $3.50
The Washington times., 1923-03-27
PRESS GALLERY
ISCARPENTER
SHOP NOW
Work of undermining Senate
Chamber and Offices Is
Under Way.

i The Senate press gallery has been
converted into a carpenter shop.
The gathering place of newspa.
per correspondents has been usurp.
ed by furniture repairers. uphols.
tiers, and other craftsmen: these will
remain in possession during the
coming summer months.
The carpenters have plenty of
work to do. Much of the Senate
furniture-save that party of IL in
the palatial private offices of Sena-
tors-has fallen into a sad state OF
dilapidation. Some Of the upholster.
ed chairs and divans bear evidence
of not having been touched since
the days OF Grant and Garfield. The
mohair couches are of venerable an
tiquity.
The Senate, however, has decided
to modernize. Thercarpenters have
received instructions to "revitaIfze''
all OF the old black walnut and ma.
hogany pieces. Chairs which have
been shaky on their legs, suffering
from palsy, others WORLDLY in their
arms and elsewhere, and desks
suffering from general decrepitude
are to be put into tip-top shape and
equipped for another generation Of
hard wear and tear.
The Senate chamber itself IL to be
refurnished and renovated. The
ceiling is to be repainted; the mural
panels are to be made brilliant and
a new green carpet will be placed
upon the floor.
The Washington times., 1923-03-27
BUREAU WILL EXHIBIT
U. S. STAMP COLLECTION

The Bureau of Engraving and
Printing is preparing the most com.
plete collection Of United States
postage stamps ever shown, for ex
hibition at the International Stamr
Exhibition in London May IA to 90
1t was announced today at the Post.
office Department
The collection will include every
type of stamp issued by the coun.
try, including some recently author
lied and designed which never have
been shown.
Among the American exhibitors
will be Congressman Alderman OF
New Jersey. Eugene Klein, of Phila.
delphia, and r. K. Miller, of Mime.
apolis.
King George, who owns what is
said to be the largest private collec
ton In the world, will be an ex
hibitor.
The Washington times., 1923-03-27
rum SHIPS DUPE
CUTTERS WITH
FAKE SOS
Three Coast Guard Boats Call.
ed on Wild Goose Chase
at Norfolk.
Ry International News Service.


NORFOLK. Va, March IL
Coast guard officials here said to-
day that the S o S calls sup
posed to have come from the Fry
ing Pan lightship Sunday were
fakes resorted to by rum.running
ships in order to lessen the danger
of capture while attempting to run
the blockade.
When the calls of distress were
broadcasted the coast guard cutters
Manning, from Norfolk, and the
Yamacraw, from Savannah, raced to
sea at top speed. Officials were
skeptical at the time, knowing that
the lightship has no wireless
equipment, but on the chance that
the call might have been genuine
the cutters were sent out. Arriving
at the lightship the crew there
was in ignorance of the calls and
had had no trouble.
It Is not known whether the ruse
Of the rum runners was successful
The incident will be reported to
officials at Washington. This is
the fourth false 8 o call which
the cutter Manning has responded
to, three having been sent out in
December.