Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-03

ketball players IN the East To-Day,
will play with the ST. Josephs of Ho-
boken, against the Perth Amboys
here tonight.
"Stuffy" McInnis, one of the great
est first sackers in the history of
baseball, was awarded his uncon-
ditional release by Cleveland mainly
because of his demands. McInnis
still has a good many games in his
system.
There will be plenty OF roofing at
the auditorium on Tuesday night
where the Center A. c. boxing show
is to be held. judging from reports
from Staten Island and New Bruns-
wick that big delegations are COM
ing to root for Lanahan and Shine
respectively.
On Monday night Bill jenkins will
roll Howard Richards ON Bohnsacks
alleys in the first of set of games
to decide the individual bowling
champion of the town. Gus Pappas
is the present champion.
Square" Bjork's Rollaways won
another basketball game on roller
skates, Thursday night. The Flyer
club team was beaten in this game
SO.
A number of local fans saw
frankie Genaro, the twenty-one-
year-old New York boy, relieve
Pancho Villa of his American fly
weight championship title in Mad
ison Square Garden on Thursday
night. Being champ is nothing
new for Genaro, Who won the ma
tional amateur title in the Olympic
championships at Antwerp in 1920,
when he was only eighteen. Jimmy
Wilde will probably be next on
Genaro's program.
Tonisht's basketball game at the
auditorium will mean much to the
give the locals a still stronger
claim to the state championship. If
the Amboys are successful in cap
turing this title, it vii! be the first
time in the history of basketball that
Perth Amboy has fostered a cham
p!onship court team.
Incidentally the local fans will be-
given every opportunity to see the
much talked-of Hickey in action to-
night. 1t will be a good opportunity
to compare his wares with those of
Amboys own idol. Hank" Thomas.
The Amboy Y. NJ. c A. volley bali
team is certainly stepping out. Not
content with invading New Haven
and beating the best teams in that
state, it will play tho crack Ger
mantowp team at Brooklyn next
Saturday night.
Perth Amboy has always had
more than its share of wrestling
fans, and these men will be given
an opportunity to witness the Kind
of sport they li&e, commencing next
Thursday night, when the first of
4 series of shows will be conducted
in the new auditorium. High class
shows should draw large crowds
here, as this city moi only has a
good sized wrestling fraternity, but
boasts of some crack mat artists
also.
The Perth Amboy High school
boys varsity basketball team is
scheduled to meet the Trenton Deaf
Mute Five on the Trenton High
school court this afternoon.
The manner in which the Passaic
High school team pulled itself to-
gether and defeated Montclair at
Newark Thursday night, as soon as
Knothe, their captain, entered the
game during the second half, proves
conclusively the effect on the NOR
ale of a team of having a competent
helmsman in charge. 1t is not only
the playing ability of captain, but
his leadership, which has much to
do with teams winning or losing.
All of the fighters on the pro-
gram for the p. B. A. show 10 be
staged in the local auditorium
March 20, will be in the pink of
condition. according TO an an
nouncement by Matchmaker BIZ
Seiboth.
Fame in this vicinity interested in
the award of the lease for the local
baseball field will be rewarded for
their long wait by an announcement
early next week.
Borough basketball fans are in
terested in the announcement that
Jerome Jacobowitz will have his
Roosevelt Separates on Coughlin's
court again in the near future.
The Washington and Mcclellan
bowling combinations are confident
as to their chances of coming ont
on top in the lcal firemen's league.
The Perth Amboy Y. NJ. c. A.
volley ball team is having one Of it's
most successful seasons. This conf
hfnation te puttipg this Facemakina /