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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-19
AQUATIC MEET
THURSDAY NIGHT
Trenton Y. M. C. A. SWIM
merS Meet Local AssoCia-
ton Team in Local Pool

The Perth Amboy Y. NJ. c. A.
swimming team will swim the team
of the Trenton Y. NJ. C. A., In the
local pool on Thursday night at 8
o'clock. Ladies and gentlemen are
invited. Captain Clark has been
working hard with his men for the
past month for the meet. The Tren-
ton team defeated the local boys by
one point last year at Perth Amboy
and they defeated Amboy again by
a much larger score in the Trenton
Pool.
Captain Clark will have the SER
vices of Oloff Olsen, the crack swim
mer of Syracuse University, for this
meet. Olsen was on the Syracuse
team for two years and was also
on the crew for three. The dives
will be taken care Of by Totin and
John McQuade.
In the 100 yard swim Art Lewis
and Ray Jensen will represent the
local team. Captain Clark, Frank
Baker, Harold Westcott and Jones
will look after the sprints. The
team which will represent the Y.
M. c. A. in the relay has not been
picked as yet. Last year Perth Am
boy lost to Trenton by losing the
relay. There are about six men
trying out for this event.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-19
CALL
FOR PRACTICE
Coach Stauffer To Ask for
Basketball Candidates at
High School This Week

Before the end of this week Coach
Stauffer, boys director at the local
high school, will issue a call for men
interested in making the 1923-24
basketball representative team or
the State street institution.
Regardless of the fact that nearly
all of the members of lsct years
record making squad are still at
tending school the lineup to be used
this year will not be announced until
after the director has given all of
the candidates a fair try.
Manager Macmillan is booking
up a hard schedule for the Crimson
and White quintet and 1t is said the
list of games for this season will be
tougher than the n prepared last
winter. Every effort will be made
to get the State street quintet in
the high school post season games
for the scholastic championship of
the state this winter.
1t is probable that the session
this week will be devoted almost en-
tirely to . talking over of plans
By the coach. The coach will urge
that the boys give special attention
to their studies so as to prevent q
repetition of what occurred during
the latter part of the football sea-
son just closed.
There will be a big turnout for the
initial practice.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-19
THANKSGIVING DAY STREET
RUN IN BAYONNE; q MILES

Entry blanks have been received
by Physical Director Loren j.. Reyes
of the local Y. NJ. C. A. from Bay
onne for the second annual thanks
giving Day street run to be held a
week from next Thursday under the
auspices of the Industrial Athletic
Association and the Y. M. G. AS
of that city. The race will start at
II clock in the morning and will
cover a four mile course.
According to the announcements
received in this city the contest will
really be three C in one with
three different sets of prizes. The
rae is open to all members of the
Y. M. c.. A. in New Jersey. Open
to all employees Of Bayonne plants
affiliated with the Industrial Ath-
letic Association of Bayonne and
open to all runners affiliated with
the Metropolitan Association A. A,
U. A runne~ cannot represent more
than one organization. Heavy rub
Der or basketball shoes are recon-
merded by the committee. The first
man finishing in each respective di-
vision will receive a prize of equal
value regardless of position in the
race. This also applies to the sec
ond third, fourth and fifth competi-
tors of each division. All COMPETE
tors must report at the United In
dustries Y. M. c.. A. at 10 o'clock.
Thanksgiving morning to draw for
places and receive instructions. All
professional are barred. A
small entry fee is charged and this
must accompany the entry. Entries
may be secured from Physical Di-
rector Keyes. They must be sent in
not later than next Monday.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-19
WASH|NGTONS
IN FIRST SET
Engage Projections on Ar
come Alleys in Firemen's
League Match Tonight

The Protection Hook 81 Ladder
Company bowling team will encoun-
ter the Washington bowlers on the
Argonne alleys tonight in the fourth
match of the recently r~eorganized
local firemen's bowling circuit.
T~onight's match will be the first
for the Rector street hremen as the
first match booked for last Monday
was postponed on account of it being
Armistice Day. The Washingtons
were to have bowled former Chief
Andrew Anderson's Garfield quintet
in this match.
In their opening match the Pro-
tections won two out of three from
the McClellans and practically the
same lineup will be used against the
Rector street combination tonight. 1t
Is not known what men will be trot-
ted out by the Washingtons.
The other two matches rolled last
week resulted in three game victo-
ries for the Lincolns and Libertys at
the expense of the Humanes and
Eagles respectively. The Humanes
and Eagles are counted on to do bet
ter as the season progresses.
Tomorrow night on the Hobart
street alleys the Garfields will roll
their first match and will have the
McClellans as an opponent. On
Wednesday night the Lincolns and
Eagles meet, and the following night
the Libertys take on the Humanes.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-19
SCHENECTADY
BREAKSEVEN
Thomas Club Loses at Glens
Falls and Wins on Home
Court

The Schenectady. N. Y, team OF
which David flank" Thomas, of
this city, is a member. gained an
even break in its first two games in
the New York State league on Fri
day and Saturday nights Of last
week.
On Friday night at Giens Falls the
home club tailed a 33-32 victory in
an extra five minute game. Thomas
playing one of the advanced posi-
lions made two field goals and ten
fouls. Jack Cremmens. OF Newark,
Garry Schmelk and Harris. WASH
ington Senator second baseman,
played with the Glens Falls team.
At Schenectady On Saturday night
the home club turned in a 32-17 vic
tory at the expense of the Glens
Falls club. Thomas made three
field goals and two fouls In his first
home game, In the two contests, he
did not miss a chance from the FREQ
throw line.
frankie Boyle, of Newark, and
Harry Riconda, are also members of
the Schenectady team.
Mohawk and Utical have taken
out franchise in the New York
state circuit, making 1t a six team
affair. Cohoes and Amsterdam are
the other teams in this league.
Thomas has three games sched@
uIed upstate this week. The State
street star anticipates a big season
with the Schenectady team the same
! club he was with last winter.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-19
4MBoYs DEFEAT ITALIAN CLUB HERE SATURDAY NIGH


Missing fourteen out of twenty-one
chances from the free throw line
and many shots from the field. the
italian Catholic Club basketball
quintet. of New York, was defeated
by the Perth Amboy Big Five on
the Auditorium court, Saturday
night. The score at the completion
of forty minutes of play was 31-19.
Some weeks ago. the Italians beat
the Amboys. 1921.
Going into Saturdays tussle, the
Amboys were without their captain,
David Hank Thomas. The State
street star was requested to assist
in the New York State League bas-
ketball opening at schenectady, Sat
urday night and this engagement
prevented his appearance here. He
will play here every Saturday night
for the remainder of the campaign.
Pete Eggers dropped in a foul
shortly after the start of play and
a few minutes later went through
for a basket, being fouled on the
shot. He also made the free throw,
The local team maintained a safe
lead for the balance of the halt
which ended 1868.
LII lhV op0HiH5 pSilOus AlCheW
Herb Cohen and Fl. Cohen pulled off
spectacular shots, the only baskets
credited to the visitors while Regain,
Eggers, Schwankert and Estrin
scored from the field for Amboy. The
Water street speed merchant made
two field goals. Ray Handerhan
local star. apparently had "o1d man
hard luck" with him Saturday night
for he missed two shots in the OPEN
ing period and one in the last hall
the ball rolling around the rim fol
a second or two before deciding tc
stay out.
In the initial session, the visitor.
missed eight of their eleven chances
from the fifteen foot line. They
made four out of seven in the open.
ing half of their first game here
this season. Saturday night, the
local players make six out of theii
twelve tries in the opening period.
Never In Danger
The result OF the contest was neve'
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-19
BIG CROWD ATTENDS
CHARLEY MALONE'S EVENT

A big crowd of boxing fans from
various sections in this county visited
Charley Malone's Smith street gym
on Saturday night and witnessed
boxing exhibitions by members. of
Frank Clemens stable. Every Sat
urday night, hereafter, similar events
will be staged.
The following men appeared Sat-
urday night:
Tiger Nelson, 100 pounds; Joe
10th, 100 pounds; Battling Brown,
100 pounds; Joe Hogan, 127 pounds;
Jack Curley, Fords, 145 pounds;
Young Jack Blackburn, Philadelphia,
1875 pounds Young Joe Walcott, 155
pounds; Kid Fleming, 100 pounds;
Battling Hazel, IT'S pounds; Fanny
Terio, 172 pounds, and Eagle Eye,
Red Bank, 100 pounds. Willie Walk
err, of New York, rendered several
vocal selections during the evening,
Clemens formerly trained his mel
at the Sherlock Club, but in the
future the above boxers will train al
the Smith stree gym. !. Harmed
the property man at the gym, also Il
Ia Esuerd advisor of MalnRA
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-19
Carteret Separates
Defeat HungarianS;
Hard Fought Game

Fouls by Charley Brownmiller and
Bob Handerhan in the closing min
utes of play gave the Carteret Sepa-
arates basketball team a 1927 victory
over the Hungarian Catholic Club
team, OF this city, on Coughlin 8
Auditorium in Carteret last night.
A squirt by George Mitruska after
the home club had compiled a 90
score in the first ten minutes of the
game put the Courtlandt street
boys in the running. At half time the
score stood 1916 in favor of the
Separates.
In opening period Brownmiller
made three field goals, two of the
spectacular type, Cutter and Han
derhan tailed one apiece, and Brad
ley counted three times from the
field. Gutter and Handerhan also
dropped in a foul apiece. For the
visitors, G.. Mitruska melted the
sphere for four double deckers and
apiece. Winkler and ]. Mitruska
and G.. Mitruska contributed a foul
each.
Early in the final session the Sep
arates increased their lead two
points and then everything favored
the Hungarians. The going was nip
and tuck throughout, the two foul
counters finally winning the game.
During the last twenty minutes of
play J. Mitruska and Levay made
two double deekers apiece and
Winkler dropped in a spectacular
shot. Brownmiller's set shot from
a difficult angle was the Separates
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-19
CARTERET FANS
WILL ATTEND
Carl Morris to Fight Jack
Richie, of Newark, at High
land Park Tonight

Carteret and this city will be
represented al Masonic Hall in High
land Park tonight to witness the sec
pnd show to be put on by the New
Brunswick Boxing Club.
This county is interested in the
outcome of the Carl Morris-Jack
Morris is from Carteret and in his
last start decisively defeated Billy
Murphy, the little veteran from
Staten Island. His opponent tonight
is a fast travelling two-handed fighter
from Newark.
In preparation for this bout and
another one to be put on at Scran-
ton, Pa, in the near future Morris
has trained at Summit, N. j., the
same camp where Battling Sikh and
Jbhnny Wilson have been condition
Ing themselves for future contests.
The semi-hnal bout tonight will be
between Tommy Burns of Jersey
City and Kid Julian of Wilkes-Barre,
Pa. This event will be a six rounder
and in another six there will be a
grudge battle between Nat Marks of
New Brunswick and Hackett F1em-
ing, also of the county seat.
Two fours complete the program.
Roy Reed of New Brunswick taking
on AL Whalen of Piscataway. In
the opening four Jimmy Frenso of
Fords will exchange blows with
Young Barney of Wilmington, Della
ware.
Tickets for this show have been on
sale in this city.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-19
POST TEAM
SCORES ANOTHER WIN

In this engagement. Manager
Thomson used his entire~sqFHsA&es
twenty-five men, while the VISITORS
made use of seventeen players.
Coach Wilburn was assisted in hts
direction of the team yesterday by
Lieutenant Rallon. who served with
Wilburn in the navy during the war.
Rallon gave the players some valua-
BILE pointers.
Yves Hansen of this city played
corking game at right guard for this
legion eleven. Flynn holding down
the right end berth. The William
street player injured his shoulder
in the last quarter and had to leave
the contest. The Ridgewoods had
their strongest team of the season
on the field yesterday.
Next Sunday the Carlisles, OF
Tompkinsville, will furnish the OPP
position to the legion eleven, and ON
Thanksgiving day it is probable that
the Royals of Pleasant Plains will
stack forces against the Thomson
club. The Carllsles are the light
senior champions of the island.
The score by period:
Iottenville ....... 0 0 Sit
Ridgewoods ...... 0 0 6 OF
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-19
FOOTBALL STAR
BADLY INJURED
Harris, of Central High, In
jured in st. Benedict Game
On Saturday

Central High Schools starA half
back, Michael Harris of Newark, Is
in ST. Mary's hospital at Orange,
suffering from conclusion OF the
brain, as a result of injuries received
in the last quarter of the gridiron
contest between Central High and
st. Benedict's prep school, also of
Newark, at the East Orange sta
dunn on Saturday afternoon. the
Gray Bees, MS the st. Benedict play
ers are known won the contest 1910.
1t was one of the hardest fought
games in New Jersey scholastic foot
ball history. The going was unus-
ually rough during the four periods
of play, but Harris was the only
player seriously injured. The Saints
tailed touchdowns in the third and
fourth quarters.
Charley Hughes, local athlete,
played at right end for the Saints in
this contest, and his playing feat
ured throughout. The former local
high school star is making a great
name for himself in athletics, at the
Newark institution.
Other Results
Peddie, former state prep school
champion, lost to Blair, 1917 at
Hightstown on Saturday: Battin of
Elizabeth defeated Plainfield at
Elizabeth, 1872, and Railway won
from Westffeld, 60, at Railway
Lakewood beat Red Bank TO. and
East Orange lost to Neptune High
1871, at Bradley Beach. It was the
first setback for East Orange in
eight starts. Barringer had an easy
time disposing of East Side High at
Newark. The final score of this
game was 400.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-19
CONTENDER
TO PLAY SPEEDWAYS
TOMORROW EVENING

Yves Wilson's Speedway basketball
tossers, representing st. Mary's
Lyceum court, Fayette and Mechanic
streets, will have an interesting time
continuing their home court winning
streak tomorrow night, when they
take on the fast going Junior Order
United American Mechanic quintet
of Newark on the local court.
The Startling Grays of New York,
the Bayview Wheelman quintet of
Newark, and the st. Augustine Tri-
angle Big Five of New York City
went down before Wilson'S passers
in their local squirt. These games
were decided by n point. two points
and five points, respectively. and the
sensational playing of both clubs in
all three contests kept the fans on
edge.
Manager Fette's Newark quintet
plays at home on Saturday nights
and to date have been successful
against some of North Jerseys best
quintets. Their best game was with
the Meadowbrooks of Newark. one
of this states strongest travelling
teams.
The showing of the Junior Orders
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-19

One of the best bouts to be fought
at the local Auditorium next FRI
day night, in connection with the
fourth show of the National Sport
Club. will be the six-round contest
between Joey O'Brien. of Elizabeth,
and Mickey Griffin, of Newark.
This will be the second meetins
of the two little Irishmen, Griffin
having shaded the Betsytown fly
weight in a sensational six-round
go at Troxler's club, in Newark. last
Friday night. Newark boxing fans
registered an opinion that it was the
best lyweight bout witnessed in that
section in many a day.
O'Brien has appeared before the
boxing fans of this county on sew
eral occasions. having fought the
fast stepping Billy Lewis, of West
field, on one or two occasions. His
best showing here. however, was
mad against George Byers, a hard
hitting small man, now residing in
this city. Byers from Sea
Bright. having been a stable mate
of Bud Spratley, the hard seeking
colored boxer.
A Great Gard
A survey OF the local ogram
taking in the records of the various
men participating, gives one the i'm
preston that next Fridays show will
be eve better than the one present
ed two weeks ago. We take back
the assertion of a few days back,
that a better card as far as real
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-19

fighting is concerned, could not be
given.
Ryder Headliner
Charley Ryder. of Staten Island
and Elizabeth. one of the principals
in the eight-round main event, is
without a doubt M of the best fea-
therweights in the East today. In
Fridays bout, he will take on
frankie Sinclair. of New York City.
the original Fighting Harp" a boy
who has made a great record in his
one year OF professional lighting
Both of these men are training hard
for this contest.
George Byers will tackle frankie
Mason. a good Newark boxer, in the
feature six round contest, and fans
who have seen Byers work say that
he will exhibit his real hitting pow
er in this battle. Stanley tevens,
Betsytown's new knockout Ronder,
is matched to fight Irinz Shapiro.
of the East Side, New York; in the
opening six-rounder.
A popular local Y. M. II. A. boy,
Billy Shirley. will swap punches with
Kid Pancho, a Woodbridge fiyweight,
in one of the two ~four-round bouts.
The contestants for the opener have
not been announced.
The only fault of the local box
ing promoters last show, was their
mismanagement of the crowd. Ar
rangements have been made to ham
die an eve larger crowd in "big
club" fashion, this Friday night.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-19

in doubt throughout the last per
iod. After several minutes of play
Cy Estrin scored from the free throw
line and the locals gained anotheI
start. The only bad feature abouf
the Amboy play in this session was
he custom of passing around In the
backfeld, and then losing the bali
Twice after obtaining the ball
on a tumble, the visitors made ;
basket.
During the final period. McKews
Herb Cohen and III. Cohen contrib
uted two pointers to the visitors
score, and McKew and IT. Cohen
also tailed from the foul line. ItaI-'
ians succeeded in dropping in five
out of eleven from the fifteen foot
line this session. For Amboy, RegaD
and Eggers, made field goals. the
last mentioned player two. and all
of the local men, with the exception
OF the pivot man. scored on free
throws. Handerhan making -four
straight.
Estrin. a Newark star. played with
the Amboys on Saturday night. in
place of Captain Thomas. 1t was
the general opinion at the hall on
Saturday that it is a hard job to
fill the popular basketeer's shoes
Referee Solador called the fouls ~
to 81, in favor of Amboy, in Satur-
days contest.
The score.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-19
HUDSONS WIN
ON FOUL GOALS
Register 1922 Victory Over
st. Mary SpeedWays on
West Hoboken Court

Seven consecutive fouls in the last
five minutes of play, enabled the
Hudson County five to register a
1922 victory over the st. Mary
Speedway five. of this city, on the
New Amsterdam court, West Hobo
ken yesterday afternoon.
The visitors %outscored their OPP
ponents from the field, seven to six,
and the score at half time was 13-
~ in favor of the home club. Both
sides made several spectacular shots
in this tilt. and the ~Speedways also
missed q number of easy chances TO
tally.
The Hudsons hold victories over
the Commemorative of New York
and Bayview Wheelmen, of Newark,
and lost a two-point decision to the
National Turner's of Newark. To-
morrow night, the Junior Order
United American Mechanics play
the speedways on the local Lyeeum
court.
The score:
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-19

Herbert Rawlinson popular screen
star, will be seen in a smashing
production called 1.-THE Clean Up"
al the Crescent theatre today, Tues
day and Wednesday. THE Clean
Up" Is a two listed. herman story
and shows Rawlinson in the role of
q reformer cleaning up a degener-
ate town. The plot is well sustained
and maintains the suspense of the
audience until the end. Don't for
get to 500 Round 5 of the Fighti~-'
Blood series. ss2
Five unusually good vaudeville
acts complete the exceptional show.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-19

here tomorrow night will have a
great deal to do with the Newark
city championship series staged an
nually. Should the Junior Orders
"knock off, the local Speedways they
Will be in, for the Bayviews were
beaten by the local combination.
Followers of the two basketed
sport are of the opinion that the
Speedways with Harry Davis, Eddie
Schelling, Charley Brownmiller, Bob
Handerhan, Pete Rizzola and Freddy
Glochau will make a strong bid for
state championship honors this win
ter. The Saints" manager is plan
ming to bring all contenders to the
Fayette and Mechanic street court
and also all of the leading teams in
the East.
For various reasons the Speedway
manager has decided to play at
home on Tuesday night this week,
and the same night may be used next
week. Chuck" S~o1ador, popular
Newark referee. will be the eleventh
man on the floor as usual tomorrow
night, and hostilities will start at
$50 o'clock. A girls preliminary
! contest is carded.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-19

Tottenville's representative foot
ball team, the Beauvais Post, Amer
lean Legion eleven, registered an
other notable victory yesterday af-
ternoon on the Aquehonga baseball
field, downing the colors of the
Ridgewoods OF Mariners Harbor, to
the tune of a 1876 score 1t was IN
of the best gridiron contests ever
witnessed on this end of the island.
The home players drew first blood
in the first quarter, Moore scoring a
touchdown and Parker kicked the
goal for tho additional point.
There was no more scoring for the
remainder of the first half, but in
the third quarter. the Ridgewoods
successfully worked a forward and
scored n touchdown. The Mariners
Harbor team missed out on the at
tempt TO tally the n point score
after touchdown.
A thirty yard end run by Billy
Flynn, fast travelling local athlete.
led to a touchdown by Chapman,
and placed the contest on Easy
street." Parker missed the goal.
With a minute to go, Wolff kicked a
goal from the field for a three point
score.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-19
WOODBRIDGE
FIVE WINNER
MataWan High School Pass
ers Beaten on Woodbridge
Court Friday Afternoon

WOODBRIDGE, Nov. 19.-The
local high school basketball season
was ushered in on Friday nigh
when the Matawan high school quin-
tet fell before the local basketeers
for their first defeat of the season,
The final score was 1920.
Handicapped as they were, the To-
cal boys went into the fray with
considerable odds against them, but
the spectacular shooting of Drum
mond, who parted the nets twelve
times during the forty minute period
put the Barron venue courtsters on
a safe ledge. Van Pelt was the scor-
ing star for the visitors, scoring
three of the half dozen goals Gagged
by the Matawan team.
The score:
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-19
FOR SWOLLEN JOINTS

Most remedies fail but Jolnt-Ease sue
ceeds.
It's for Joint troubles only, whether ~
ankle, knee, hip. elbow, shoulder, anRri|
or splne--whether rheumatic or not.
It limbers up stid, inflameds pataK4+l
creaky joints so quickly youil % asp
ished.
Two seconds rubbing and away i e9fs
through skin and flesh right down 70 the
bone and lizaments-that's why y sue
cseds. Ask the National pharmacy STORES
or any reliable druggist.-Adv.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-19
RIFLE CLUB MEMBERS
IN SEVERAL EVENTS

In a rife match held at the range
of the Perth Amboy Rifle Club on
Friday night Team No. 2 defeated
Team No. L by a score of 875 to SS2.
Shooting with Team No. 2 l.. Hansen
made a perfect of $50. In a
pistol match also held, j. M. Soren-
sen made high score with Al points,
while G.. Peterson was second with
80. The scores: