Main Street Armory lacrosse team, competed in the North American Amateur Lacrosse Association and played at the Armory. One Iroquois player of note was Jay Silverheels, better known for playing the character "Tonto" on the television series "The Lone Ranger". While playing for Rochester, Silverheels went by Harry Smith, his real name. The building also hosted many events, including circuses, concerts, balls and auto shows, prior to opening of the War Memorial in the 1950s. The Damascus Temple Shrine Circus used the Armory as its venue for performances in Rochester through 1960. The Armory's first post-refurbishment sporting event was Next Era Wrestling's "Fatal
Jay Johnston Jay Johnston Jay Johnston (born October 22, 1968) is an American actor and comedian best known for his work as a writer and cast member on the HBO sketch comedy series "Mr. Show" and for playing the role of Officer Jay McPherson on "The Sarah Silverman Program". Johnston was born and raised in Chicago. He attended Columbia College Chicago, where he studied acting and comedy alongside other future "Mr. Show" alumni such as Dino Stamatopoulos, Scott Adsit and Eric Hoffman. After graduating college, Johnston later joined the Chicago Second City's touring comedy for a number of years and also performed