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 Karnes Jay Karnes Jay Karnes (born June 27, 1963) is an American actor, best known for his role as LAPD detective Holland "Dutch" Wagenbach on the FX television series "The Shield". Karnes was born in Omaha, Nebraska. He attended the University of Kansas and was part of the class of 1989. In the mid-1990s Karnes was a company member with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, playing major roles in such plays as "Love's Labours Lost" and Tom Stoppard's "Arcadia". Karnes also starred in the films "The Joyriders" (1999) and "The Next Best Thing" (2000). From 2002 to 2008 Karnes played the role