Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-20
REMNANT PRESEN TED
FOURTH PRESBYTERIAN TEAM
CHAMPION IN s. s. LEAGUE.
Prizes to Successful Mine and to In
dividual Players-Addresses by
Commissioner West and Others.

With the presentation of prizes to the
| winning team and to individual players in
the league. and appropriate speeches by
Commissioner West, Thomas c.. Noyes,
| George H. Provost and others. the base
| ball season of the Sunday School Athletic
Association was officially closed yesterday
| afternoon on the grounds at Mount Peas
| ant. Several thousand spectatorS-"1adies
| and gentlemen and fans as President
| Provost called them-were present and
| added to the enthusiasm of the occasion.
| Everything went off well and left a good
| impression of the seasons sport in the
minds of all who were there.
The members of the team of the Fourth
Presbyterian Church, the winner in the
| contest. were seated on the players bench,
while opposite them and facing the spec
| tators' stand sat the presiding officer, the
| speakers and members of the board of d.
! rectors OF the league. These We're George
| A. Provost, president of the league; Walter
| Fowler. vice president; James West treas
| urer; Commissioner West. representing the
District government; Thomas C. Noyes of
| The Evening Star, Directors Colliday.
| Townsend and Bolgiano. and Manager VOL
haupter and Capt. King of the winning
team.
| President Provost opened the program
| with congratulatory remarks to the win
| ming team and expression of thanks to
all who had lent their aid to he sport this
|
| West who in a happy speech complimented
| the players, the spectators and the direct
| ors, closing with a hearty expression of the
| wish that the city would soon provide
grounds for the express purpose of ball
| games like those just brought to an end.
The Commissioner presented the handsome
| American flag donated by Tappan & Co.
to the winning club.
| The Evening Star Cup.
| Mr.. Noyes then arose to present the beau
| tiful silver cup offered by The Evening
| Star Newspaper Company. He began In a
| vein Of good-natured knocking directed
| toward the last speaker, and then, when
he had gained the attention Of his hearers
with this and a funny story, continued by
referring to the close relation between the
church and the teams and of the benefit
this was to all concerned He consratu-
lated the league and the members of the
Fourths team, to whom he presented the
cup, promising at The same time that an
other such trophy would come from the
same source for the victorious club next
year.
| Capt King and Manager Wolhaupter re-
ceived the pennant and cup on behalf of the
/ team. Mr.. Provost then presented the
other prizes for the donors. Ballinger OF
the Gunton team received the handsome
banjo offered by Percy s. Foster to the best
batter; Kinney of the Foundry was given
an order on Parker, Bridget & Co. for a
suit of clothes, through the tender made
by Mr. Bridget Kinney was adjudged to
have won more games by his twirling than
did any of the other league pitchers. The
pair of shoes offered by A. G. Spalding q
Co. to the best base stealer was awarded
| TO Hayden of st. Stephens. Through the
courtesy of J. f Hendrick Messrs. Balm
ger. Bradley, Kerr Hayden. F'illius, Kinney
and Capt King of the Fourth were each
awarded a 81, 900 life insurance policy, pre-
paid for one year, in the Manhattan Life
Insurance Company, for having proven the
| best batter, catcher, fnfielder, base stealer,
I itch nd "a
ming team, respectively
The Umpire Remembered.
| The last number the program, though
| by no means the least, was the presenta-
| ton of handsome gold watch to Mr..
| Belts, the Sunday School League umpire,
| whe said Mr.. Provost, possessed the unique
/ distinction of having pleased the players,
| the public and the management Mr..
Belts received the watch with happy I'M
promptu speech
PRESBYTERIAN Church, which won the hon.
| ors is as follows: Captain King, Bradley,
| w Donaldson, Cunningham, r. Waller.
Dalrymple, Warman, Atchison, BielaSk1.
! Bishop. Mckinney, Magon1n, Jones ana
Dyer.
It is the opinion of all those connected
with the league this summer that it has
been put on permanent basis, having won
| it's way to the interest of the citizens Of
| the District. 1t is hoped that next year
| the sport. which has been appreciated so
/ highly during the past two seasons, will be
[ better than ever, and in the end greatly
increase Washington's reputation as an
amateur base ball city.
Reception Last Night.
| The Fourth Presbyterian Church gymna-
SUM, 18th and Yale streets, was thronged
last night to overlooking, the occasion be-
ing a reception rendered the champion
ha GO hall team by friends and admirers in
the church and congregation. The room
had been tastefully decorated for the
event with flags and bunting. while a large
gas letter Illumination bore the motto,
Welcome Champions ConspieuousIy
displayed upon the platform table were the
Evening Star trophy and the Harris loving
cup, the reward of Labor Day" victory;
the pennant presented by the Tappan Com
pany and large floral horseshoe, with the
compliments of F. Fl. Kramer, to the win
ming team.
The exercises, which were presided over
by Mr.. J. Noble Hoover, consisted of an
| invocation and addresses by the pastor.
Rev. DR.. J. T. Kelly; Mr.. Provost, pres
ident of the Sunday School Athletic Asso-
citation; w. E. Andrews. DIR. D. E. Sal
| mon. Mr.. E. A. Colladay the church rep
resentative on the association board of
directors; Mr.. D. 2. WoIhaupter, manager,
and Charles King, captain of the team; Mr.
Belts, the official umpire, and Messrs w.
r. Gates and A. B. Kelly. While all these
brief addresses were of facetious and
humorous character, each Of the speakers
took occasion to emphasize the attitude of
the church toward athletics and it's desire
to win the confidence and cooperation of
the young people outside it's portals
The opening feature of the evening, which
excited long-continued applause, was the
entrance Of the team in a body and the
seating of the various members in a PROM
inent position. The music was furnished
by a stringed orchestra and refreshments