Evening star., 1905-10-01
BASE BALL SMOKER
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
CELEBRATES ITS VICTORY.

About one hundred employees of the Agri-
cultural Department gathered last night
at the Fritz Reuter- Hall to celebrate the
victory of the department baseball team In
winning the Department League pennant.
The dutch smoker was the result of
spontaneous feeling within the department
for a proper celebration of the laurels OF
their representatives on the diamond. The
smoker brought the members of the depart
ment together socially, and feeling Of
goodwill from the Secretary down to the
messengers pervaded the gathering. 1t not
only served to celebrate the victory. but
also brought all members of the various
bureaus in the department in close con-
tact. and as the speakers intimated, VIII
result In better corporation.
Hung in a prominent place over the head
of the long table. and directly over the
head of Secretary Wilson was the De-
partment Base Ball League pennant, In
scribed with the words, Championship,
1905"
From that place 1t will be taken to the
department building and hung In a prom
inent place In the central hall.
Gathered around the table were many of
the leading men of the department, rep
resentatfyes of other departments, and
about seventy-fve employees of the victo-
rious branch of the government.
Those Present.
At the head of the table sat Secretary
of Agriculture James Wilson. and near
him We're Clifford Pinchot, chief of the bu-
reap of forestry; Col. s. r. Birch. chief
clerk of the department; III. w. Wiley,
chief of the bureau of chemistry; w. o.
Chance. chief clerk Of the Post Office De-
partment: T. G. Alvord. chief clerk of the
Library OF Congress; DR.. c. w. Stiles OF
the public health and marine hospital serv-
Ice, A. G. Rice. chief clerk of the bureau
OF soils; Jasper Wilson, private secretary
to Senator Wilson: Irving Frickey of the
chief clerks office, DIR. j. x. Hayward.
who wR in charge OF the arrangements
for the smoker, and Others.
The members OF the team, the honored
guests OF the evening. who were present
were: Capt. F. c. Weber. J. G. Saunders, G.
A. Doyle. w. Z. Taylor. John Hoffman. s.
8 r. Sasscer, f. T. Moore, G. F. Thomp-
son, w. A. Ball. Paul Hines. J. B. Nc
Ginity, James Field and William Pfunder.
Although they had all been congratulated
many times before the congratulations
were repeated last night.
Among the other guests were several OF
the umpires. r. NJ. Barr, David yenab.e,
w. g. Belts and J. III. coIlifower.
About D o'clock an excellent Dutch re-
past was served. Several impromptu
speeches ware made. Col Birch rose first
to introduce the man who had built up the
department. Secretary James Wilson. He
said: The Secretary Will tell us what he
knows about base ball"
Il know We beat tie army began the
Secretary After waiting some moments
for the enthusiasm to quiet down: II knew
we beat the navy. The Post Office De-
partment couldn't deliver fast enough It
took the farmers 10 show them how and
l am proud of IL,
Wherever the former is in evidence there
are results. He does things. Take, for cx-
ample. the crops throughout the country.
There has never been anything like them
- rl~t.s-
suits of painstakiug research In the Depart
ment of Agriculture. srs
II am glad to see so many young men
who enter the department and thus help
the department to build MP the nation We
admire pure science. pure literature. etc.
But people get hungry three times day,