Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-27
root BALL PLAYERS AT BANQUET
Bellevue knights of the GridirOn
Feast and Hear Speeches.

Feaat ana Hear speeches.
BELLEVUE, Neb., Jan. e6.-(SpeciaL)--
awarding Of the letters earned last fall
was held in the college dining room last
evening. The dining room was literally
forest Of pennants, making it a maze OF
color. From the ceiling dangled pennants
and the walls were hidden by them. Prob
was represented by its colors. Indeed. the
room reminded one of the bygone feuda
days, when the knights were gathered about
the board, each respondent IN his particu-
lar colors. Diagonally across the room a
long table stretched, daintily decorated
plano and i'm the other a large sideboard
Seats were placed for forty-hve twenty
six for the squad. the remainder for the
gentlemen members Of the faculty and a
few invited guests.
Promptly at 1880 p. m all sat down at
the table and for several hours made merry
Sas q tSe Sfdron he
of the dinner, Dr. Guy w. Wadsworth, as
POSTMASTER with few excellent introduce
tory remarks regarding the erection Of a
trophy room at Bellevue in the future and
the right kind of college loyalty, called
upon DR., c. X. Hoyt to respond to the
toast, My Conversion to Foot Ball. Hon.
follow on the toast, why We Beat Doane,"
S n un Approval Of tSe squad and
guests the following telegram was sent to
Mr.. Walcott Bellevue foot ball team at
dinner sends greetings to the jolly Judge
the next speaker on the subject "A Voice
from the Suburbs t.i E .: A Benson snn.S Of
Boys" and covered II in his usual happy
way. DR. James Mcdowell Patton Of
Omaha represented the alumni and spoke
Omaha, state secretary of the Young Men 8
Christian association. had the subject The
Christian Athlete" James II. Whitmore
followed on the theme, Bellevue Grit" In
the course of his dissertation upon grit
he bTanched OF onto a still better strain
and that was suggestion that the Belle
vue teams from now on should be known
as THE Indians from Elk Hill" For some
time Bellevue teams have been called
"Elks," but no official name was ever
adopted until last night, when. by unani-
nous assent. the Bellevue athletic teams
will heneeforth be known as The In
dams" Charles c. Ball spoke on the sub
ject, The New Rules" Captain Benson
on THE Team" and Captain-elect William
A. Kearns on THE Season OF 1907 Sew
eral times college songs were inserted be-
tween the speeches, and at the close of the
speeches all rose and sang Cheer for Old
The last thing on the program was the
awarding Of the letters. DR.. Wadsworth,
with a few complimentary remarks
/ A. Kearns, G. Benson, Edwin Harte, Fred
| Rice, Rex Carey, II. Henderson, Irwin
Saunders Jesse Marvel; Chester roli les
| letter each frst-team man was given q
/ blue varsity cap, the present OF Coach
| Whitmore. A new feature was introduced
most worthy of the second team men
| The emblem was a combination of b
| and an r." meaning Bellevue reserves
! These were awarded to L. Sullenberger
/ Clarence Pope, f. Rogers, l.. Gilman, H
Nichols and A. Harvey.
| Much enthusiasm and loyalty was mani
| tested at the banquet and everything points
| to an excellent team next year. Coach
! Whitmore is already laying plans to put
| out another championship team, and the
| temper of the old men may be seen In the
closing lines of the toast to the team OF
! 1907:
so here's to the team of 1907,
Will sure land that pennant,
| Or wake UP in heaven.