The Baltimore County union, the Towson news., 1909-10-09
PENNANT WINNERS DINED
Highlanders Celebrate Victory
With Banquet and Verse.

Highlanders Celebrate Victory
With Banquet and Verse.
Mere glory was not all the reward the
Highlanders received for bringing the
pennant to Towson, for in addition they
were feted, toasted, serenaded and
dined, but not wined; all of this took
place at George Tracey's Hotel Smed-
ley, Towson, last Monday night. To the
strains of Maryland, Ny Maryland,
the members of the club marched to
the dining hall and arranged themselves
at the long tables with the same eager
ness with which they took the field
against their opponents. Then followed
the subscribers to the banquet. "Pete"
Isaac as toastmaster, 'T ON" Offutt,
"Bill'' Cole and ''Tabby' Dukehart
members of the baseball committee, held
down the east end of the table, while the
"Little Man" and Captain Grason pre-.
sided over the west end There were
piles OF fried chicken, gen erous helpings
of oysters on toast, big slices of Mary
land ham, slaw, long, thin cubes of
nicely Drowned potatoes, smoking-Lo Lot
lima beans, Maryland biscuit, fragrant
Mocha-and-a whole host of other
eats. Just about the time the diners
were getting strangle hold on the feed
and at point when "Tom'' Jenifer was
about to get on the outside of forkfull
of lucious bivales, and John Perkins was
about to stow away as much slaw as
man could conveniently handle on a
hay fork, the strains of martial music
floated In at the windows, and Capt.
"Jim" Burgoyne and his band OF II
pieces pulled up in front of the hotel
with great flourish of trumpets. The
Highlanders responded to repeated calls
and were greeted with three rousing
cheers. The band then filed into the
room and seated themselves at vacant
table. After So cigars and cigarettes
had been set putting, producing a fog
like that for which London is noted,
the "spouting" began and continued
until every spouter had spouted his last
spout. "Tom" Offutt told how happy
he was to know that the rag would hold
the place of honor with Old Glory
at Highland Park "Bill' Cole told
about sporting tile which had cost the
other fellow "; George Hartman kept
the tables in roar with some applicable
yarns; Manager Jenifer read the indi-
vidual averages made by the players;
His Grace Dukehart wound up the fes-
tivities with number of his inimitable
sketches.
The affair was engineered by Mr..
Harry L. Smith, who prepared the fol-
lowing toast:
Here's to a human, living thing,
Nine hearts that beat as one;
Nine worthy lads who grimly fought
To a victory we'll won.
Nine mouths that grinned when baseball death
Like biting, stinging frost,
Nipped the wings of the enemy-nlne Souls
That groaned when they lost.
Each one plucky, neer-say- die
Each one a winger. too;
Each a terror to all pitchers,
No matter what they threw.
On bases, all as fleet as deer
In fielding. sure and true;
So to each of these young gentlemen
A separate toast is due.
The first upon this fiaring list,
His salary, $50 per,
Whose efforts counted for so much
Mr.. H. G. Jenifer.
And he of Southern dialect
Was signed upon first sight,
He. who, when runners raced throw,
Yelled, "Div it to nah !'-Hight.
The long-hit champion of the club,
Arm strong as iron bands,
DESTROYS of slugger's name.
Johnny Spencer, alias Hans"
A chunky lad of peaceful mind,