The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-03
LOVING CUP FOR
PRINC|P Al CROSS

AS a tribute OF affectionate regard
In which he is held by the members
of the Ogden high school football
team, champions OF Utah. Principal j.
o. Cross. was presented with silver
loving cup at a banquet given to the
football team by Stephen Keogh, an
alumnus, Friday night The banquet
was held at the High school in the
banquet hall OF the domestic science
department Thirty guests were pres
ent. After the banquet the guests at
tended the light opera, "Erminie", at
the Ogden theatre The loving cup
will be engraved as follows:
20. H. S. Football team, Champions,
1910. Presented to Principal J. o.
Cross" This inscription will he fol
lowed by the names OF Coach Brown,
Student manager Ed, Smith and those
OF the team.
Principal Cross was the toastmas-
ter and during the courses, odd hap
peninGs of the various games OF the
season were discussed by the members
OF the team and many humorous situa-
tions recalled. Plans for the coming
athletic events were outlined and a
movement was started for new gym.
naSium.
Walter Smyth was elected as the
captain OF the 1911 team and Ed
Smith was elected as manager, Iu
brief responses both men told of the
plans for next year and the hopes and
ambitions of the team.
Superintendent John NJ Mills spoke
OF the physical education of mankind
as the basis on which all great nations
builded and Of the absolutely necessity
of athletics as part Of the education
of students. Beginning with the
games of the ancient Greeks, Superin-
tendent Mills traced the growth OF
physical education up through the
years from that time and called at
tention to the spirit engendered by
the various sports INDUCED in
Then Coach Brown was called upon
His words were brief and to the point
spoken feelingly, yet roughly of the
team and the traditions OF the school
In conclusion he presented the loving
cup to Principal Cross as a tribute
of the loyalty and esteem in which
the team held the principal. The spir-
il behind the gift and the manner.
time and place, in which the Gift was
presented, coming as 1t did as a com.
plete surprise. quite overcame Prln.
cipal Cross. For some moments he
was unable to reply.
Stephen Keogh told Of the struggles
OF former teams. of the interest with
which the present team was watched
by the alumni and of the great JOY
when ogden High won the state cham
pionShip- He was followed by c. A.
Mcguire who devoted his remarks to
the physical education of the Ameri-
can student in the public schools.
In acknowledging the gift of the
loving cup, Principal Cross, in q voice
husky with emotion, thanked the men,
bers of the team. praised them for
the work they had done both in the
physical and the Intellectual line and
then briefly outlined the plans for
the future Those present were,
Principal ] o. Cross: Superinten-
dent John NJ Mills; Stephen Keogh:
Coach George NJ. Brown, Manager F.
C. Hawks; Student Mgr Ed Smith;
Professor Roach Chester Allen: Isaac
Cheoketts: Hagbert Anderson; Walter
Smyth, Morris Whitmeyer; Dan Nor
an; Lawrence Evans; Fred Stone;
Milton Boyle: Harold Veasy; Harry
Stowe; Joe LAWN; John Checketts;
Floyd Smith; Dan Sullivan; C. A.
Mcguire; A. n. Fitzgerald; Herbert
Crothers and w. II. O'Byrne.