Evening journal., 1912-11-02
CHAMPIONS
At RECEPTION
EaStIakc Team Gets honOrS
for Supremacy on tn
Ball Team

The Eastlake Church League ctam-
p.0ns 20, their banner AT iccaaton
10 the church last night Members
of the different teams In the league
inc managers and the pastors OF the
chul chcs represented in the league
were present and jolly GOOD tim
was had
The silver loving cup which was
10 be presented 10 .he season cham
pions was not given owing TO The
fact that the members of Tho cham-
pionship team decided tha they
would rather have individual medals
instead OF the silver cup The med
ais will be here i'm a few days and
Will be presented at some informal
affair TO be held in the near future.
The order in which the teams I'm
ished in the championship race, was
announced IN a novel manner. the
name OF each team being placed on a
baseball bat, hung on the wall The
order was as follows Eastlake,
Edgemoor Silverbrook, Old Swedes.
Newport and Central. Eastlake won
the championship with seventeen
games won and four lost. AZ the end
OF the season there was a tie for the
championship and when the deciding
game was played Eastlako won Edge
moor finished the season only one
game behind the champions.
The address of welcome was made
! by the Rev Henry Cunningham. who
congratulated the winning team and
the league on its successful season,
and the good baseball that all the
teams had played and the gentle
manly manner in which the players
had conducted themselves on the field
and before the spectators.
Mr.. Cunningham was followed by
Howell pipino. manager and first
haseman of the championship team.
! Mr. Pipino sang a solo, which was
warmly applauded His accompani-
ment WAS played by William Stuber.
The orchestra. made up Of young
men from the different Churches in
the league. gave a delightful number.
President Hunt, of the league, then
delivered his address He told of
the wonderful spirit displayed by the
players and Of the first class article
of baseball the boys had played. He
said that one pleasing feature of the
season was when The championship
was about 10 be decided as a tie over
the protest of Eastlake pipino, its
manager. arose from his seat and
stated that he wanted the protest
thrown into the waste basket and
that his team would play off the tie
and land the championship. 1T was
a fine exhibition of true American
sportsmanship," said President Hunt
"and Eastlaie did land the cham
pionship.'
Mr.. Hunt also complimented THE
4 EVENING JOURNAL on its sporting
page and thanked Il for the support
IL had given to the league.
William Suber played a selection
on the piano and was aplauded
The Rev W. Ernest Greenfield spoke
of the days when he used to play the
game and told the members of the
times when the curved ball was a
thing unthought of, and the only man
on the team who wore a glove was
the catcher.
Short talks were then made by l..
A. Hodgson. one Of the umpires and
Dunbar MeElhinny. 2 representative
of THE EVENING JOURNAL.
MIR. Cunningham then read fine
little short story entitled "The Home
Run" which he wrote while an col
lcge. THE members of the dinereent
teams we're then taken into the ban
quet room where a supper was pro-
vided that was ample for any set ol
ball players who had been working
up an appetite during a champion
ship season.