The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-09-27
la. c. BALL TEAM HoN0RED.
Club Held Largely Attended Banquet
and Dance Last Evening.

The Italian Athletic club held their
eighth annual banquet and ball last
evening in the Clan Gordon hall in the
Bolster building. That the affair was
the most successful ever conducted by
the club was attested by the $50 cou-
pies that attended. The celebration was
held in honor of the baseball represen-
tatives of the club, which claims the
Independent baseball championship of
the state this season. The hall was
neatly decorated in the colors OF the
club, green an white. Directly over tn
stage was a large bank Of flowers stud
ded with the inscription of Hail to the
State Champions" In the orchestral
booth was Harris orchestra, which dis
pensed music throughout the affair.
Shortly before o'clock, the crowd
began to assemble to participate in the
big annual event. Nearly 300 people
were seated at the banquet, the tables
occupying every available inch of floor
space. The banquet was under the di-
rection OF Mrs. Louis 0ssola and Mrs. q.
0ssola, and under the supervision of
A. NJ. Simonelli the banqueters' wants
were amply provided for Mr.. Simon
ELI acted as chieftain of the white
aproned brigade Of walters and had
about twenty assistants. The follow
ing was the menu; Celery, olives, ra-
sotte soupa, soupa la Pariesienne,
galina la Bossi, chicken frieassee, car
ma freda, porko, peas la Mignon,
cheese, crackers, fruit, ice cream, cake,
cafe noir.
Immediately at the conclusion OF the
sumptuous banquet, postprandial exer-
cises were in order. A. NJ. Celia, presi-
dent of the club, acted as toastmaster
in an able manner. He kept the feast
ers in continuous mirth. Among those
called upon to respond to toasts were
Harry Calcagni, captain of the baseball
team, Joseph Comolh, Joseph Weaferi,
members of the team. Stephano Mo-
lima, j. Basin Bianchi, A. Calcagni and
]. Portulluppi were others that respond
ed to the call Of toastmaster Celia.
Mr. Celia opened the postprandial ex-
ercises with loyal tribute TO the base
ball team, stating the record of the club
whereby they claimed the state cham
pionship He. entered into a lengthy
narrative of the history of the organiza-
tion, dating back eight years ago, and
told OF the healthy growth of what was
then mere athletic club into what is
to-day recognized AS one of the strong
est social working organizations in the
city.
During the exercises, ID. Maccari, the
well-known tenor singer, favored the
banaueters with several selections. His
selections from I'll Trovatore" were es-
pecially received with applause. just
before the conclusion of the banquet,
Amedeo Calcagni was urged to take the
floor. Mr.. Calcagni, who was captain OF
the first baseball team to wear the
green and white colors of the club, ex-
tended his heartiest congratulations to
the "state champions by virtue OF the
strenuous work during the past season.
The floor was cleared at the close of
the banquet and dancing continued until
late in the morning The grand march
was led BY Mr. and Mrs. Paul Seam
pini, followed BY Mr. and Mrs. Anthony
Brogqi. About $50 couples fell in behind
the leaders. Joseph Calcagni and Will
liam Corti acted as floor managers. The
committee in charge of the banquet and
hall was composed of the following:
Stephano Molina, Charles Buzzi tchair.
mani. Italo Portulluppi, Giacamo Pi-
nardi. A. NJ Bianchi and Angelo Bot
tigai. An important feature of the
event was the small leaffet distributed
TO every member present, which con-
tanned brief sketches, written in blank
verse, of the various players on the
baseball team. The writer was Paul
Scampini, and he received plenty OF
praise from the attendants.