The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-16
HAD GREAT Time
That Commercial Club Dinner
for the Boys.
Gov. Hodges and Dale Gear
Among the Speakers.

| The first step towards the formation
| of a Topeka Boys Commercial club to
| affiliate with the Commercial club was
| taken at a well attended dinner held
| Thursday night for the sons of the
| members of the latter organization. In
| the near future another meeting will
be called for the purpose of perfecting
| the organization of such a club.
| The addresses by George H. Hodges,
governor of Kansas, Dale Gear, man.
| ager of the Kaws; w. J. Berkowitz,
president of the Berkowitz Envelope
| Co. of Kansas City, and the remarks of
E. L. Copeland, the presiding officer
and j. Will Kelley, secretary of the
| Commercial club gave the youngsters
the idea of helping in the work of
making Topeka better city in which 70
| live Meetings of the proposed boys
| organization will be held once a month
and speakers of note will be procured
to address the members.
In speaking on THE Future Citizen"
Governor Hodges told the boys that
he-the future citizen-should be big.
wholesome and generous, and that he
should give the very best endeavors of
his life to the important problems that
confront him.
The main address of the evening was
that given by Mr.. Berkowitz. He said
in part:
when you think of quitting school
remember that muscle is worth about
twenty-five cents an hour and that
brain has no limit to its possibilities.
There's always room at the top,
boys; there's always room at the top.
After all we fathers must be mighty
particular as to the impressions We
leave with our sons.
Play fair is a good slogan for
boys to adopt. The boy that plays fair
will deal fair.
Another slogan: TO do some things
better than they were ever done be-
fore"
Manager Dale Gears Talk.
Dale Gear was the fun maker for
the occasion. The stories he told APP
pealed to the fathers present as well as
to the sons.
He spoke in praise of the efforts of
the Washburn Glee club which fur
nished entertainment for the occasion
Manager Gear said* IF music is
sweet to anyone on earth it is to the
manager of a ball team which allows
one hit in a game. My mind has been
on how to teach some of the players
how to run bases and the pitchers to
get control 1 am not here to tell you
how to play baseball, but to make good
fans of you, as good fans are the big
part of baseball. The minute you de-
Velop good fans you can say, gentle
men, there is a good baseball town.
IF you win more than half your
games you nave uOne more tIldn your
share. We hope to do better than that
as we have a good team-a team that
will improve as the men are young. |
We have had a fight in the Western
League. Two teams We'll have to beat
and they are Lincoln and Denver-I
don't think there is any doubt about |
that. When We have beaten the
others We'll go after them
At the close of the meeting through |
Mr.. Gear and the local management |
the boys were given tickets to the base |
ball game on Saturday. |
The singing of the members of the |
Washburn Glee club under Dean Hor- |
ace Whitehouse was pleasing feature |
of the occasion which was attended |
by about one hundred and fifty fathers |
organization. The invocation was pro-
nounced by Dean J. P. De b. Kaye.
Those Who Attended.
The boys present were: Robert CoiV1lIe,
Arthur shakeshaft, B. F; Bair, S. F. Oh
ton Carswen, Howard J. CarsWen Will
liam schick, jr:, Wendell Powell Robert
Romig. Glen Romig, William Schmidt, |
Wayne G. Cook. c. P Samson, Elliott
Hill White. Roy Sanderson. George Hucke,
CHARLES Corners; w B; Pierce, Robert 8.
Lester Davis, Hubert B. Howard, Walter
Policy, Glen Kientz, Robert F. Kelley,
Austin, John Elliott, Victor BlakeIy,
Stanley Copeland Fed Lagerstrom, Alden
Weightman, Frank Whitney, WILDER Cole,
Alfred o. Cole, Hubert A. Dawson, Gerald
C. McClaskey, Richard Simon, Oscar S.
Butts, Archibald FARRELL, Sanford farrell,
Donald Pugh, Marion Smith, James Peny,
Finley Daugherty, Edward E. Clark, |
Duane Van Horn, Maurice Edison and Joe
Slaughter.
The members and visitors were: Gov
ernor Geo. H. Hodges, William J. Berko-
witt, Kansas City, Mo, J. P. de B. Kaye,
E. L. Copeland, N. B. Burge, Dale D.
Gear, Marco Morrow, H. L. Cook, George
P. McEntire, H. n. Pugh, F. w. Daugh-
erty, H. Clarkson, z. S. Clark, DIR. @. B.
Van Horn. ]. P Slaughter, Ray w. Pal
matuer, W. A. Smith, ]. F. farrell, ]. NJ
Averill. ]. w. Butts, w. Connors, Paul
Huycke. G. D. McClaskey, E. R. Simon.
John S. Dawson, w. H. Kemper, S. D.
Owings. P. E. Mclaughlin. c. S. Elliott
NJ Weightman, jr, E. E. whitney, ]. A
Cole. W. C. Austin. C. G. Blakely. s. e.
Lux. J. viii Kelley, J. S. Longshore,
Frank L. Snow, H. G. Green, w. H.
F. Colson, W. H Davis, Robert Pierce, e.
A. Thrill, o. H White, H. c. Wright. L.
F. Clearinghouse, H. B: Wright E. L.
Gertz, l.. NJ. Jones, w. c. Carswell Will
liam schick. DR.. L: NJ: Powell, Ira Romis,
J. p. Colville, B. Shakeshaft, H. H. Bair.
Washburn Glee club: Dean Horace
P. A. Miller, T. H. Heym, w.
E. Lusby, Sheriff. B. Smith, Willard Is.
Troxell, David Neiswanger J. Earl Far
IRISH, Milton Guyler, Donald A. Campbell,
Edwin Seeley, Herbert Blinn, Howard S. |
Searle. Joseph Rosecrans. Carl B. Hatha-