The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-10-17
ALL MADE HOME RUNS
But Not Till After One Of I. A. C.'s Most
Pleasureable Affairs.

Gordon hall last evening 3UD members
and guests of the Italian Athletic club
paid homage to the victorious ]. A. G.
baseball team of 1914. Other cham pion.
ships have been won and in 2 decade OF
the clubs history there have been other
annual banquets but no greater !. A. G.
triumph on the baseball diamond has
been celebrated in more auspicious or
enthusiastic manner than last nights af-
fair. Clan Gordon hall never appeared
In more brilliant array. Sixteen of the
Is men who covered themselves with
glory the past season by supplementng
the winning of the city championship by
capturing the state professional
honors were present to participate in
the merrymaking. Moreover, friends of
the club from Waterbury, Northfield,
and Massachusetts and New Hampshire
cities were here.
1t was in a blaze OF electrical decora-
tions, colored crepe paper arrangements
and other artistic features that the ban
quet began at 8 o'clock. Under the
adept supervision of large corps of
white-coated chefs, one of the tempting
menus for which the Italian culinary ex-
perts are Justly famed was served. Cow
ers had been laid for upwards of 325
people and there was scarcely a vacant
seat. Throughout the banquet Harris
orchestra furnished the same brand of
catchy music that later marked its per-.
formance when the hall was cleared for
dancing. An idea of what was in front
Of the banqueters may be gained from
scanning the following bill of fare: Con-
somme a la Monti, chicken broth la
Portalupi, antipasti, olives, celery, alici,
piccanti, salame moda Comolli roast
chicken, fried chicken, chicken fricasse
with Calcagni sauce, creamed potatoes,
riced potatoes, string beans Bottigi style,
Italian peas, |. A. c. salad, pini. Tor
tellini a la Clari, rayioli la Williams,
cake, ice cream, cafe nor moda Witt, |
Maggiani nuts, Weaferi punch.
An hour passed before the feasters
were ready for the post t-prandial pro-
gram. Ex-Alderman Antonio Rossi pre-
sided at the after dinner exercises, pithy I
speeches from the club members being /
punctuated by orchestral selections and /
offerings by amateur vaudeville per-
formers. In the absence Of A. Celia,
Paul Scampini, whose powerful right
wing has piloted more than one Italian
team to victory in days gone by, re-
sponded to the toast, "Welcome to the
Champions" Manager Harry Calcagni
responded in a little speech that was
decidedly pat J. Giacamuzzi, /. A. C.
second sacker. spoke on athletics" and
Outfelder Louis Bottiggi made long
running catch with "Our Club" Joseph
Comoll contributed one of the humorous
speeches of the evening when he told of
l" Montreal as | First Saw It." The
laughter which followed his remarks
subsided only to rise to its full tide {
again when Dannie Ricciarelli toasted !
The Girls and Their Ways.n Oratory
rose to its height when J. r. Weafer
made a Home Run" with a half-dozen !
men on bases, $4,000 people in the ,
oleachers and moving picture man back :
VI the plate John Davidi's solo. Good. T,
,ye Boys" furnished highly diverting :
limax to the program. >
II was during hull in the speechmak. !
ng that Professor J. Menta Calcagni :
rave an exhibition of modern dancing.
Professor Calcsgni responded TO several !
ncores and then started to retire. hut
he crowd would have none of it until ;
e had given a demonstration OF the Po- ;
anta quckstep. J.
From 10 o'clock until well after mid. !.
light there was dancing aplentv for :
hose who leaned toward terpsichorean !,
ursnits. And most everybody leaned. y
may be mentioned in passing. Play as y
hey would, the musicians. seated in
n improvised bower OF autumn leaves
nd incandescent lights on the platfoZn.
ould not furnished music enough 10 ap- y
ease the dancing appetite For the el- s.
er members of the company there were -
be good oldfashioned square figures a
lr the lighter hearted. the waltz and a.
yostep; for the less dignihed and more W
,refree, the ia steps At one time +
r another between 10 p. m. and the a
rst peep o day there were l50 couples
yinging around the hall. W
Attractive folders announcing the II
rents Of the affair were distributed 10 NJ
lch guest and contained an interesting 10
'mpendium Of information relative TO a.
le club. IN the baseball season lust a
osed, the club won II out Of - games. 81
'feated tho only aspirant for city hon. ~
: and swept a field of outside teams III
the race for the Vermont champion. ~
ip. The following men comprised the th
=
olli, J. GiaCamuzzi j. Clari. j DsVidi. GO
Witt. J. Bottigci. d. Ricciareln. p. IN
illiams. Z. COUNTER. d. Peduzzi ' to
.iggsi 4. Polh Joseph Giacamuzzi. $.
arehesi, 7. Tomaa and Paul seam Cd
nj. Antonio Rossi Is president 81 the q
al and the other officers are 49, fal.
vs.; Vice president. John Rosso: sec
tary. g. Pinardi. treasurer. :. Mflinas
inager and captain. Harry Calcagni.
Rroggi. scorer. \. Maegiani. mascot
tof the fitting celebration accorded =,
r champions no end ~ credit j. due \.
O. general committee in charge. fhc -
.mbers ~ which worked untirinelf - =.
.kc the affair q suc.css The commit.
was composed - ~ Portalnpri 4. .It.-
ttiggi IS. Simoneiii. q. Mouti J Gia- -.
uuzyi and Louis Balzariui