The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1915-08-26
Y. N. c. A.
BANQUET: -. j.,
IN HONOR :,
OF LEAGUE
LEADERS
TAsIEs ARTisrIcALLY ARRANo-
Ed AND DINING ROOM DECOR
ATED WITH BASE BALL PARA
PHENALiA- ENJOYABLE AFFAIR.
SUCCESSFUL SEASONS CLIMAX

The Y. II. c. A. banquet room was
the scene Of a delightful dinner Civ
en- by the Y. II. CA. in honor Of the
Champions OF the Commercial League.
the Y. NJ. C. A. baseball team Monday
night
About twenty-fhree were present,
including. besides the team and tho
manager. Mr.. VIM }. Lindenberger.
representatives OF the other teams.
Mr. stcmmei. president OF the league.
Mr. w. A. Johnson. the umpire. Prof.
w. II. Ray. Mr.. c. H. Rau. Rev. s.
u. sperry. Nr. George H Sale. Sec
retary Charles Van PRtten; Floyd
Campbell. and ar. ]. Leo Sterling.
The hall was tastiiy decorated with
strenmers OF red and white. the As
sociation colors. predominating. Mr.
Van Patten had exercised his clever
ability At working up unique ideas to
good advantage with the result that
his stunts were the cause Of much
laughter.
The table was arranged in fhe form
Of Maltese crnss, With eiruanefr
Of red and white crepe parer running
down TO the center. Suspended In
the center Of the cross piece was =
triangle Of bats. in the middle Of
which hung an Indoor baseball upon
which was printed the inscription.
Champions c. B. b. L. 1878 About
the hall gro,esque figures clad IN base
ball garb purporting TO be exact mod
els OF Heck Bash and slim
Kearney elected much merriment.
Among the trophies were a pair Of
bafile-scarred shoes which had seen
service on the pedal extremities OF
Finis Parks. The players we're given
basebails and small bats as table
favors.
The dinner was dainty IN its ap-
pointments. yet substantial enough to
gladden. the appetite OF the most hun
cry basebalier. II there Is anything
a ball player likes more than baseball
IL ls friend chicken and II was there
in abundance. Lean lawns famous
celery and scores Of other things
rounded out the feed" in splendid
manner.
The post prandial feast was as
much enjoyed as the more substan-
tlai menu which had gone before. Mr..
George II. Sale acted as toastmaster
His efforts In this trying position
were happily greeted and his fund OF
wit and excellent faculty Of racon-
teur placed each speaker at ease.
Mr.. VIM. J. Lindenberger spoke Of
the harmony apparent In the Y. NJ.
c. A. team and It's desire ~ whole
to work for the best interests Of the
club and the league OF which Il is =
member. He said that the spirit Of
fair play and gentlemAnliness which
was in evidence at all times had
much to do with the success which
had been gained. He told Of the play
er's Efforts TO win by fair, upright
means at all times. He paid his res
pects to Mr.. H. P. stommei. president
Of the league and attributed much OF
the success Of the organization as \
whoie to his s.reless efforts TO see
that the neld was in the best coDdi-
ton and that other arrangements
were properly made. He also COM
plimented Mr.. Johnson and Mr Ger
ZACH. tls9 scorer. for their conscisn.
tious sndsasur.
M Sterling touched upon the UNI
piro and the scoFskeepsF. He said
that he believed that Mr.. johnson The
umpire had frisn1 n every ball
player and ian who followed baseball
% Canon City. he attributed this
d his uhilliy e. e uAplro SAYING
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