South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-10-13
GRACE NJ. {. TEAM
RECEIVES TROPHY
Presented by NeWS-TimeS at
Church Banquet to Amateur
Champions.

Rubbing Of elbows. improvement
through competition and contest. ath-
Ietics and character, characterization
through association. and Fairgrounds
fOr the seventh ward, furnished the
sinews Of discussion last night at a
banquet given by the business men OF
the south side 10 the Grace NJ. +.
church championship baseball team.
at Grace NJ. T.. church Primarily
the stage was set for the presentation
OF The News-Times championship
trophy. but. in addition. the team was
presented with a Loving Gun by the
Haslanger club. which had taken
great interest in the teams work. and
with a pedestal upon which the trophy
ind cup might rest. the gift OF Smith
& Whereof. furniture dealers. w. X.
Studebaker acted as POSTMASTER.
The banquet was served by the
ladies OF the church, and well fitted
10 the occasion. The tables were ar
ranged in a square. In the center OF
which, on the floor, was marked out
a baseball diamond. and in the center
Of that sat the Hasianger pitcher"
The presentation Of The News-Times
trophy, the official trophy Of the
Amateur Athletic federation. was
made by John Henry Zuver, editor OF
the paper, experimenting it with
few remarks upon the significance Of
the occasion. and the assurance that,
should the team make equally good
next year, another trophy would be
presented by the same paper, other
wise to go to the team that might
defeat them.
VIII Try, Try Again.
DneCa11 Place m bphalf of the team.
and one of its number, accepted the
trophy for the team in a neat little
speech in which he not only thanked
The News-Times. but thanked the
church for it's support, the business
men for the banquet, and paid a spe-
cial compliment TO Gus L. Haslanger
for his efforts in working out the
team organization. That Grace Nj. r.
will endeavOr to retain the champion
ship in 1915 was among his assur-
ances.
The trophy is in the form of a
shield, with a copper plate, on which
is engraved the words. "News-Tin
Trophy. Amateur Athletic Federation
Baseball Championship, Won by Grace
NJ. E. Church. South Bend, Ind" The
work was done in South Bend by
Hovey, 211 n. Main st.
F. y. Barnes. city recreation d
rector, L. NJ. Hammerschmidt, Mrs.
Homer Miller and Mrs Clement
Mayor Fred w. Keller and Richard
followed after Mr.. Zuver, With adj
dresses along the line OF the good
influences wrought by playground and
recreation work, which was supple
mented by a special appeal from the
seventh ward, through Mr.. Haslanger,
that more OF II be afforded to that
section of the city.
Haslanger pointed out that the
seventh ward is the largest and most
pOpuIous OF any in the city. and that
while IL has nearly 40 acres OF park
land. only a small portion of it is in
use save TO raise shrubbery for the
other parks OF the city I'VE want a
playground" he declared, land now
that the fourth. first, second and sixth
wards are literally supplied. we would
! like TO see the next money invested
in Fairgrounds invested over here in
the seventh"
Mayor Comes to Rescue.
Mayor Keller in his address prom
Used the seventh warders that he
would use his influence with the school
board and recreation committee to
see that their wish was granted He
called attention, however. to the fact
that some $50, 900 had been invested
in a sewer in the seventh ward the
past year, and in work on the park.
and that the ward has four schools.
while the sixth ward. something of a
bone Of contention, has none except
portable schools
Pres't Elbel met the issue for the
park board by pointing out that when
il comes TO the subject of fairgrounds.
the citizens should go TO the school
board, since the matter now rests with
them and is out of the park board s
hands. The other speakers discussed
the general topics Of the influence of
athletics and association. such as base
ball, Fairgrounds. and social centers,
upon character. and were roundly APP
plauded. The work was presented in
the light of being a part of the educa-
tiOnal work and uplift work OF the
community. with encouragement 10
the participants. through clean. manly
contests to desire, and try to excel
The evening was brought to a happy
conclusion by the remarks of Mrs.
Miller and Mrs. Smogor. who coun-