Evening journal., 1915-06-14
EDGE MOOR Soccer
TEAM Gets TROPHY
Individual Champions Also
Receive Gold Medals for
Their Work
TRAVELLING BAG
FOR TEAM MANAGER

a leceptlOl and banquet was given
by the followers Of the soccer game
to the players of the Edge Moor Soc
Ger team, champions of the Third
Division of the Allied League, at
Edge Moor, on Saturday evening.
The festivities were opened by o. Il.
Wingate, who, on behalf of the Allied
American Football Association, foc-
mally presented the valuable Crow
hurst loving cup to the team. Mr..
Wingate, in presenting the trophy,
stated that il was something TO be
proud Of as this is the first time the
cup has ever been won by team out
side of Pennsylvania.
The cup was accepted on behalf ot
the club, by Mark Fish. manager. who
refused to acknowledge that his ef-
forts as manager was in any way re-
sponsible for bringing the cup to
Edge Moor, saying all credit was due
TO the players. Mr.. Fish then pre-
sented the gold medals to the players,
individually thanking them personally
for the manner each one played his
particular position. forgetting all per-
sonal glory and working in unison
with his Terminates for the success
OF the team as a whole Mr.. Fish
said that two years ago the game Of
! soccer football was practically un-
known in Edge Moor, and a team was
/ organized at that time that rose from
obscurity to champions. through
the instrumentality of Robert Wood.
/ the captain.
Mr.. Wingate then introduced W. b..
Marks, who, on behalf of the play
ers. presented Mr.. Fish a travelling
bag. in appreciation of his successful
efforts to produce a championship
team.
After the presentation the players
and the invited guests adjourned to
/ the banquet room. which was deco
rated with the club colors, black and
| gold, where an appetizing menu was
| served.
During the banquet a male quartet
entertained the guests with songs.
and after the reception an elaborate
program entertained the guests
until 10 o'clock.
The Crowhurst trophy is a massive
silver, gold lined cup, standing about
Is inches high, weighs about
seven pounds and mas three han
dies. II is valued at $500 and was do
mated to the Allied American Foot
ball Association by Burt Crowhurst.
in 1910, to be competed for annually
by teams composing the Third Di-
vision, the team winning same having
its name engraved thereon.
The medals are solid gold, one inch
in diameter, inscribed with the
words ALLIED American Football AS
ISOLATION" in gold letters on a blue
enamel background. Underneath is 2
raised player in the act of kicking a
football and the goal posts in the
distance. On the reverse side is the
players name in full, together with
the name of the club and the words
champions, 3rd Division. 1914-15."
The following ployers were award
ed medals: Mark Fish, manager
Robert Wood, captain Harry Wood
David Riley. John Adamson, Joseph
Darby Michael Toomey, James Adam
son, Alfred Thacker, James Fitz-
patrick, william G. Donaghy, Albert
Stretton,- r. James Donaghy, Ran
dolph Jones, John Garden, Hobart
Dunn, George w. Garden, George
Wood, Robert Semple and Thomas
Wright
Among those at the banquet table
we're: Mr.. and Mrs. James Adam
son, Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Stretton
Mr.. and Mrs Harry Davis, Mr.. and
Mrs. Aldie Faulkner, Mr.. and Mrs
Charles Rheinboldt, Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Whire. Mr.. and Mrs. Rodger
Hall, Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Hughes, Mr.
and Mrs. William Wood, Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Robbins, Mr.. and Mrs
Walter Sidwell, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Semple, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dor
man, Mr.. and Mrs. George Mcdonald
Mrs. Thomas Wright, Mrs Francis
Fish. Misses Grace Stretton, Myrtle
Davis, Sarah Purcell, Hilda Robbins
Mildred Fish, Irene Adamson, Ida
Hall, Blanche Dorman, Blanche Wood
Josephine Welsh, Margaret Thomp-
son. Minnie Wood, Lulu Faulkner
Edith Jester, Mrs. Charles Miller Mrs
Arthur Jones, Mrs. Joseph Donohoe
w. e. Marks, Harry Windsor, John
Clancy. Arthur Stretton, Harry Hall
o. B. Wingate, John Kendall, ]. r
Blackson, Robert Donaghy, Frank
Miller, Everett Hollingsworth, John
Turner. william Wood, ollie Nc
Keown and William Adamson.