The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-10-02
s. A. /. WINNERS RECEIVE TROPHIES
AT BASEBALL BANQUET IN Y. N. c. A.
Vigrans Are Toasted and
Feted for Annexing Bunt-
ing in Hottest Race Of City
League.
Speakers Praise Sportsman
ship and Benefits Of Clean
Sport Shown by All Local
Players.

smoker of the Saturday Afternoon
League was held last night at the Y.
M C. A., and was perhaps the most
interesting gathering of its kind ever
held In honor of a baseball team here
The Vigrans, as winners of the pen
nant, came in for the greatest praise
from the speakers, but all the boys
were remembered in the talks.
Az the players and guests gathered
in the lobby they were entertained by
Weisbrods orchestra with the follow
ing program:
March-"The Glory Of the Yankee
Navy''-Sousa.
Anthony and Cleopatra"
--Gruenwald.
Gems from "Ziegfeld's Follies OF
1915"-Hirsch.
Potpourri of Latest Popular Song
Hits, arranged by Weisbrod.
Waltz song from The Girl Who
Smiles"-Briquet.
A number of other song hits Of the
day. A.. .,s
The march to the banquet hall was
made with the guests in the van and
the players of each team marching
together When the Vigrans arrived
After the dinner was served cigars
were passed.
Mason Dyer POSTMASTER, compli
mented the players.
Presents Flag.
Mayor Robbins concluded speech
by saying:
"The city administration feels proud
Of you and on it's behalf want to
present you with a little token of our
appreciation, to remain in the possess
ion of the winner each season unless
some team should win it for three sue
cessive years and then 1t shall be-
long to them"
The mayor then presented George
Brehm, president of the 8. A. L., with
a handsome American flag, who after
thanking the mayor presented the
token to Manager Vigran, of the
champions.
Manager Vigran responded by say
ing that it was the greatest day of his
life He declared that the struggle had
been a hard one and that none knew
who would win until the last man
was out in the last inning of the de-
Gliding game with Natco.
Vigran said he was proud OF one
thing and that was that he had de-
veloped three promising youngsters
this year in kell, Schattell and Logan
This set the house in an uproar and
there were calls for the Kids to
stand up. They did so and there was
more laughter.
Chairman Dyer said nobody had
done more to promote the game in
Richmond than had the newspapers
and he called on E. H. Harris. mana
ger of the Palladium. Mr.. Harris con-
graduated the men for the splendid
article of ball they had played, add
ing that the teams were a credit to
the city, and that they do as much to
boost a town as anything in it. He
said the S. A. L. should have the sup
port of every man in the city.
Muncie Man Speaks.
ED. Bishop, manager of the winning
team in the Saturday afternoon Lea
que at Muncie. said it was the inten-
ton of the winning team in this city
to have played the winners here this
year. but that they had not been SO
fortunately financially as the local
league and found it impossible to do
so, but that If possible he would like
to show Richmond fans what kind of
ball the Muncie teams can play next
season.
He said however, that he had lit
tie token from the S. A. l.. league in
his home city that he wished to pre-
sent and passed out three boxes of CT
CARS. Three cheers were proposed for
the visitors and were given with a
will
c. w. Jordan, president of the Ger
man American bank, said it was an
Lonor to be invited to talk to such a
splendid body of men and said that
they were just the age of the boys
who were now fighting in the terrible
war in Europe. He compared one body
of men with the other and pointed
out the great benefits enjoyed by liv
ing in a country that is not immersed
in the horrors of war. The diamond
he said was the battle field of Ameri-
can boys.
"'s- Presents Winning Cup.
Il am proud to know such fellows
as see before me-" he said and it
sent you with flag. You played the
game and obeyed the rules. Life is
only a great game after all and you
must play fair. 1t is my pleasure and
honor tonight to present this cup to
the manager of the winning team and
these fobs to the individual members
Of the team"
Mr.. Jordan gave Manager Vigran
the cup emblematic of the champion
ship. 1t is of silver lined with gold set
ting about foot high on three cross
ed bats. with the name of the team
engraved on the face
The fobs presented to the players
were gold circles with the words
Champions 1915" in blue enamel, sus-
pended from a silk ribbon.
Albert Bavis, president of the board
of works. an old baseball fan. stated
he had neither the eloquence nor am
bition to make speeches. He said he
was interested in the s. A. l.. both as
a city official and as an indiviual.
Mr. Bavis said he wanted to 60 on
record as favoring the building of four
public baseball grounds in Richmond.
He recalled the first game he had
seen on August Is, 1889 at North
Baltimore between the North Balti- |