The Washington herald., 1916-01-21
Open 1916 Season With Alexandra Cardinals In Va. CITY
CARDINALS, OF ALEXANDRIA, GET
THE OPENING EXHIBITION GAME
OF THE WASHINGTON BALL CLUB
Griffith Agrees to Send Club to Virginia City for Contest
on March 25-Cardinals Annual Banquet
Is Again Big Success

Washington team. I have made you
promises on several occasions to give
Washington a pennant winner and
think since the Trouble with the Fed
eral League has been settled, that con-
ditions will change and l hope to
make good.
The change In conditions in baseball
will be shown next season. The base
ball fans quit when a ball player loses
interest and now since peace has been
declared the player will find no op-
portunity to show lack of interest and
the old game will increase In popu-
larity as the fans will show more in
terest.
THE display OF maney by the Feds
during the past two years made our
national pastime appear dishonest. but
baseball is an honest game. and dishon-
esty has been kicked out. The public
wants the honest ball player, who plays
for the interest of the club he represents.
and / intend to found my ball team In
1916 on honest baseball. I intend to let
the dishonest ball players so, and will
not stand for any might riders either.
Some of my best friends are here in
Alexandria, and l do not look to Baltl-
more or any other city. Just give me
Alexandria and Washington, and II the
Cardinal Athletic Club wants game
with the Nationals next spring they can
have it."
Mayor Fisher read a note of regret from
President Woodrow Wilson, who had been
invited. President Wilson wished those
present the best of luck and offered re-
grets flor not being able to attend.
In introducing Manager Clark Griffith,
Mayor Fisher said that the Alexandria
fans were with the "Old Fox and his
ball club first last and all the time.
sha he
Home Sweet Home for the entire gath
ering. R. E. knight, of the Retail Mer-
chant Association. presented President
Breen, of the Cardinals, with silver
loving cup, which the Cardinal team had
won during the 1915 city championship
against the White Sox Club.
Those present were: Guest OF honor.
Clark Griffth, of the Washington base
ball club: William Peet, sporting editor
of The Washington Herald: Stanley T.
Milliken. sporting editor OF the Wash
ington Post; Louis Doughr. sporting
editor of the Washington Times; ]. Ed
Grillo, sporting editor of the Washington
Star; r. S. Barrett editor of the Alexan-
dria Gazette. and Mayor Thomas Fisher,
tos stmas ster.
The speechmakers included the above
named and the following: r. Z. Knight.
representing the Alexandria Retail Mer-
chants Association: President S. A.
Breen, OF the Cardinal Athletic Club;
Harvey Crump, manager of Cardina
baseball Clue; j. F. Peyton. NJ. T. Dwyer.
Jacob Brill and ]. william May.
The other guests and members of the
Cardinal A. c. who sat around the ban
quet table were: Thomas O'Donnell, K.
G. Purdy. s. Giovannetti. A. Cudmore,
l.. A. Kelly, l. Pridgeon. F. A. Quinn. ].
S. Sweeney, John A. Dugan. Charles J.
Graf. George II. Bauer, Joseph Landow
Leo Warning. James NJ. Duncan, Eugene
Bode, John A. Matter, c. T. Goode, chief
of police; Charles Corbett, A. A. Paul
Edward A. Clark. D. g. Brown, r. o.
Brown. w. 8 Royster. Robert Tomlin
Joseph Owens, w. F. Mcbride, w. l.
Lyons, Leon Devers. Henry Smith, Har-
vey Reid. Thomas ]. Roman, Harry
Hinken, Thomas Sillex, Edward Powers,
Frank Ballenger and ]. Goodwin