The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-19
A FULL EVENING
FOR BALL PLAYERS
They Banquet at the Y. M. C. A. Last
Evening as a Fitting
Ending Of the
Series.
GOOD SPEECHES MADE
In the Final Game of Series ST. Paui's
VIII Over Trinity in a Score of
is to 6, Giving Them
Pennant.

The church and commercial leagues
Of indoor baseball ended the fall and
winter series Of games last evening
with a banquet at the Y. M. c. A. aud
itorium. A hundred or more players
and a few guests partook Of he hos
FATALITIES of the occasion.
An orchestra, which was there for
the occasion, played several pleasing
selections during the banquet.
After the repast was disposed OF,
Edward F. Carter. as POSTMASTER,
made a few remarks.
J.. O. Boyd responded to the toast,
"A Home Run" He said this was the
most interesting evening of the series
of church indoor ball, as the winner
Of the series would soon be determin-
ed. In this series Of games all nave
received benefits, winning or losing.
because they played fair. To get the
DO his best. He cannot make home
runs unless he exerts himself to the
utmost. No shirker or Stacker wins
in a ball game. Those who expect to
win must play the game for all they
are worth. Doing this they will pro-
fit, even though they be losers. AS in
a ball game, so it is In life. We must
do our best If we win. Are we doing
this? The Y. NJ. G. A. service flag
shows that ffty-two boys Of the or
ganization have gone to the front to
die, IL need be, for their country. They
are making home runs, offering their
lives on the altar OF liberty. 1t is
said that in the early part OF this great
war the allies were short Of muskets.
There were more men in some Of the
battles than guns, and when a man
was killed a comrade would seize his
gun and continue its use. There are
a lot Of young men in this city who
should take up the work in the Y. M.
G. A. in the place Of the ffty-two sol
der boys.
John E. Craig responded to the
toast, "a Safe Sacrifice" He said he
supposed he had been put on the pro-
gram largely because he had always
Ibeen Interested In clear sports. In
baseball, the safe sacrifice is made by
the mar who dies on first If necessary
to give the man on second or third a
| chance to score. It is safe because
the other men are nearer the home
plate than the man who is put out OF
the running. Our thoughts at such
occasions as this naturally turn to the
war. He spoke Of the old philosopher
who discovered the planet Of Neptune,
discerning its dim light through the
darkness Of millions of miles. Cen
turtles later by the help Of powerful
telescopes, those who look can see this
planet In all its glory. So he hoped
1t would be with this war. If, at the
beginning, some of the people e but
dimly the reason Of d entrance, IN
time, when the world Is made safe for
democracy, We can all see plainly he
goal for which we fought. We have a
duty to perform if We cannot go to the
front. We should join the Red Cross,
we should help the Y. NJ. c. A. and
other war work organizations. The
young men should keep the home fires
burning, fill up the ranks in the Y. M.
G. A. and stand back Of the brave boys
at the front.
G. ". Danielson spoke on the subject
The Making of q Man" He said the
first thing to consider was the foun-
dalton. There can be no building or
no character worth while unless the
foundation and the four corners are
properly constructed. Boys and men
are many sided, having many moods.
Their needs are many. That we all
need to work goes without saying, but
many people later in life do not realize
that they need play also. While every
person needs recreation, there are
some who take less than five minutes
g day, when they ought to take one
forth of their time when awake. To
succeed in life one must live near to
nature. He spoke Of going on a farm
and seeing the utmost care Of the
farmer to raise the best kind OF cattle,
horses and swine, giving them great
care. Then look at his children and
you may see that they are an un
healthy lot. Why do people take more
care of their animals than they do of
themselves or their children?
A. w. HUDSON, who was down on the
program, was called on and spoke OF
the benefits of indoor ball. While
this ended one series, lovers of the
sport had decided that they would
still play the game. They have arrang-
1 ed to play at SIS Tuesday and Friday
evenings.
VIM. Brugman then announced that
they hoped to organize two basketball
leagues shortly after the first Of the
year. Slips had been made out for
the parties to sign who would take part
plates of the banqueters. Nothing
further was done in regard to the bas-
ketball. the organization Of which will
be left to a future meeting.
A group picture was then taken oil
all the players Of the two leagues who
were present.
The Deciding Game.
W. l.. Pct
Trinity 4 800
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