Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-21
GIRLS |NFUSE PEP
INTO DINNER FOR
BASEBALL V|CIORS
Champs Of du Pont Country Club
$ League Hold Revels With
Defeated Nine.
CUP GIVEN TO WINNERS

w III II tllt S3lnt pep uUN
. successful girls baseball league out oil
200 raw, but earnest rockies, a testimon--
ial dinner was given to the Sales Recoru
team. champions of the Girls Basehali
League of the du Pont Country elup,
last night in the du Barry room OF tie
Hotel du Pont. The Advertising team the |
defeated aspirant for the championship, |
were the guests of the Sales Record team:
In ALL $50 fans of both "A and
leagues we're present. Songs ana cneers
and dancing made the affair as lively as
The hottest contest ever played in any of |
the League games. \ large silver loving cup |
was presented to the champion team by
I IA Souires. chairman of the baseball
activities of the club.
\ dinner to a girls championship team
is unique in local baseball circles. Pen
nant-winning, big league teams are al
wavs given banquet by the fans OF the
respective winning cities, but none can
rival the affair of last night IN Importance
for the baseball fans of Wilmington. NO
other city can boast of similar league or
such banquet.
ORANGE AND BLACK DECORATIONS.
The BANQUET. room was decorated with
orange and black. the colors of the Sales
Record team, and a large Sales Record
pennant and electrically light du Pont
oval were placed back of the toastmaster
seat.
Above the doorway were the letters
AID v. in the colors of the defeated Adj
vertising team. Flowers and flags ADDED
to the brilliancy of the room.
G. :. Kerr was the toastmaster and
opened the dinner by saying that the
league was the first OF its KIND IN the
country and that the spirit that made the
league was the same as that which CHAR
acterized the work of the employees.
Toasts were responded to by Mr.. Greer
walt. MIR. Mahoney, MIR. Gwynn, Umpire
Henderson and Ralph Ashton. All were
enthusiastic in their praise OF the girls ana
predicted that the du Pont Country Club
would lead the United States IN sports ior
girls and women. MIR. Mahoney praised
the sportsmanship of the girls and promls-
ed that the officials of the company
would give the girls their heartiest support
if they kept up their present pace.
doc" Souires, in presenting the cup
to the winners. complimented the girls on
the playing and spirit which they showed
by always playing squarely and always
plaving to win. Mrs. Fannie Livingston,
captain of the pennant winners, received
the cup in behalf of the Sales Record team
and thanked the officials for their help in
making the league a success.
REQUEST FOR EXHIBITION GAMES.
Toastmaster Kerr said he had received a
request from John p. Nields TO make ar
. rangements for the girls to play series OF
games for the benefit of the Wilmington
Community Service. sometime In Sep
tember at the Delaware State Fair grounds.
Mr. Kerr said that such an arrangement
could be made.
Songs and league yells were given and
~. = Il hos
ball spirit. The songs were parOdIes OF
popular airs and were composed by Miss
largest. who recited poem of her own
making which included the name of every
member of the Sales Record team. The
banquet wound up with the singing Of
"Auld Lang Syne" Music for the dancing
was furnished by the Original Six Orches-
ira.
Favors were gwen the guests in the
form of miniature baseball PLAYERS. A
calendar bearing the picture CT the Sales
Record, the Traffic department and the
Mailing department teams and several
stories on the history of the girls league,
were given by Every Evening.
The guests and players present were:
Misses Jean McCaughan, Adelaide
Potter, Adosia Reynolds, Rebecca Elsen-
brav, Mildred Eisenbray, Hazel Gray,
Maria Whitaker, Nellie Wise, Margaret
Oakes. Helen Oakes, Marie de Sofa,
Sara SindeIl. Marguerite Geary, Julia
Martin. Helen Tucker, Adeline Mccoy,
Edna Evans, Marion Leary, Helen Mitch
el. Edna Shines, Louise Mccoy, Eliza
beth Hustled and Mrs. Fannie Livingston,
all members of the two teams.
Mary c. Deery, Mary O'Neil, Cath
crime Walsh, Anna Kirshout, Kathryn
Jones, Margaret Foull<, Irene +. johnson,
Stella NJ Sinclair, Evelyn s. Martin,
Emma G. Martin, Bertha NJ. Barrett,
Christine Edminson, Alice 1Speer, Ruth
Sands, Bessie Woodus, Mary Grandel,
Estelle Barnhill, Bessie Z. Stevens,
Mary s. Shields, Susie W. Braekin,
Elizabeth Hustled, Lena ID. Vivien, Ruth
NJ Elmer, Elizabeth H. Taylor, Margaret
Adams, Catherine Engelbert, Marjorie 5.
Mohrman, Helen F. Burke, Florence ID.
Fuller.
Maude D. Alexander, Anne r.
Harkfns,, Anne c. McQuaid, s.
Katherine Bounds, Margaret ]. Thomas,
Elizabeth L. Cagnain, Catherine {. Nc
Quaid, Ethel p. Moore, Alice McHugh,
Idella Camblue, Gertrude NJ. Dexter,
Ruth Eisenbrey, Anna G.. Denney, Jessie
Neate, Mrs. Elizabeth McVey, Anne E.
Brown Emma S. Krienen, Mrs. Taresa 2.
Fgnor, Bess A. LeFevre, Lola Z. Murphin,
Constance L. Wynands, Angela Nichols,
Mrs. Elsie B. Wolfe Martha Eagan
Elizabeth Walsh, Marion Eagan, G. ID
Gentieu, Florence Smith, Mrs. A. X.
Smith, Myrtle ID. Jarvis, Fannie Binder
and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Holmeade.
Messrs George II. Kerr, l.. p. Mahoney
DR.. j. H. Squires, II. v Corbett, Charles
Solomon, Fred Holdeman, Walter III
Thompson, g. Kenneth Stout, Alex r
Abrahams, J. r. Henderson, 7. w. Keith
lev, F. W. Miller, r. b. Yandegrift r. ID
Mock. Arthur A. johnson. W. III. New
kirk, Willard NJ. Fisher, Earl c. Mason
William NJ. Cagnacci, f. S. Faber
George A. Sachs, Elliston P. Lammot
John r. Hayes Howard Mills, w. Huf
felInan, James r. Buchanan, Martin w
McHugh, George Z. Hess, Robert S
Irwin, j. A. Gwynn, y. j. Cunningham
A II. Berwald, John j. Walsh, Charlie
Foster II. E. HicE1lin and j. w. Johnson