Evening star., 1924-10-01
THOUSANDS CROWD
AVENUE TO HONOR
TRIUMPH PHANT MATS
Whole Capital, From Presi-
dent Down, to Participate
in Big Demonstration.
COOLIDGE TO ADDRESS
PLAYERS ON ELLIPSE
Order of Parade, Starting From
Peace Monument at 4::30.
Is Announced.

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! AL! Washington is gathering on
Pennsylvania avenue this afternoon to
! hail the sturdy band of athletes who
fought SO coura geously to bring the
Nations Capital its first American
League base ball pennant.
When the year 1924 has long since
passed into history the people of the
District of Columbia Will still remem-
Der the day that Stanley Harris and
his fighting buddes rode through this
lane Of cheering thousands.
Time in its flight may sap the viEor
of youth from the men who are being
honored today, but the passing years
will never take from them the
memory of the JOY they brought To
this city.
Washington has waited long and
patiently for a base ball victory. but
the years of disappointment hav"
served only 10 intensity the thrill OF
ultimate achievement.
And so this afternoon men and
women. young and old. rich and poor
will unite in an outhuTst of grateful
applause as the members or Wash
ingtons first pennant- winning b.!
team passes by.
Parade at 4;30 To-day.
THE parade OF players and eSco"'
Will leave Peace Monument promptls
at i:3e o'clock and move up the nortll
side OF the Avenue to Fiftesnt:1
street slowly so that the crowds o.
the sidelines viii be able to see Ii.
members of the team and cheer then
individually.
AT Fifteenth street the procession
Will turn into the Monument grounds
and end on the Ellipse, where Pres
dent Calvin Coolidge, members of tie
cabint. other high Government Of
ticiais and the District Commissioners
will be waiting to welcome the tean:
officially.
For the entertainment of those whp
will go TO the Fllipse early in order
to gain a point Of vantage for the eX-
erciSes. the Army Band will he sta
toned there at 4 o'clock TO give =
band concert.
Commissioner cuno II. Rudolph Will
be master of ceremonies at the
Ellipse and Will introduce President
Coolidge, who will deliver the forma.
address of welcome. Commissioner
Rudolph Will then hand Eucky Har-
ris a handsome gold key. symbolic of
mates have Won a plac" III the hears
of every Washiugtonian.
To Present Trophy.
The President also has agreed 10
present to Manager Harris on behalf
of the people Of Washington a trophy
for the team as whole
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telc-
phone Company has Installed ampli-
fiers on the EIlipSe SO that all who
gather there may hear the words Of
welcome, and il is proba BILE that if
the thousands of happy spectators
have not already yelled themselves
hoarse along Pennsylvania avenue,
they viii give three more rousiug
cheers for the Washington base ball
team of 1924.
AS the closing event in A memora-
Bile day for them. the players Will he
entertained at an informal dinner by
Gus Bucholz at the Occidental Hotel
at $50 o'clock tonight to which a
number of Federal and local officials
have been invited.
Order of Formation.
The order of formation for the pa
rade this afternoon follows.
A squadron of mounted police. led
by Maj. Daniel sullivan.
The United States Cavalry Band
from Fort Myer.
4 group of members of the Riding
Club mounted and wearing the scarlet
coats of the hunt.
a group of young women on horse
back, garbed in white riding frockS.
Commissioners Rudolph, oyster and
Bell
Members of the citizens committee
on arrangements. i'll automobiles.
The players will ride in groups OF
three to an automobile as follows:
First car-Harris Shirley and Lei
bold: second, Johnson, Zachary and
Russell: third, Judge. Marberry and
Speece; fourth. Rice, Taylor and Mar
tina: fifth, Ruel, Ogden and Xahniser;
sixth, Peckinpaugh, Mogridge and
Hargrave; seventh. Goslin. McNeely
and Letter; eighth, Bluege. Miller and
Tate; ninth, Altrock and Schacht;
tenth, Edward B. Eyon. jr.: Clark c.
Griffith and William Richardson, ofii-
cials of the club; eleventh. Trainer
Mike Martin and Billy Smith, assist
ant secretary.
Committee in Line.
The members of the citizens COM
mittee who will be in line are Mel
vim c. Hazen, Harry Almond, Isaac
Cans, Col. Clarence o. Sheriff..
H.
bach, Gus Buchholz, Roland Robbins,
John Gheen. Thomas Bones, q. Logan
Payne, H. II. Stansbury, j. j. Spur
geon, John NJ Gleissner, Newbold
Noyes, Robert n. Harper, Gen. Anton
Stephan, John Poole, Edward +.
Colladay J. Thilman Hendrick,
Samuel j. Henry, Samuel J. Prescott
and George Mullin.
At the dinner at the Occidental
Hotel tonight Roe Fulkerson Will be
POSTMASTER and "A number of brief
speeches will be made. An attractive
program of entertainment. including
a number of acts from keith's The
ater. will be presented. Roland s.
Robbins. L. J. Fosse, l.. f. Leavitt
George O'Connor and Matt Horne are
in charge of the entertainment fea-
lures.