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Show II iSllED I Murray Observes the Receiving of Championship Flag as a '. , Public Holiday. BASEBALL DIRECTORS BEAT MEMBERS OF REGULAR TEAM Banquet and Ball Conclude the Festivities in Honor of the Yictors. "Pennant day" In Murray. Tuesday, was appropriately celebrated by all of trie people of Murray. The members of trie Murray baseball team and Manager Bert Margctts were the guests of honor. Everything was thrown open to the "boys who brought the rag to Murray." Business Busi-ness In the little town Tuesday was suspended, sus-pended, all the business houses closing their doors. At 2 o'clock a parade consistlr.fr in the most part of automobiles, filled with young ladles, the hoard of directors of the baseball team and membors of the team. The feature of the day was the red-hot frame of hnsahnll played between The directors of the hoard and the regular regu-lar team. Prior to the melee nti ambulance ambu-lance In charge of three nurses arrived at tin grounds, while" several of the doctors doc-tors of Murray wcro on hand with satchels, satch-els, bandages. Ice. etc.. ready to begin work at a moment's notice. Directors Win. The directors were bedecked in blue uniforms. The regulars had on their pennant-winning uniforms. Marshal Mlko Manas pitched a fast game for Bert Mar celt's braves- having been bought over by them, owing to his superiority In the boN. When Mayor Phil Bentz, wearing Hie garb, of Ty Cobb and looking Just a little different, with his cap placed Jaunt-lly Jaunt-lly on the back of his head, stepped to " . Continued on l'ollowing Page. "PENNANT DAY" f IS CELEBRATED Continued' Erom Preceding Page. m the plate he was given a mighty ova- m j tion. A Councilman Frank Howe, Dr. Rothwell, m 1 "Crum" Miller. Carl .Morck. Dave Mc- SH R Mlllan. and others of the "directors" team showed 'great skill In connecting with B the ball. The score was G to 2 In favor KJ of the directors. Councilman J. W. Co.- n hoon and Matt Gibbs were official score- H card sellers and umpires. fm The gathering was large and harmon- HP J lous. Every one entered into the spirit H 1 of the occasion, and following the ex- M j hlbitlon on the diamond the Murray BB "boys" were showered with congratula- H 1 tlons. on account of their great record H on the baseball diamond this summer. H j Recoive Cup. B Before the game started. E. A. Van- H deventor. qn behair of The Telegram, Q I presented to Manager Margetts a hand- B I some silver cup. which he In turn- pre- Wt 8 sented to the Commercial club, to be m a kept ns a memento of the Murray team's M B splendid victory this season. ( f Following the baseball game 'the pen- ji nant-wlnners were congratulated on all H sides by un enthusiastic crowd- of Mur- . U rayttes. At S o'clock a banquet was given JJ in their honor at the Commercial club. U IJ At this function were members of tho H board of directors and all the plr.yers ST I comprising the Murray team. A hop at K B the Trocadero ended the festivities of I |