The first championship honors in the Butler Intermediate Baseball League went to the Ellison team in August of 1969. Holding the trophy in the foreground are Tom Hollefreund, left, and Walt Hollefreund. In the front row, from left, are Danny Emanuele, Louis Roccki, Jim Bowser, Larry Byerly, Jim Weisenstein and Jeff Taggart. Second row, from left, are team sponsor John R. Ellison, Kevin Weser, Robert Spohn, Tom Austel, Tim Gall and Robert Evans. Missing from the picture are Jon Greenert, Fred McDonald and Mike Nanni.