The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-07-09
The Fourth at Sandusky.

The Fourth Of July at tho Bay city was a day
long 70 be remembered because unlike most
celebrations ofthe nations b,rth day, from m,
rising Of the sun until the gong down Of the
saIne no acutlcnt involving the loss Of lie OF
limb eiiher by rail, dooi or gn-p5wder, occur,
tcd TO martho pleasure OF the OCCASION, os cause
untmcy grave considerations upon the nncrr.
taiuty Of life or Physiem Immunity from. harm
Passing by the Prolx story OF how the peopi.
intent upon having their Fourth 81 sanduai,S
aud having as much Of it ns possible, crow led
the depot crowded tho cars, ereY ,eI Though
the narrow doprways Of the cars ami crowded
cut Of them into crowd at sindnsky, We are
content to say that oR reaching that city "the
fun began" We are ast1Rlslei that saaausky
cannot furnish another hotel. THIS fact WAS DIS.
astrous to the cotnmssiry Of the Cotton House
but reassuring to It's purse-perhaps ~ the
absenee of proof 20 The eontrNJy we insist that
the Tihn folks all paid their bRs Nat onal
Flags were literally displayed at the winlews
and At the mast heads. Excursions to tho a..
lands was the order Of the day, for those Who
liked il, and tho b. h. Tournament was the pro.
gramme for those who felt called upon to oouu.
tcnance the manly exercise contained in an earn.
est prosecution OF this "purely Amsrlean
game Those who preierrsd to Eserrss' feund
the Evening star in her proper constellation,
shedding hcr persuasive rays, At the landing or
the General Grant with Presldentul consequence
quietly smolS ng, aud ready 10 operate ION that
Inc, ifit took 'dl summer or the sth OHIO with
that same untnching front whicn signalizad the
members other namesake, or the splendid new
beat, the Jay Cooke furnished in excellent taste,
weIl manned, safe aud speedy. Many "toolt e4
eurson in theirs" and yet. after four OF Eve
thousand others had demonstrated = weakness
for CeiaE PINT, Kelley's and Put.in.bay, there
remained respectfully sized portion who inhct-
cd themselves With large solutions OF base bal.
In ob5donoo to orders, your reporter scattered
himself about the Tournament grounds to pick
up o. b. items. Without bringing up old
scores, or pen-pic,urlng tie players We have
the concise atatemeut to make that the Tihln
boys were vigorously, fairly and omnently the
eonquoriug heroes The hrSt game was between
the Hin oluh and the croghan club, Of Fremont.
The score standing, Trims IA, Croghan's g.
Meanwhile the Erie club Of Fremont was playing
the Doxtcrs ofNorwalis. The Dextets gave the
Eries hne Opportunity TO regret their inefh.
cheney and poader upon the probability Of their
being able TO learn something about b. d. This
ended the playing until in the afternoon at 2
o'clock, at which time the Tifiins and the DeK-
ters-the Two winning clubs In the forenoon,
commenced play. II was lively contest but
resulted in the defeat Of the pe1tors, the score
standing % to 10. The orly reason that the
DeHters did not defeat our boys was because they
did not make ~ many tallies, and learn that
this fact is invariably the secret OF being beat
The finin's, by this time we're pretfywell blown
while the Bay ciiy's fresh and confident, nicely
dressed, entored the arena--a graceful, fooi
booking set OF fellows. The game opened up
lively To make Tong tory short. the Bay
Gays we're bea en 50,o 3 s'nd the contfst ca led
The silver mounted hat and silver b,n serc
presented 10 Capt. Loatais at The hands of Mr'
cegsFwell ~ a fnear i't'ie ~ ses. The hei
which was tohe preseaied 70 the player ~ the
nav 0iiy'a who Shn gea the bat srare, fell to Mr.
Higgins. D'nnis nlUe Of The 1ifln clab. done
some Talst Seelient batting, aud h ; rep.4ted
effective stfikes esIlea out mseh abftSn,s. lie
wore PGir of high oeis VII 'sh dlaiuguirhed
him from iAa othsrs, sad the crowd saassd lts
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