Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-06-11
FIELD DAY SPORTS.
A Couple ofDays, IF pleasure
at tha Vermiiiion Uni.
yersity.
lasn Tennis, Base Bell, Music and
a Social Feature and General
Enjoyment.

Enjoyment.
The Ysnkton visitors TO VermlII,on
returned there from Saturday night.
covered with glory and Clay county
dust. All through the hours OF Saturday
the wind blew a gale from the west and
probably the fact that the clouds could
not pause accounted for the further fact
that no rain occurred.
The first Yapkton delegation went to
Vermillion IN Friday morning armed
with lawn tennis hannels and rackets.
The Yankton tennis club was represented
by w. s. Scougal, Louis ID. Sharp,
Charlie Hiebach and Geo. W. Kinesbury
Or. The tennis contest opened OF 3 D. M.
on Friday, but was stopped before the
finish by a heavy rain. At 6 p. m., an
other start was made and the atmosphele
having been cooled off by the rain the
contest was most interesting for players
and spectators. Scougal and Sharp, of
Yanktop. we're pitted against Students
Westhorpe and Goodell, OF the Yer
million university, and although the
contest resulted by a large majority in
favor OF the Yankton men, much pleasure
wa furnished those who witnessed ss,it.
Wesshorpe and Goodell, the Vermillion
players, are rwo gentlemen in every
sense OF the word and they play good
tennis, but they lack practice, having
only begun playing a month ago. Ii
they play regularly daring the interval
which must ensue before another con-
test occurs, the result may be different.
-Four sets. or twenty EIGHT games were
played, Scougal and Sharp winning
every set, or twenty-four of the twenty
eight games. The Vermillion club took.
its defeat most gracefully, and the Yank-
ton men were loudly cheered at the
conclusion.
SWEET MUSIC.
On Friday evening the Yankton repre-
sehtatives attended a concert at the uni
versity, conducted by Prof. F. &. Balla-
seyus, instructor in music at the univer.'
sity. This concert by itself proved to
be sufficient reimbursement for the
trip from Yankton and while
it furnished q most enjoyable evening
for the visitors. it was Oh example of the
excellent work which is being done by
Professor Ballaseyus in the musical de-
partment of the university. The pro-
gramme Of the evening, which is printed
below, will be found to contain q very
high grade of music and In every seleo-
ton musical ability end evidences of
study were apparent. Among the sell
ections which particularly need special
mention were numbers 4, 8, II and IL.
Number 4, sung by the ladies' quar-
tette, which organization has already
grown famous in this section of the
country, was o song most exquisiteiy
rendered The ladies of the quartette
are Miss Laura Hurd, of VermllIion,
Miss Fannie Ayres, OF Vermillion, So
pranos; Miss Kathleen / evils, OF Sioux
City, Miss Katherine Meeker, OF YER
million, contraltos. These voices are
each distinguished for some peculiar
quality and when blended IN song the
melody is delicious. Mics Hurd has o
full and strong soprano, while Miss
Ayers voice, though lighter, ia very
sweet and wonderfully flexible. Miss
Lewis has a clear and wonderfully we'll
toned, medium contralto, while Miss
Meekef's voice is exceptionally deep and
OF great penetrating power. The quar-
tette furnished two of the evenings sell
e~ctioLs and were encored both times,
responding cheerfully to the first.
Number 9, a piano duet, rendered by
Miss Bessie Ayres and Miss Belle Fauss,
two very young ladies, IN point of exc
cution and Interpretation was sufficiently
good to excite much comment. The
piece, which is quite difficult, was we'll
done and loud and long applause fol-
lowed.
Number IL, rendered by Professor
Ballaseyus himself, wal an exhibition of
that gentleman's ability Oh q pianist,
and he played o second very pretty
shapsodie for an encore. With such o
teacher it is little wonder that the stu
dents of the musical department. of the
University are doing excellent work.
Number IL. a grand chorus from
Haydn's creation, was sung by some
fifty OF the students with inspiring re-
suits. Prof, Ballaseyus conducted.
The following is the programme of
the concert.
Piano Duet-Pe!onaie, op. 81. No. l.
Phi. Seharwenka. Misses Mamie Han.
son and Lettitia Jones.
Vocal-Wlth Verdure Clad-Aaydu.
| Miss Fannie Ayrer.
Piano-Promenade matinale-Godard.
Miss Belle Fauss.
Ladies' Quartette-Found = Osgood.
Misses Hurd, Ayres, Lewis and Meeker.
Pisno-Valse q Ia TyrolIenne-Raff.
Miss Bessie Ayres.
Ladies' Ohorus-The Water Nymph-
Reconsideration. Miss Katherine
Meeker.
Piano-In Waldo, OPP. SO. No. 3.-Hei-
Ter. Miss Kathleen Lewis.
Vocal Margaret at the SPINNING
Wheei-Sahuuert. Miss Laura Hurd.
Piano Duet-March miiitaire, op. 81,