The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-27
GIVEN A BIG WELCOME.
New Workers Royalty Entertain
the Champions From
the West.
PRESENT FROM THE VISITORS.
On the Whole the Verein Members
VIII Have a Remarkable
Rally.

NEW YORK, n. Y, June 26.-The first
delegation of sharpshooters to the first
National Schuetzenfest which will be
opened here next Saturday and continue
until July 8, arrived in this city to-day and
received royal welcome from the officers
OF the bund and the reception committee.
The delegates came from California. They
are the champions of the Pacific Coast and
were selected from the German-American
Schuetzen Association of the far Western
metropolis. With them were several
American rifemen with excellent records,
who will be joined later by other marks
men.
The California crack shots now here are
William Ehrenpfort, August Jungbluu, L.
Beude, +. B. Schuster, George Albers, Max
Schwab, III. NJ. Wreden, George Helm,
Adolph Strecker, Emil Bloedau, F. o.
Young and D. B. Faktor, the latter being
the vice-president of the San Francisco
Schuetzen Verein and acting captain of
the German-American delegation. Mr..
Young is a member of the San Francisco
Rife Club and will attempt to carry off
some of the prominent trophies.
The delegates arrived at the station of
the Central Railroad of New Jersey at 80
President William V. Weber of the bund
and the reception committee. The COM
mittee consisted of Otto Uehlein, chair
man; Fritz Baumat, Adolph Richter, Gus
Zimmerman, Herman Weber and Charles
F. Roedel. The delegates were provided
with carriages and driven to the Union
square Hotel. They will be CHARTERED
there during their stay in the city. A
special breakfast had been arranged for the
party. The menu card was headed ''Zum
Empfang der San Francisco Schuetzen-
Geselschaft," and read as follows: Conc
lette au Jambon, Filet mignon, au pomme
friete. Coffee and tea"
After good breakfast the guests rested
for several hours and after pariaking of
hearty and tempting dinner they were
driven to points of interests about the city
The com mittee took particular pains in
entertaining the Western guests and a
cordial welcome was extended them
wherever they went. At night they were
taken in carriages, accompanied by band,
to the he adquarters of the National
Schuetzenbund, II st. Marks place. They
were met with pyrotechics and many
cheers. Accompanying the delegation is
Miss Ehrenpfort, an ameteur marks
woman, who has won many prizes in
California.
The final meeting of the delegation of
the National Sch uetzenbund prior to the
festival took place tonight and was largely
attended. An unusually large amount of
business was speedily disposed OF, and all
the committees reported the outlook for a
successful tournament as exceedingly
bright. President William V. Weber an
nounced many additional valuable prizes
to the good list of honorary awards, and
his humorous remarks caused many peals
of laughter and frequently evoked ap-
plause,
The proceedings were interrupted by
the arrival of the California visitors, whose
approach to the headquarters caused vo-
ciferous outbursts of welcome. Under the
escort of Gus Zimmerman they entered the
hall, and were by him introduced to the
assembiage, when again tumultuous ap-
plause greeted them. After three hearty
cheers had been given, D. b. Fax
tor, acting captain of the visiting
delegation, thanked the Eastern sharp
shooters on behalf of his little band, and
also presented the bund with an honorary
prize from the California rifemen, which
consisted of gold brick bearing the stamp
of United States Assayer Selby. On the
face of the brick is engraved view of the
Golden Gate, below which is inscribed ::
Presented by the San Francisco Schuet-
zen Verein, San Francisco, CAL, 1885,
This valuable gift was received with
cheers and was gracefully accepted by
President Weber, who babe the guests well
come and proposed three more cheers
which were heartily given. All the dele
gates then laid aside business and devoted
themselves especially to the sharp
shooters from the West. So royalty
were the visitors cared for that several
committees, which had important bust
! ness to transact, were compelled to retire
to rooms in other parts of the building,
the main hall being speedily transformed
into room for iollifcation. Here the as
semblage INDUCED in genuine German
sociabillty for several hours.