Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-07-08

looked as Il the home team would be
badly beat ten. butt they. recovered
and rave the visitors severe drub.
hing through each OF the remaining
Ave innings.
Ed Ferrill was in the box for the
home team, and although he was
wild and ineffective in tue start he
finished in lime form, and was the
greatest mystery tho st. Cloud boys
ever encountered. The home team
has great confidence In their pitcher,
and as he went into the box with q
lame arm they were somewhat dis
couraged. but as he improved SO did
his support, and the entire team was
playing a snappy and brilliant game
at the close, that would have de-
ieat~d a stronger aggregation than
the St., Cloud team.
The st. Cloud team. OF course. lay
their defeat to the umpire, hut the
fact ia, their pitcher lost speed and
and was an easy marx Tor
the home team after the fourth In
ming. George Graham. of this city,
acted as umpire, and no one could
say that he did not aim to be fair.
He made several mistakes In giving
but they were as costly to
the home team as to the visitors.
He thoroughly understands the rules
and made every decision "stick.'
ding many bluffs by
burly St. Cloud man who was not In
the game.
Our entire team. and especially the
battery, deserve great credit for the
article of hall playing put up by
them, and if the same team could be
kept together for few more years
they would undoubtedly defeat any
amateur club in the state.
- The band and drum corps sum-
moned the large crowd. to the river
bank Immediately after supper.
where the aquatic sports were held,
followed by the sham battle between
the American warship and MORO
castle and the fireworks display.
The sports ON the river consisted Of
log rolling contests, swimming races.
etc. "a list of the winners of which we
were unable to secure. At the con-
clusion of the sports the sham battle
took place aud it was indeed a grand
sight. On the high ground north OF
Broadway near the river bank was
situated MORO Castle. From it's
sides long pieces of iron pipes pro-
trnded representing guns of different
calibre, and the castle, itself, built by
W. B. Jones, w. H. Denney and Eu
gene Laird and painted by c. H.
Vining, was indeed formidable
looking structure. The battle ship
was built on wheels and was prop
ei]ed by several men underneath It..
1t came down Broadway to attack
the Castle just about 8 O'Clock when
it was quite dark, and the battle be-
gan. For about half an hour a
vigorous fire of Roman candles was
carried on by both sides, the dark
ness lending great brillancy to the
scene. As was the case in the actual
warfare the American gunnery was
the superior, the fort being hit sew
eral times. without apparent dam
age to the battleship, and a mighty
cheer went up through the crowd
when the castle burst out in flames.
One thing not on the program was
explosion of the battleship's maya
zine. The fireworks underneath
caught fire, and it was necessary to
overturn the ship to save the boat
and the wagon on which it, was
built.
A brilliant display Of fireworks
followed the sham battle. after which
the young people went to the Gross
opera house to enjoy the dance, and
the older ones went home to get
some much needed rest.
Great credit is due to the general
for it's plans, for the cele-
bratiOn was without doubt the
grandest ever held in this city. and
brought the largest crowd ever seen
in the city.
TO I. l.. Warren and the other
marshals is due great credit. also,
for their management of the parade,
and, in fact, all the subcommittee
done their work in u manner that
did not possibly be criticised.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS