Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-08-30
THE CITY CELEBR ATEs
..Hospital Day" with Speech Making, Hose
Racing, and Various Athletic Sports.
A Large Crowd Attends.

A Large Crowd Attends.
"Hospital Day." as the day set apart
by the citizens of Hot Springs generally
for the laying of the corner stone of
Our Lady of Lourdes hospital has been
designated, was celebrated with athletic
sports and all the pomp and ceremony
usually attending the celebration of
a national holiday.
The enterprising citizens of Hot
Springs, particularly those composing
the Hospital Union, had taken hold
of the matter with characteristic ener
gy and enthusiasm, determined to
make the celebration success in every
way, and the size of the crowd, and
the evident enjoyment of all in the
various interestingievents of the day
was sufficient evidence that their
untiring efforts were not in vain.
The day, though warm. was pleasant,
and residents and visitors were early
astir, the ball game between Edgemont
and Custer, which was not on the
regular program of events for the day,
having been called for $50 o'clock
Monday morning. The final arrange
ments for the game were not completed
until Saturday, at which time it was
expected that the game would be
played on Sunday afternoon, but owing
to the late arrival of the b. Il NJ. train
from the north, bringing the Custer
team. the game was postponed until
Monday morning.
The game was generally conceded to
Edgemont from the beginning 10y those
who we're acquainted with both teams,
and consequently there was little bet
ting on the result The Edgemont
team, which is managed by Harry God
dard, is composed of muscular, we'll
seasoned, athletic young men, we'll
organized and thoroughly disciplined,
while the Custer team consisted for
the most part of boys not yet out of
their teens and evidently lacking in
the practice aud organization so neces-
sary for good work. They we're game,
though, and Notwithstanding many
obstacles and discouragements, played
plucky though Intellectual game
with their more sturdy and skillful
adversaries from the Mid. Republic
city. The interest in the game at the
close of the first inning, when the score
stood to 0 in favor of Custer, was in
tense. as the indications then were that
the Edgemont boys would have to
hustle for the SO purse, but the ele-
CANT string of goose eggs presented to
the Custer team with the compliments
of the Edgemont boys during the next
five innings, while the latter had placed
twenty to their own credit during that
time caused the spectators to loose
interest and the 'srooters'' to subside
There were few, if any, brilliant plays
worthy of special mention, and nc
double plays are recorded to the credit
of either team. G. A. Grippen of thi'
city, and DIR. Neumarker of Edgemon
umpired the game very satisfactorily
Following are the names and posi-
tions OF the players and the score b.
innings:
CUSTER EDGEMONT.
O'keefe pitcher Bell
Crouter catcher Tablitzer
Ross first base Boehne
Boland second base Highley
J.Courtney third base Webster
W.Courtney short stop Devann
Layton center field Falkner
Blacllney left field Snively
Kubler right field Standen
Edgemont o . 3 l 6 . 6 3 p
Custer D o o o o o l A
The events at the plunge bath house
attracted large crowd and we're inter
esting and some of them very amusing
In the gentlemen's swimming contes
at the Evans plunge there were 81
entries, j. r. Kennedy winning the frs
prize and Walter Frye second.
The raft race with Messrs. Strang
Pound and Daugherty on one side an
Messrs. Hart. Mum and Lorey on til
other, was spirited and afforded muc
amusement. The contestants were a
ON one raft and the contest was of til
'stug of war" sort-each team endeavo
ing to push the raft toward the side {
it's opponent. The contest was wo
by the Strange Pound -Daugherty ere
but it was by no means walk away.
Miss Minnehan, of Omaha, won I'll
ladies' race at the Evars plunge
which there we're four entries, Mi.
Hollie Moore taking second prize.
The first prize in the tub race at til
Evans plunge was won by Richar
Hunt, Walter Moore coming in secon
At the Mammoth Spring plunge til
gentlemen's race was won by j. 1
Kennedy, A. D. Lane taking secon
money; the tub race had four entri.
Fay Somarindyke winning the fir.
prize and Loomis Gull jr., secon
George Gull won the first prize in ii
children's swimming race, Mast
Klopp, of Lead, winning the second.
The formal exercises of laying I'll