Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-06
Fourth of July Celebrated
Turnout the City In a
Quiet Manner
LOCALS WIN BALL GAME
Croweis Celebrate the Day at FinkIe's
Park, the Country Club and at Gun
Club shoot-Many visit Other Towns
Usual List of Accidents is Below
the Average.

The Fourth proved to be most I'M
eventful day in thi, city, and was prob
| tional holiday as could be imagined.
With nothing of unusual interest to
| keep them at horne, many spent the
/ day in the smaller towns of the county,
or visited friends and relatives else
where. The events planned by the
Fifty third band drew large crowd at
While many others spent a portion or
all 70 the day at the Country Club or
at the shoot given by the Marshall
Gun Club on its new grounds north of
the city. The day passed without a
single accident of a serious nature to
mar the pleasure of the noise makers.
the few that did occur being of little
consequence.
Many picnics had been planned. but
the heavy rain of the day previous SO
soaked the ground that number Of
these were postponed, or were held in
homes about the town. In the neigh
borhood OF 1000 people visited Finkle's
park in the afternoon where the Fifty
third band had arranged a series of
events and ball games for their amuse-
ment. Owing to the rainfall ali the
track events were called off. and many
of those who were not interested in the
national game, passed away the time
on the board floor of the bowery dance
platform, or rode the horses in the
merry go-round outside the grand
stand. The latter two forms of amuse-
ment also drew crowds Il, the fair
grounds during the evening, where, as
an added attraction, the band gave a
concert.
Locals Outclass Boone.
The local nine. strengthened by
Charles Doe. of Grinnell who in re-
cent years has pitched for both Grin
nell College and the state university,
outclassed the Boone aggregation to
such an extent that the game proved
decidedly uninteresting. The final
score was Is to 3, which does not rep-
resent the relative merits Of the team
as the visitors should have been re-
tired without run. They were COM
at not stage of the game. able to con-
meet effectively with his benders. Dur
ing the nine innings he was hit but
twice for safe ones, neither of which
should have scored. Up to the ninth
inning the visitors had not reached an
easy shouting distance from the home
plate, but at their last turn at the
bat were allowed TO put three men over
on errors.
The local nine has material that gives
promise. with a little more practice of
putting up good article of ball. The
contest was not sufficiently close to get
them on their mettle, however, altho
they played a fair game. The fifteen
| runs made were gathered at will, as
| they scored in all but three of the nine
| innings. The ground was heavy in spots
which was responsible, to a large eX-
tent, for the several errors, that were
/ charged to them. Below Is the makeup
| of the mines: Marshalltown: Sails
bury, catch; Doe, pitch; Maxwell. first
base: Scott, second base; Gichrist,
| third base; Kent, short; Cook, left
| field; Darling, center field Kirk, right
| field. Boone: Bring, catch; Bricker,
catch; Philips, short; Booth, first base:
Dujatt, second base Moorehouse. third
base: Haggns, left field; Higgins,
center field and Cranson, right field.
Postal Clerks Beat Grocers.
! A six inning game between the en-
| ployes of the postoffiec, and Let's
Fletcher Company, held the attention Of
the crowd early in the afternoon. The
wholesalers proved easy for the gov
eminent men, the latter winning by
the score of to 4. Sheets was in the
box for Uncle Sans employees, and
proved too much of a puzzle for the
grocerymen. Sharper fielding on the
part of the winners helped things along,
for 1t was only during the first inning
that the grocers were able to score. The
postoffice aggregation scored in each of
their first four turns at the bat, and
were able to hit McCreary with con-
siderable regularity. The personnel Of
the mines were: Postoffice, Scott,
catch; Sheets, pitch; Anderson, short:
Giddings, first; Scott, second; Fanton,
third; Moerhl, left field; Rails, center
field, and Hawley. rightfield. Let's
Fletcher, Russell, catch; McCreary.
pitch; Cooper, first; Let's. second;
Smith. third; Cheshire, left field; Mill
tl' SSAtSA AASib, SaiiN SCi6 SiCi, LIS AZ
field.
The Day at tho Country Club.
A large percentage Of the members of
the Country Club spent portion or
all of the day at the. club house or on
the grounds. A number took with them
their dinners and going in the forenoon
remained until evening. The crowd did
not begin to assemble, however, until
after dinner, when the sport really be-
gan. Two ball games, one for the ladies
and the other for the gentlemen, We're
arranged, and furnished considerable
amusement for the spectators. While
there had been no games of golf plan
ned, quite few of the lovers of that
sport went the rounds of the holes
Tennis and croquet furnished pastime
for still others. In the evening the
club house was turned over to the
dancers, and until late hour the time
was spent most pleasantly. Fireworks
We're sent up from the club house ver-
anda.
Invitation Shoot Success.
The formal dedication of the new
grounds of the Marshalltown Gun Club
was a great success, and proved an at
traction for many of the local wing
shots and spectators.
The days program consisted of the