Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-07
DAY DULY OBSERVED.
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Citizens and Laborers Turn Out
in GoodIy Numbers and Cele.
brate Labor Day. -

Labor Day, the day set aside for
the toilers' recreation and enjoyment,
was duly observed in Willmar. The
weather was threatening during the
entire forenoon, occasional showers
trying to spoil all arrangements, but
when the time for the program came,
the sun succeeded in breaking through
the heavy clouds, thereby putting the
celebrators in most happy and joy:
full mood. s' "
At two O'Clock the reorganized brass
band discoursed music near the Merch-
ants hotel, after wich they marched to
the city park, where the program OF
the day was carried out. After few
musical numbers by the band the
speakers of the day, Prof. H. S. Hill
leboe, Hon. L. o. Thorpe and Thos.
A. Hickey, q labor leader of New
York City, were Introduced by Eman.
uel Christensen, the chairman of the
Labor Day committee. Space will
not permit US to give any extracrs
from the speeches made. Suffice to
say that the speakers discussed the Ia
bor problems of today as we'll as the
relation between capital and labor in
q most able and effective manner and
the audience showed their apprecia-
tion by hearty applause.
Then came the physical exercises in
the shape of ball game between Kan
diyohi and Willmar. 1t is hardly
fair to say Kandiyohi, for that team
was made up chiefly. of Willmarites
but inasmuch as the battery was from
the town referred to we feel justified in
calling the team by that name. And
the game was good one too. Holm.
berg proved q more effective pitcher
than Booth, who was q trifle wild, but
neither allowed many hits. 1t was
mostly case of goose eggs and both
sides worked hard to fill the case full
of them. There were q number of very
exciting plays made and the way some
of the old-time baseball players han.
died the ball proved that they had not
yet forgotten how. Both sides were
comp aratively weak at the bat and
some of the players were altogether
unable to locate the Whereabouts o1
the. leather-oovered gloibse,. 5.; 60 s
After many hair raising Incidents
the contestants arrived at the closing
chapter. Each side had one lone score
to their credit and it looked as II there
were no chances of making any more
Kandiyohi opened the ninth inning by
making q score and with two men on
bases and one out it looked dark for
Willmar but happily the next two men
up "fanued."
To all appearances, however, Kan
diyohi had the game "cinched" by q
score of 2 to l. But then came Will.
mars last half of the last inning. In
q short time two men were counted
out, while Person and Booth were oc-
cupying second and third base re.
spectively, anxiously awaiting an op-
portunity to score. And the oppor-
tunity came. The next man to bat
was Mason Spicer. Alter he had
taken of his "plug" and shed his ci.
gar he picked up q bat and faced the
pitcher with look of grim determine
tit on his countenance. Just to test
the bat he fouled the first ball, but the
second one he caught square on the
nose, sending it into an unguarded
spot in the left field. Before 1t could
be recovered Booth and Person crossed
the home plate and the day was won
by the score of 2 to 3. Willmar's
honor in the baseball world had been
saved in the eleventh hour and every
Willmarite cheered till he ''could no
more"
All thro ough the Labor Day program
was both interesting and enjoyable
and We hope rext year will find Will
mar making still greater preparations
for this national holiday. ----