Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-07-10

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the base running. The game was adj
vertised to commence at 3 80 o'clock,
but it was delayed until the arrival
of the afternoon train, which brought
a crowd of rooters from Calmar. Deily
had been injured IN game between
Calmar and Lawler a few days before
and could not pitch, so he was al
lowed to umpire and Tommy Ander-
son pitched Nygaard pitched foI
Decorah. In the first inning Decorah
secured one score. and the game was
nip and tuck until the seventh, when
Calmar by fast work got three scores.
No more scores were made by either
side until the last half of the ninth,
WI en- Anderson gave out and with
three men on bases, Hjelle swung
hard and made a hit past the first
base man, way inside of the foul line,
which struck the ground at least
twenty feet inside the foul line, then
bounded further in and struck the
crowd watching the game. The
Decorah men on bases ran around to
home plate, Hjelle as well as the
others, before the ball was fielded
Deily called it a fair ball and on
ground rules gave the men only two
bases, sending Hjelle back to second
and the man who was ON first to
third. Then howl went up from
Ualmar that would put a Comanche
Indian war-whoop to shame, and
Deily, seeing a chance to steal the
game for Calmar and knowing well
what the Calmar sports (?) would do
to him if he didn't, turned turtle,
called it foul. and ordered them to
"play ball." 1t was the cleanest
case of "steal" we have ever seen.
A dozen men OF unquestionable
character and truthfulness are willing
to swear that it was fair ball with
out room for doubt, and it was so ad-
mitted by Calmar men who stood
close to where it dropped. Neverthe-
less Deily. after once changing his
decision, still called it foul, and in
five minutes called the game, 9 to
for Calmar. The rules call for fifteen
minutes to clear the field when a
crowd gets on the diamond. we under
stand. Pandimonium reigned supreme
for some time. the whole crowd was
supremely disgusted, and Deily is
stamped as traitor OF the lowest
type. If Deeorah plays another game
with the Calmar team this season we
hope that they will be skinned to a
finish.
The display of fireworks at night
lasted for three hours and was wit
messed by a large crowd of people
who packed the court house square
and the adjacent streets. The display
was elaborate and very beautiful. and
was made without accident or injury.
The porters in number of New
York hotels struck recently for regular
wages and the retention of tips they
receive. 1t seems that porters who
are supposed to represent hotels in
serving the public are not employed
by the hotels at all, but by some in
dividual who is head porter, to whom
is given all the tips that the porters
receive and who pays them. The
public, in addition to paying high
rate per day for the service OF the
hotel, is expected to renumerate the
employees of the hotel. The tipping
business has become nuisance and
an injustice to the travelling public.
1t is to be hoped that some way may
yet be found by which the public may
be relieved Of this burden. and hotels,
sleeping car companies. and other en-
ployers of labor serving the public
will pay their employees regular
and living salary, and not impose this
additional burden upon the public.
Northwestern Christian Advocate.
W. c. Adams. Honored by Secretaryship.
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