The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-02
O'NEiLL CROWD.
ENTHUSlA
About Eighty als>ors Accompane,
Their Ball e, to Town.

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About Eighty q. 2>ors Accompanied
Their Ball p to Town.
ONeill did the thing up Brown. Ac-
Comparing the baseball team from
the Holt county sect were some eighty
representative citizens, who cheered
enthr" ,astically beth for their baseball
favor ties and for O'Neill White Wings,
one of the fastest horses entered in
the days racing. Among the delega-
ton were about twenty-five women,
Including number of young ladies
who punctu9ted the afternoon with
very clever original songs, composed
and rendered particularly for the oc-
casiCn.
| Among the O'Neill delegation were:
Sanford Parker, receiver of the United
States lend Office at O'Neill and man
ager CT the bal, bill team; S. w.
Green of Ewino a druggist at that
place and representative from Holt
county in the lact years legislature;
Lou Tromnei chaucer, a prominent
banker from EHirg; Tom Enright NJ
F. O'Kirwir. T. p. Mcfarland, Jack
McKepna, owner of Shady O'Neill, a
starter in Fridays races w. T. Ev-
ans lgrdlord of the Evans hotel at
lO'Neill and his daughter, Miss Ruth
Evans; ]. A. Mann, DR.. Berry, MI and
Mrs. ]. B. Mollo-, K. w. Edwards, G..
H. CTonin of the Frontier, and son
Julius; T. V. Golden, Miss McMsnus,
MessTs Ryan and Morrison; a chorus
corsi5ting Of Misses Evans, Morrow,
|O'Fallon, Campbell, Wilson, Mccarthy,
ella k, ard Mrs. Cliff.
The O'Neill young women sang at
Appropriate times their several catchy
sorgs. For Instance in the first heat
of the days first race, when O'Neill
White Wings, racer born and trained
at O'Neill, was in some danger of los
ing the heat, the chorus Of pretty voic-
es struck up ard cor tinued until
IO'Neill White Wings had won in a
glorious finish:
"ONeill Whitewings, O'Neill White
wings, O'Ncill Whitewings, O'Neill
Whitewings, O'Neill Whitewings,
ONeill Whitcwirg1, ONeill White
wings-Here's to you'll"
The chorus then made a hit with
the judges by singing similar sere-
made to those Officials
During the ball game the O'Neill
girls sang this to the tune of Every
body Works But Father"
Everybody plays ball in Norfolk
But the Pilger men;
|, They stand round on bases
Chewing their Yucatan.
=. Their catcher takes in fouls
/, While they're On the roost.
Why don't you get a gang like
i O'Neill?
They boost, boost, boost.
At another interval the O'Neill girls
sang this:
: Mine eyes have seen the glory
That our boys will win today
Our team is pushing onward
. For it's the very best they play.
, The Pilger fans will tumble down
. Before their bright array.
Our team is marching on.
! Glory glory, hallelujah,
Say just watch the Irish do you.
: Glory glory, halleluiah,
: Our team is marching on.
/, Another of their songs was this:
Good bye old Pilgerites,
: Farewell to you.
l O'Neill will get your scalps,
2 She's your hoodoo.
5 Pakenshnew will win this game
/ Pilger will fall.
Y You can make a great big bluff,
But you can't play ball.
After the game had ended little
crowd of jolliers got out on the dia
mond and sang parody on the O'Neill
chorus work. The crowd were: How
ard Beymer, j. c. Eccles, Harry Burr
: Billy Beck, Paul Lincrode, John Koer
D Der, Irving Walling. They sang:
Gust ball game, just ball game
just ball game-thats ALL"
> Then: Just shut-out," and "TwC
to nothing" in turn. The incident
caused much amusement.
'' Spokes From the SuIkles.
Among the visitors at Thursday's
i races from Stanton were: Albert Pill