Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-07-09
som GOOD EVENTS

i0UMl UUUU EVENLY
| A Large Crowd Enjoyed
Themselves at Little
Falls This Year
Though the annlversary Of the
nations birth came on Sunday this
year and consequently could not pos
celebrated on that day, Little Falls did
itself proud in fittingly observing the
Fourth the next day, on Monday.
The day started out cloudy, but the
endeavors of our citizens finally won
the heart Of the weather man, who
cleared the sky for an ideal evening
for the fireworks, which, by the way,
were except ionally good and were
witnessed by very large crowd.
Large crowds arrived in the citv
early in the morning from the
country, and were augmented cnn-
siderably by each train that pulled
into the city during the morning. Tho
branch train brought IN its full
lquota from the branch towns. ana
besides these large number of people
came from BralneM and st. Cloud to
celebrate with us. It can ba truth
fully stated that this was one of the
finest Fourth of July celebrations ever
witnessed in this city. There was
not an idle moment from the time
the eagle first commenced to scream.
| to late that night. It was a thrilling
sight to see Frank Hall, with two
passengers IN his automobile, driving
at the speed of torty.6ve miles per
hour. The motorcycle race was also
q sc0rcher, Ed Schroeder winning
from his competitor by half block.
The sports commenced at 10 a.. M
and continued without Interruption
until the dinner hour. In the
hundred-yard dash Joe Dledrlch
surprised q large number, who did
not think him capable of speed. bv
making the hundred yards in eleven
seconds fiat, winning first prize The
marathon was run with nearly dozen
contestants, many of whom found that
for some reason or another they were
forced to drop out. 1t was witnessed
by thousands. Tommy Templeton,
Deli Batters and Joe Dledrich were
the biggest winners.
The hose race is the only event on
the program that did not material,ze.
this because of insufficient time to pet
in shape for 1t. ALI the other sports
proved excellent ones, and were
finished barely in time for the big
afternoon ball game, between Sc.
Cloud and Little Falls. This was an
excellet game and was witnessed hv
about 800 people. Another game IN
the evening between the same teams
was we'll attended. Shortly after
the last ball game, the fireworks were
put on on the east bank OF the river
near the bridge, which furnished
amusement until the time for the biz
dances The band furnished excellent
music throughout the day, and the
boys deserve much praise for the
manner in which they bore their
exhaustive work.
The baseball dance in the evening at
Elks hall was very well attended, and
the orchestra furnishing the music for
it came IN for rounds of applause and
praise. The dances in several of the
other halls were also well attended.
Ali those who spent the day with
as expressed themselves as very we'll
pleased with the entertainments.
The winners of the sports follow:
Three-legged race-Herbert and
Rex Muncy, first; Joe Diedrich and
Dell Batters, second.
Shoe race-Edward Dressler, first.
Frank Markle, second.
1O0-yard dash-J0e Dledrlch, first
Dell Batters, second. lime II seconds.
Boys 100-yard dash-McGivern
and Kingen tied for first, Otto
WINNER second
Potato race-Ben Wirwicki. first
Ed. Drossler, second.
Sack race-Harvey Ploof, first; A.
Field, second.
Bali throwing Yempleton,
first Joe Diedrich. second.
Marathon race-Dell Batters, first
Joe Diedrlch, second
Bicycle race-Mike Miller, first;
Geo. Gedney, second.
Standing broad jump-Henry
Meining, first; Dell Batters, second.
Hop, skip and jump Tommy
Templeton, first; Dell Batters, second.
Running high jump Tommy
Templeton, first; F. Ledahl. second.
Pole vaultng-Tle between S. r.
Fortier and Erwn Dumphy.
Tug-of-war-Leo Smiths team won
from Pike Creek.
Farmer hltching and unh1tchlng
horse race-W. NJ. Manbeck, first;
VIM. Russell, second.
Medium weight boxlng-A draw
between Alex Wlrwicki and 81. w.
Palmer.
Bantam weight boxing-O. Gibson
and Leo Bastien; draw.
Light weight wrestling Cleo.
Gravel won over Hiram Trebby in
two straight falls.
Automobile against time Frank
Hall-Speed forty.five miles an hour.
Motorcycle race--Ed. Schroeder,