Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-10-07
MONSTER CROWD VIEWS
THE BASE BALL PARADE


No evidences have been lacking of
late TO prove that base ball has taken
deep root in Danville. 1t remained,
however, for the parade, Saturday
night, following on the heels of the
rousing demonstration attending the
raising of the pennant, to establish
beyond all doubt or denial the full
breadth and depth of the enthusiasm
pertaining to the national game that
has laid hold of the people regardless
of age, rank or calling
That the demonstration had the
moral support of the public was evid-
enced by the noisy throngs on the
streets. The whole town seemed to
have turned out en- masse. 1t was the
usual Saturday night crowd augment
ed tenfold BY Z 80 O'Clock the side
walks were overflowing and persons
who were desirous of moving from one
point to another with celebrity were
| obliged to take the middle of the
street At that early hour red light
began to burn while COW bells, and
horns mingled with shouts conveyed
some idea of what was to follow.
The first real demonstration occurred
when the O'Clock trolley car arrived
from Bloomsbury and the Catawissa
band alighted. In blaze of red light
and with tumultuous throngs flank and
rear the band marched to Market street
whore the Mechanicsville band was
waiting and where the parade was to
! form.
1t was about S:30 O'Clock when the
| parade moved. The scene that was
presented as the column swept down
Mill street has had few parallels in the
/ history of Danville The long street
/ from end to end seemed enveloped in
one continuous blaze of red light ;
scores of rockets were exploding in the
! air while the horns and the COW bells
well, they simply did their worst.
a word as to the line of march.
First came the Danville police force
Chief of Police Mincemoyer and
officer J. G.. Voris accompanied by
Constable W. L. Young. Immediately
following were Chief Marshal Edward
German, President of the Susquehanna
League W. L. McCullum and Aide
Samuel Rebman. At this point lead
! ing the main column came the stars
and stripes-the beautiful flag of Good
rich Post No. %, G.. A. R.-borne by
| Samuel Lunger, member of the post
and the veteran of many battles. The
Catawissa band followed, whose spirit
ed music inspired vigorous quick
step.
! About midway i'll the first division
came the league pennant born proudly
aloft by Albert Bookmiller. Then fol-
lowed "Our Team" Tube wroks ball
team and supporters. In the first div
ision were several banners on one of
which was emblazoned the legend !:
"The Team With the Perfect Record. -
On another the Tube Works team pro-
claimed its honorable record as fol-
lows "Tubers Won Two; Lost O.
Percentage 1000. - The latter banner
was carried by Earl zimmerman and
Fred Rupp.
The second division, headed by W.
A. Sechler, John Cruikshank and James
Ryan, marched to the music of the
Mechanicsville band. After the band
the stove works team and supporters
the smoke shop the White Horse
and the Riverside teams followed in
order. In this division banner borne
by the Stove Works team, hurling a
bold challenge to the Tubers attracted
attention. The banner, which was car
ried by Arthur Walker, manager, and
Gus Lehman, captain, read as follows :
"Tubers:-Met Us at AthleticsPark
in 1910. Nuf Sed. Stove Works. "
The interesting procession moved
down Mill street to Chambers street
where it countermarched to the river
bridge.