The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-08

Mr.. Hughes dwelt briefly on tn,
beginning of this great nation III
to the present day; paying tribute
to the men of the hour in wei
chosen language, laying particular
stress on the acts and work &C
complished by our late governor
John A. johnson.
The regular program of sports
and athletic events was begun after
the exercises at the city hall had
been concluded. Particularly
amusing were the children's races
and contests. This feature of the
program is yearly enjoyed by the
younger people and more so by
their parents. AL children part
icipating in the events are given
prizes and it is safe to assume that
nearly a bushe1 of nicke1s and
dimes were distributed by the com
mittees.
Foot races, potatoe races and all
other manner of races and contests
interspersed by music, occupied
the attention of the vast throng un-
til the noon hour, The Finnish
horse contest furnished the on
lockers with much sport. One
after another the contestants
mounted the horse and promp,
thy knocked down by their
opponents. We did not catch the
names of those successful in cap
turing prizes but noticed that such
prominent citizens as And. Lahti,
Alderman Seraphine, M. Kangas-
neimi, Matt Ronka, Chas. Quigly,
Rich. Hodge, Adam Matilda
Harry Stein, and dozens of others
were numbered among the riders
and were unseated, some quickly
and others only after a hard battle
with the hay-flled sacks.
At one o'clock the High School
Band which furnished excellent
music all afternoon, escorted the
Ely Fire Department and the Du.
1uth Hammers base ball teams
to Athletic park followed by almos'
the entire populace.
Game was called at ITO by
Umpire ME-. Gleason and from
the start to the finnish was a snap
py exhibition of the National gam,
and a sharp contrast to the game o
the day before which seemed list.
less and lacked the ginger of Mon
days game.
The visitors went to bat first ano
were retired in one, two, three or
der. Seraphine who was on the
mound for Ely started the Duluth
boys off with three straight strike
outs in the first inning, duplicat.
ing this in the second. In the
third inning a double play on a fly
to Seraphine and from him to first
retired two men and the third
struck out. This made seven
strike-outs and two put-outs to the
credit of the pitcher in the first
three innings.
Ely was BANKED in the first in
ming, secured one in the second and
in the third, through a succession
of hits off Virgins the visiting
pitcher and a bunch of errors on
he part of his teammates, piled up
&, e runs. This made the score E
too. The score was unchanged
,,nti1 the seventh inning when
Clam, ,tti of the Ely team drove
out a ho me over the center
field fenc> : after two men were out.
This was {. ne of the cleanest hit S
ever recorde, | on the Ely grounds.
The HUM uers' were BANKED
until the seventh I inning when two
of their men or, ossed the rubber.
In the eighth three, were added and
Notwithstanding the heroric efforts
put forth by the visitors in the
ninth, none of the Hummers''
had a chance to hum over the home
plate and their score getting was
ended with fl We to their credit.
The Ely team scored once more
in the eighth, the score at the end
being 8 to 5 in favor of the Fire
Department. All of the boys play
ed ball all the time in Mondays
game and their adversaries were
not one whit behind. Seraphine
had 10 strike-outs to his creit i'll this