The New era-leader. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1911-1912, 1911-06-16
WAGNER BAND AND BASE BALI.
TENN RETURN FROM THREE
DAYS ENG AG EMENT AT
YANKTON

east last night brought the Wagner
band and the ball team from Yankton
where they had been to fill a three.
days engagement during the Golden
Anniversary week celebration in that
city. The boys were tired, but well
pleased with tn success they had in
pleasing the people at the Cement
'.City.
The two organizations went down on
the Tuesday morning passenger. ac-
lcompanied by a large delegation. both
from w agner and the entire Platte
line. The ball team was to have
played the Cuban Giants that day, but
for some reason the dusky gentlemen
Ibid not show up. A Sioux City fan
heard to remark that the reason they
did not come was because they heard
they were matched against the Wsg-
ner bunch and Wagner is n oteG for
getting what they go after, and they
igot "cold feet" Our bows went into
the game that afternoon against the
Yankton College nine, who had some
of the Tabor and Gayville players
The game was rather a loose one, but
was exciting. as it was anyone's game
up to the time the last and was put
out in the last SESSION. Yankton won
by a score of 8 to z. The w agner
boys went against the fast Viborg
nine on Wednesday, defeating them
ID to nine. This game was cinched
by Wagn er in the third session and in
the fifth the boys put it away for good.
The score up to the last inning was Ia
to S, b ut the Toys played a little
horse in th at session. letting their
opponents run in four scores
The Wagner band made a decided
hit with the crowd and the manage
ment of the celebration. They were
engaged for only two days, but after
their appearance there was nothing in
Yankton too good for them. and as a
consequence the committee demanded
that they remain another day, which
they did. 1t must be remembered
that nearly one-half of the band boys
are little fellows ranging from 8 to IL
years of age, and those interested
took occasion to get around these
small boys to find whether they were
really playing the music, and they
were delivering the goods in such nice
big chunks that the m~anagerN was
forced to put a guard over them
when they were off d my to keep the
crowd whose ent husiasm was running
high from kidnapping them. The
Iba.d as q whole did adm irably well
/ always being right on the dot at the
appointed hour and the conduct of all
was of the kind that is found only
among gentlemen Prof Lake has a
fright to feel proud of the fruits born
Iby the past years work the has done
with the Wagner band as men of his
profession are very few who ca show
the results he has secured here in the
short time he has been the instructor
of the band. 1t is a very great pleas
lure to him to see the boys many of
whom have been playing only a short
year, go out and fill an engagement
Hike the one at Yankton, playing like
lprofesonal, acting like professionals anG
conducting themselves in a manner
beyond reproach. On the other hand
!. the band b oys are just as proud Of
their instructor. He is held in thu
highest esteem BY them all and is
loved almost as a father by the little
boys.
The celebration, or rather old set
3 tiers picnic, which the Old Settler,
dissertation of Yankton county are
conducting this week at Yankton is
being enjoyed by q large crowd. 1
I is not as a carnival or anything OF
that order, and street attract ms sucI
as put on by carnivals companies ar
: mot in evidence but there are many
i good shows, entertainments at tn,
college. dances and things of that kin,
! for those who care for them while tn,
: Fourth Regimental band of Water
town have been there the entire week
Wager was there with the larges,
!. delegation of any one town, while tb
A Platte line, which was the only lin.
running into Yankton that did not hav
/ excursion trains. furnished the larges
! per cent of the visitors during tn
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