Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-07-10
"A fine CELEBRATION
Commercial Club of Decorah is to be
Congratulated on the Suc-
cess of July 4th.
AL. PALZER MAKES BIG HIT.
Immense Crowd Entertained i'm
Grand Style-EverybOdy Was
More Than Satisfied.

The big 1912 Fourth of July ceIe-
Dration held in Decorah this year
is now matter of history and it will
go down as one of the very best cell
ebrations ever held here. The day
dawned bright and clear, and altho'
the clouds threatened once, no rain
fell.
The immense crowd in attendance
began to arrive early in the morn
ing, and by 1880, when the Milwau-
kee pulled ii with the worlds white
heavyweight champion-Al Palzer-
on board, the city filled up rapidly.
as all the coaches were packed. Pal
zer was given great reception at
the depot, being met by Mayor Daub-
hey and Ben Bear with the latter's
automobile. Ed. RosSiey accom-
led Palzer from New York, and the
party We're all photographed at the
depot, the band played and three
cheers were given for Palzer
The morning was taken up with
the parade and speaking. The pa
rade was long one and good one,
too. The Decorah and West Union
fire departments, the Winneshiek
County Sangerforbuad, Merchants
Band and the Drum Corps, the little
Indians, and many other features
went to make up a fine parade. Af-
ter marching through some of the
principal streets the parade halted at
the court house, where Mayor Daub-
ney delivered the address of well
come, in his usual happy manner.
Rev. Willett said the invocation The
gerforbund sang America" and
the speaker of the day, Attorney w.
B. Ingersoll of Oelwein, was intro
duced and delivered speech that
will linger long in the memory of the
hearers. He is fine talker and held
the attention of the audience every
minute.
The afternoon was taken up with
street sports of all kinds, base ball,
dances, etc.
The sack race resulted, Altman,
1st; Rosenthal, I'd; Olson, 3d.; Wick
4th.
Potato Race-Bickford, 1st; Nor
riss, Ind; Wicket. Sd.
Creased Pig-Otis Aim.
Bicycle RaceTGeo. Baker, 1st;
Robt. Hargreaves, 3D. Allen Bailey,
3rd.
100 Yard Dash-Guy Thayer, 1st;
Manley Aim and Jamie Croft, tied.
Motor Cycle Race-Munson, 1st;
Loftsgaan, I'd; Grinna, Sd.
1rotting Race-Louie r 1-2-1. Lou
Burton, 2-1-2.
Running Race-Beulah Woods, L;
Dick, I'd, Evalon, Sd, Buster, 4th.
BASE BALL.
Oae of the most important attrac-
tions OF the days events was the big
ball game between Calmar and De-
corah. The crowd that assembled
at the fair grounds had the Johnson
Flynn championship fight faded. and
we'll it should, for in the first place,
we had the worlds white heavy
weight champion pugilist--Mr. Al.
Palzer-with us and he pitched the
first ball over the plate, Hulburt OF
Calmar swinging at it. making
foul Palzer made big hit and was
roundly cheered by the big crowd,
and he was one of the most interes-
ted fans on the grounds.
Then too, another star was in the
game, Sig. Rogue, playing third un-
til the fifth when he relieved Riggs
who started the game in the pitch
er's box The fans were all deligh-
ted to see sig. back into the game.
Calmar had Heiser, ST. Joseph
college pitcher in the box-in fact
he is Sam Collins favorite-but at
that, he didn't fill the bill.
The first two innings found both
teams sparring for an opening, with
no blood she'd The fans were all
on edge, and the Republican and
Democratb conventions. which occu-
pied the stage just previously. were
all forgotten. !. 1t was base ball ts~y
wanted and the size of the crowd
and the enthusiasm displayed dem
onstrated that the national past-time
is the real thing.
In the second inning the fireworks
were touched off and when the smoke
cleared away Decorah had three tall
lies to the good and Calmar one.
Schmidt for the visitors got pass
and Heiser struck out. Becker then
singled to left. advancing Schmidt to
third and himself to second. HUI
burt flied out to Bernatz and Marion
singled to right. scoring Schmidt.
J. Uher famed the atmosphere, end
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