The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-06-27
Albee's Gala Day

Was Gala Day Indeed, and Large
Crowd was on Hand and Heartily
Enjoyed the Celebration
Last Tuesday the people Of
Albee were out for JOY ride with
their farmer friends in the form
Of a "Gala Day celebration, and
they certainly had it, as it was
most successful one in every way
The weather was made for the
occasion, and great crowd of
farmers from the surrounding
country with large delegations
from the neighborlng towns were
present. Something like hun
dred Milbank people being down
to take in the sports and enjoy
the occasion. The Labolt Cornet
band of II pieces, under the
leadership of Prof. Miller, furn-
ished splendid music at every
opportunity during the day and
fully demonstrated that Labolt
has a musical organization Of
which it may be proud Of.
In the forenoon the ball game
between the Albee and Revillo
teams was the principal attrac-
ton, the Albee boys winning by
"the old free silver platform Is
to l.
At dinner the visitors were
well taken care Of, for in addition
to the regular accommodations
Of the town the Ladies Aid of the
Congregational church had made
special preparations for enter
tainment, the public hall being
turned into large dining room,
and very fine meals were served
to the hungry folks who crowded
to the tables.
Immediately after dinner the
street sports were started. The
first Of which on the program
was a Mems foot race 100 yds,
which was won by A. Heller 80
John Johnson second-$2.
Boys IS yard. race, 1st Frank
Bunting 81; 2nd Q. Humphrey
SOC.
Girls foot race SO yds, 1st Al
ma johnson 81; 2nd Lydia Lar
son, SOC
Ladies nail driving contest, 1st
Mrs. M. Schloesser 81; End Mrs.
S. A. Street, 81
Ladies ball throwing contest,
1st Dora Spanten, 81; Ind Ruth
Englund soc
Relay race was won by Heller
Olson Heller 81
Obstacle race, 1st Frank o.
Leary s.; Arthur koelle, 81
Three legged race, Heller and
johnson s.; Carlan and Cronin
81
Pie eating contest, 1st Tony
Schloesser ST; Sam Lowell 2nd 30
Ball game Milbank VS. Co. NJ.
Of the National Guards of Madi-
son, Mimi, for a purse Of $75
was won by Milbank. Promptly
on time both teams were on the
diamond and the game was on
No scores were made on either
side during the first four innings
although at times it looked as if
scores could be made, as in the
the fourth Madison had two men
on bases and no outs. It was
then 'sOur Boy Jack" made the
runner hold to the bases While
Port handed the batters one aft
the other inter r-changeable strike
outs-one-two.t three. In the last
half of the 5th with Milbank up,
Sutcliffe the first man took a
swat at the ball for two bagger
out in the left field, Port sent
liner too fast to be tielded pass
ed the pitcher and second base,
thus causing Sutcliffe to score.
Madison scoring in the 9th inning
Oppergaard got two base hit to
center, NJ. Berg knocked a liner
striking in front of the shortstop
and bounded over him scoring
Oppergaard. Milbank got their
famous "everybody hit EN- now
in the eighth and they surely did
hit him. Schneck going to 1st
on an error, then came MADEIRA
with two base hit scoring
Schneck, Sutcliffe beating an
intield grounder to 1st, with Ma
dera on third and Sutcliffe on sec
ond, and with Port to bat I'VE
should worry the first all
thrown Port sent it Whizzing
threw the air just out of reach of
the right fielder scoring MADEIRA
and Sutcliffe. Madison scored
in the 9th. The wind from the
south east favored both sides as
the Milbank boys caught 10 field
flies while Madison caught II.