Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-08-25
DEBORAH WINS
and LOSES
Won From Lawler Sunday and Lost
TO New Hampton Yesterday at
Elma by Score Of to 4
PLAY AT CRESCO
NEXT SUNDAY
Great Game Will be Staged and Big
Crowd OF Decorah Fans Will Go
Over to See the Game.

The biggest crowd of the baseball
zseason inside the fair grounds and
outside to hear the famous 16Sth
Inf. Band Of the Rainbow Division
give a concert and to witness the
ball game between Decorah and Law
Ter gathered here Sunday.
The gate receipts in the afternoon
amounted to nearly s1,100. Ths
tickets were one dollar. war tax in
cluded, and the program included
| the concert and the ball game. The
| band also gave a concert in the
evening at the fair grounds, which
was attended by good sized crowd.
and the receipts amounted to around
$3.50.
The concert was much enjoyed.
They played from 2 o'clock until
about $3.50. The band is made up
OF about 35 young soldiers and they
have fine baritone soloist with
them in the person of Mr.. Franklyn
Fox. The afternoon audience did
not have the pleasure of hearing him
as he refused to sing in the open.
the platform erected in front of the
grandstand where the band played,
not having a covering to keep out
the sun. Why this should affect
him We do not know, but it was a
disappointment to the audience that
he. did not sing, as long as he was
advertised to do so and sun or no
sun we think he should have appear
ed. He was on the program for the
evening concert, and delighted his
IcIdience. He is beautiful singer.
nas an excellent voice and apparently
fs1s no t.ouble IN pleasing the m ,st.
elstidious audience. The work of
he musicians was thoroughly enjoy
ed, and their program was varied.
swing most everybody little bit Of
Nst what they liked 1t was a good
orcert by a good band and they
lould haye no trouble drawing big
| Idiences everywhere
After the music subsidized Manager
Herwig announced the batteries OF
the ball game between Decorah and
Lawler. and the crack of bats and
the cry of the umpires seemed to
create more interst than the band.
| Lawler had for their battery Oscar
Heiser, of Spillville who was just out
of army service and has been a well
known pitcher for a number of years
His catcher was Frank Sullivan,
OF Burr Oak who was pressed in,
as LAWYERS regular man did not
show up. and "Sully caught a good
game too.
The Decorah battery was Joe
Tesar and Chief Meyer. Tesar is
from Wesca, Wis. and is the fellow
who started in for Cresco here fair
week and was taken out the first in
ming in that game. He pitched good
ball here Sunday and looks like a
good man. His catcher was Chief
Mevers of the Dubuque White Sox.
The game started off like regu-
lar ball game, but developed into 4
long drawn out affair, taking over
two hours to play the nine innings.
IIeiser, no doubt helped to prolong
the program, as it took him as long
to wind up as an eight day alarm
clock.
The scoring was started by Deco
rah in the third inning, Green the
first man up hit grounder to third
and it was fumbled, Green beating
it out to first. Weiser got a free
/ ticket, and Losen lined a hot one TO
Carpenter at second and he dropped
the pill and threw wild to first and
and Green scored, Weiser taking
third. Vaughn grounded to second
for an out at FIRST and Weiser scored
on the play Chief Meyer singled -
center and Losen started from frs
and made third started for home
but was run down by the thirit
seeker. Overacker struck out, ending
/ the frame. with two scores tucked
away.
In the fourth AIoller got a pass.
and Tesar sacrificed him TO second.
! McAloon went out, pitcher 10 first.
Green breezed up TO the plate and
lined out two base hit TO left,
scoring Moller. The rest We're easy
/ outs.
LaWler scored once in the fourth
inning. Budke fot a pass. Haus hit
Ia az TO Green in left, and he lost 4.
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