Them was the good old days, in Davenport, Scott County Iowa . rful of a tinklin zither, and know the Tyrolean warblers had been visitin Turner hall or Claus Groth, and had started Al Fahmer, Billy Wagner, and a lota other boys raspin the zit. There was more rivalry between musicians then thanbetween soprano soloists in church choirs. If that aint spil-lin a mouthful, sport, come up and get your money. Theleadin bass drum artists—Gus Wilson of Restorffs Militaryband and Billy Carney of the Light Guard band—were deadlyrivals, and they fought a fierce duel one Saturday evenin atMoores hall before
Them was the good old days, in Davenport, Scott County Iowa . rful of a tinklin zither, and know the Tyrolean warblers had been visitin Turner hall or Claus Groth, and had started Al Fahmer, Billy Wagner, and a lota other boys raspin the zit. There was more rivalry between musicians then thanbetween soprano soloists in church choirs. If that aint spil-lin a mouthful, sport, come up and get your money. Theleadin bass drum artists—Gus Wilson of Restorffs Militaryband and Billy Carney of the Light Guard band—were deadlyrivals, and they fought a fierce duel one Saturday evenin atMoores hall before a packed house. Charlie Wesenberg wassecond for Gus, and Mike Ruefer acted for Billy, with ErnstOtto officiatin as referee,and Mike Goetsch as bot- .-^^tie-holder. The folks thatthink they aint no melodyin bass drum solo workis due for wisin up ontheir musical education. Nasty feelin existedbetween them star drum-mers, and the Carney fac-tion preferred charges against Wilson, claimin he manicuredhis finger nails and played guitar at weddins. The Wilson. 110 THEM WAS THE GOOD OLD DAYS bunch came back at Carney, sayin that besides his bein amoldcr at Donahues foundry he sawed bull fid at Fire Kingdances. A big hullabaloo was bein raised when the refereedeclared there was nothin in union rules against usin themkinda tools, and he ordered the drum soakers to get boys went through five fast rounds, and the refereedecided their combat work was fifty-fifty, and, while Wilsonshaded the molder on animato con furia, Carney had thestockfish boy faded on prestissimo vivacissimo, but that theandante passages were considerably scherzante el torro. Gussaid that sounded fair enough, as far ashe was concerned, and Billy invited theparty to the sulphur spring at Beattiesmill for a drag at the pump. Dago Joe with his harp was a sum-mer tourist. Joe was a real wiz with thathibernian instrument, and even if he didntknow a note from a receipt, he was kingof the fakirs and could tear
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