The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1898-06-01

PETIToRs.
Field day at Hartford last Saturday
was success, but owing to the weather
few of the sports could not be carried
out. South Haven secured I first, =
second and 6 third prizes, ll6 points;
Bangor | first, seconds and 2 thirds, AZ
points: Lawrence | second and 3 thirds
% points: Lawton 3 first and | second,
80 points: Paw Paw seconds, 81 points;
Decatur first, second and l third, %
points. Following are the events and
results:
100 yard running race, II. Mitchell of
South Haven first, w. j. Warner of Paw
Paw second, G. Parks of Lawrence third;
time II seconds.
Half mile bicycle race, A. More of
South Haven first, c. DeHaven of Ban
gor second, II. Mitchell of South Haven
third: time LII.
Running broad Jump. b. Tillou of
Lawton first, 1872 feet; c. Cummings of
Paw Paw second, us feet; G. Parks of
Lawrence third, 173 feet.
800 yard run, G. Ross of South Haven
first, W. j. Warner of Paw Paw second,
w. Hamilton of Bangor third: time 26
seconds.
Running high kick, f.. Ross of Bangor
first b. Grimes of Bangor second and
l.. Clement of South Haven third. The
highest kick was feet 80 inches.
One mile bicycle race, f. Jewett of De
catur first, A. More of South Haven
second III. Mitchellof South Haven third ;
time POI.
40 yard hurdle race, G. Ross Of South
Haven first, w. Hamilton of Bangor sec
ond and w. Webster of South Haven
third: time 20 ID seconds.
After the hurdle race the crowds ad-
journed to dinner, which was hard to
find.
In the afternoon, the sports were con
tinued on the base ball grounds. The
first was the hammer throwing, which
was considered by some of the schools
unfair, as the hammer was nothing more
nor less than an Is pound ball and chain
with a handle on the end. The contest
resulted as follows: H. Barner of South
w
South Haven second, SO feet c. Parks of
Lawrence third, 81 feet.
Hop, step and Jump, b. Tillou of Law
ton first, II feet; c. Cummings of Paw
Paw second, 38.9 feet; NJ Dunkelberger of
South Haven third 1854 feet.
Running high Jump, NJ. Dunkelberger
of South Haven first, 4.S feet: G. Parks
g 4 A &c
South Haven third. 80 feet.
Pole vaulting, H. Barner of South
Haven first and b. Tillou of Lawton
second
Next was the ball game, which failed to
materialize on account of Prof. Sage of
Decatur entering a protest The pro
test was that the last game between Paw
Paw and Decatur high schools was un-
fair. Bangor and Paw Paw had played
one inning when they were compelled to
stop. The Paw Paw boys would not play
Decatur, because they had defeated them
twice out of three times, in the last game
playing against 9 men and ! umpire.
After the crowd had become settled
down from the ball game question the
sports continued;
Throwing base ball, b. Tillou of Law
ton first, +. Powers of Decatur second
G. Conway of Decatur third.
Throwing shot, l.. Wheeler of South
Haven first, c. Parks of Lawrence sec
ond and w. J. Erkenbeck of Lawton
third. This completed the sports for
the day.
The following events appeared on the
program, but were omitted: Mile relay
race, tennis single, tennis double, tug of
war, p mile run, 220 yard hurdle race,
40 yard run. There were about 1000
people on the grounds. Following are
the schools that took part in the sports
with their colors
Paw Paw, red, white and blue
Decatur, yellow and blue.
Bangor, red and green.
Lawrence, purple and white.
Lawton, green and pink.
South Haven, purple and gold.