The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1908-06-12
Weather Ideal, Large Crowd
Present and Contests
Were all Spirited.
PAW PAW WON ALL THE HON0RS
Captured the Track Cup, Relay
Cup and Base Ball Cup.
No Records Broken.

Last Saturday was county Field day,
and it certainly was red letter day for
Paw Paw Nothing happened through
out the day to mar the pleasure of the
occasion. The weather man was on his
good behavior, and it was an ideal day
for athletic contests. The crowds of
people began to arrive early and by
noon the streets were lined with enthu-
siastic men, women, boys and girls, and
the colors of the various schools of the
county were floating in endless profu-
sion. 1t was good natured crowd and
the best of harmony and good feeling
prevailed throughout the day.
The Bloomingdale band furnished mu-
sic, and to say that they gave excellent
satisfaction is putting it mildly The
Bloomingdale boys are always favorites
in Paw Paw and their music Saturday
was better than ever. In the evening a
platform was erected in the street on the
four corners by the Dyckman house and
the band gave high class concert,
which was thoroughly appreciated by the
large number of people who came to en-
JOY it.
Coach Spaulding of the Western state
normal acted as referee for all the
events and his work gave universal sat-
isfaction. The track events did not
start as early as was intended on ac-
count of the late arrival of the boys
from Bangor, but the contests were all
finished in good time.
Paw Paw carried off the hcnors, win
ming the relay cup, the track cup and
the base ball cup. The contest for the
track cup was close, Paw Paw winning
over Bangor by only three points, while
the result was in doubt until the last
event was finished.
The interest was largely centered in
the base ball game between Lawrence
and Paw Paw, and when the game was
called, it seemed as though every con-
ceivable space in the park was occupied.
About 1000 people passed through
the gates. The loyal Lawrence fans
we're all present and!the roofing would
indicate that the CROWD was about
equally divided in their support of the
two teams
Both teams went on the field equally
confident of winning and it was a fight
to the finish. PawiPaw scored first and
had four men across the rubber before
Lawrence got into the game. In the
sixth, however, Wilcox lost a.fy in GEN.
ter field and Lawrence,scoredithree runs.
They repeated the performance in the
eighth when Sanborn'sl hot liner got
away from Dodge.in the rightffield. The
score then stood 6 to in favor. of Law
renee, and the visiting enthusiasts went
wild with excitement. The game was
not yet over, however, and it was Paw
Paws turn to yell themselvesE Ehoarse in
the last half of the eighth. when Long
we'll hit for three bases land two men
had crossed the plate, and the fleet
footed catcher rested on third A hit by
the next man up scored .Longwell and
Paw Paw was onesin the lead. Sar born,
who had pitched Ia fine lgame fer the
visitors up to this,time, was taken out
and Monroe put in, but. he could not
stem the tide, and Paw Paw scored one
from his delivery. before the side was re-
tired. Mather went in strong in the
ninth and famed the first two men up.
The next was an easy out, Mather TO
Warner and the game was over. The
features of the game were Paw Paws
base running, Longwell and Woodman's
three baggers. Lawrence did some good
fielding and pIayed.a fine game, but the
final score would indicate the relative
all-around strength of the two teams.
Every hit that Paw Paw made figured
in score, which is an unusual occur
rance in ball game.
The Lawrence team and their rooters
felt down hearted at the defeat, but
there were no sore spots The game
was good one, played in a gentlemanly
way and won on it's merits.
Summary: Paw Paw, runs g. hits Z,
errors 4; Lawrence, runs g, hits 8, errors
3. Batteries: Paw Paw, Mather and
Longwell; Lawrence, Sanborn, Monroe
and Fish. Umpire, Spaulding.
A summary of the track and field events