The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-09-08
Labor Day at D. s. G. Park.

Fourteen hundred people crowded
the grand stand and occupied the
available standing room around the
judges stand at the big racing, base
ball and athletic meet at d. & G..
park Labor Day.. The attractions as
advertised, proved exceptionally
pleasing and the big crowd went
away late in the afternoon with a
feeling of satisfaction.
Henderson is Swamped
The Owosso city team trimmed
the Henderson club minus several of
it's regular players, to the queens
taste, scoring 20 runs while Lee
Simpson, hurting a no-hit game, held
the visitors to two lone runs which
came in the ninth inning as the di-
rect result of errors.
The college youth gave magnifi-
cent exhibition of pitching and set
the opposing batters down time after
time. His team mates made few
slips but recovered soon enough to
prevent scoring until the last half of
the ninth when the two tallies of the
Henderson team went for nothing
but to prevent a deserved shut out.
Totem, the New Haven finger,
took the mound for Henderson but
retired in the third in favor Of the
big Bob" Saver, who was greeted
as enthusiastically as his predeces-
sor. Nine runs in this round is the
total amassed by the home clubbers.
The Henderson catcher retired in
the eighth inning and Catcher Fred
erick Gould of the locals, caught for
both teams during the two closing
rounds.
Races are Good
Despite the large number Of en-
tries, the horses in the three harness
race classes were not savailable and
only the A and c classes were pulled
off.
In the fast pace, Star Patchen, the
big half-brother of Pan Patch, in
sensational finish, copied three
straight heats and defeated such
speedy performers as Little Eva,
Lady Patchen and Hazel May. The
big PAGERS best time was in the first
heat, when he turned the track in
1:0SA. The other two heats were
turned in 1909.
Little Eva, the locally owned pac-
err, got away badly each time but
managed to keep in the running and
took second money. Lady Patchen
was third.
BY good steady work, Dick Wal
lace, Betterly's Durand PAGER, cop
ped first money in the C class, with
Baker Boy, another Durand steed,
second. Dicks time was 1920; lis
and 1:19 respectively.
Little Frank, ridden by Claude
Weidman Of Owosso had a walkaway
in the first heat of the running race,
easily trimming Michigan Girl, so
raced and won the second heat un-
der big handicap. The race was to
have been three furlongs,-lesst than
a half mile, but SO easy victory did
the little brown jumper have in win
ming the first heat that he was start
cd from the stable and took run
ming start, Michigan Girl starting
from point near the quarter pole as
Little Frank dashed under the wire. |
The little horse won by nose while
the crowd cheered its approval.
Prof. Earl Sutphen's roping ex-
was. well received and the
performer was applauded
loudly.
The Athletic Events
Lee Simpson won the high jump,
with Zealand second and r. Saver
third.
The Odd Fellows team defeated
the Eagles team in the tug-of-war.
A four-man. team composed large
ly of Henderson runners, won the
relay race and r. Saver of Hender-
son, took down the prize in the sack
race Another Henderson man,
whose name is not available at this
time, won the fat mans race.
After the program had been COM
pleted and as the people were leav-
ing the park, Laverne Epplea decld-
ed to take spin around the track on
mis- motorcycle. At the first turn,
while travelling at a S5-mile-clip,
the machine crashed into the fence.
The rider was quite painfully injur-
cd, receiving several bad cuts about
the head and face and his clothing
was torn in several places. The mo-
was slightly damaged, al |
though Epplea was able to ride IL |
back to the city.
Eleven four-inch boards and 12-
inch board were broken when Ep- |
plea and the motorcycle crashed into |
the fence. He was lucky to escape |
serious injury.
A healthy man Is king in his own
lily l.. l.