Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-08-05
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THURSDAY MORNING, AUG. ), 1855
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THE TOLEDO BLADE AND tue FRENoNr TouR-
NAMENr.-The Toledo Blade of Tuesday de-
votes two columns to the consideration OF the
Fremont Tournament and our report of it
While We exceedingly regret thatwe are forced
into discussion of this character, justice to
the Cleveland Firemen as well as ourself re-
quires that we reply to the Blades misrepresen-
tations. First-the Blade says;
The facts Of the case ore these The Toledo
Company went with their ordinary apparatus
precisely in the condition they would have taken
it to a fire, and were prepared TO run the dis
tsnee (tifty rOds) with all their Ladders, Hooks,
Axes, &c, upon the truck. stack their ladders,
and put man on top Of them This, they
claimed, TO be lust such an operation as would
test their effective working capacity. To this
kind Of 4 trial the Cleveland Hook and Ladder
objected, and proposed to run the requisite dis
tance with their Truck divested of everything
in the shape of tools belonging 10 il, and carry
ing only a light pine ladder prepared for the
/ uNI-nAoA- NAAoAt1 AAaAafAlu " dIlu4l HeANlSN
rear this ladder against pole and put a man
upon the top of it. Into su.h a test the Toe
/ DO Company declined to enter, as there was
nothing of practical character in it.
We stated this fact precisely as the Blade
has it /: that the Toledo men claimed that to
stack ladder meant to erect ladder into an
upright position, placing two or more ladders
against it for the purpose of bracing and placing
man on It's top-thus making a stack; while
the Cleveland Boys cOnienjed that erecting a
single ladder TO perpendicular position, and
placing man on its top, met the requirements
of the programme Our Boys, when they dis
covered the disposition of the Toledo Company
at once authorized BARNABAs BAKER, their Com
mitteeman or Judge, to tender to them the use
of the Cleveland truck and ladder, which they
refused to accept.
The Toledo Company whined ike SO many
children because their truck was heavier than
that of the Cleveland Company; knowing, i
they know anything at all (Which is not at al
probable) that the weight of trucks and
ladders in all cases vary. The whole matter
resolves itself into just this-That the Toledo
Company visited Fremont with determination
to carry off the prizes at every sacrifice o
manliness and fairness but they were consid
erably aslOnished 10 discover that FUeme'
lover the left) who wear gold sPectacles OF
their noses and carry umbrellas in their hands
can't pull the wool over the 'Organs of vision
of those who see with the ''naked eye" An'
so they went home mad.
Our hos offered to select either of the Trucks
and any number of Ladders, so that both Com
panies should use the same, and stack" then
OF lean them up against pole or adopt am
mode securing equality; but these offere wen
all rejected.
This statement of the Blades is entirely un
lied by the Cleveland Company to tender tn
use of the Cleveland truck and ladders to tn
Toledo Company; which he did to Capt. HUNT
and which the latter promptly refused
While all others on the ground were please
with this exhibition Of the display made by tn
Fremont Hook and Ladder Company, "
. much regretted that the Cleveland Hook an
Q Ladder members manifested 3heir good brsearl
: by greeting them with groans
We are disposed to indulge in no circumlC
= eution in regard TO this statement. 1t is III
qualifiedly and positively false. No on til
ground were better pleased at the really hant
some performance Of the Fremont Boys, or CAV
vent to their admiration in heartier cheer
Z than the Cleyelznders-
y What. then, is our surprise, on reading Il
Lender. 10 find that paper not only Justliyln
y the trick by which their Hook and Ladder Con
E pauy got S25 purse, but absolutely elainlin
:, thaf tktir No. EngiHe took the trst prize
Ss $751;
y The result was announced to the Clevelan
Firemen before they left the Depot. So tn
we can see no excuse for so bald a mlsstat
IT ment.
We heard the announcement Of no such T
n n suit Ito wit, that the Toledo Company had w
&c the first prize,) and, as under the PubliSh
: rules governing the Tournament, No. wOu
- have been entitled 10 the second prize, we ma
no misstatement when we announced Il
n Cleveland Companies as winners. The who
programme was changed TO the advantage
! the Toledo Firemen, aud the consequent
advantage of the Clevelanders, without a
knowledge on the part of the latter or ours
that such change had been made. Hence
statement we made, and made in good faith
A The Blade has made number of other sta
s3d ments TO which we should ike to refer
cTHf we have already devoted more time and sP'
10 its consideration than we ought. We v
only remark, however, that when the Tol'
fellows learn to divest themselves of sPectac
and umbrellas when in active service, they '
tsil come considerably nearer our notions Of what
takes to constitute Fireman.