The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1888-05-10
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The JOURNAL yesterday. on Sc
count Of the hour Of going to press.
Of course could not give a report
Of the proceedings Of the iremens's
tournament. Hence we reproduce
below from the Abilene Gd-effs Of
this morning that portion Of the re-
port where we left of. We wish 90
add that Tramp" proved his quail
ties Of 4 correspondent In his excel
lent write-up Of yesterdays tourna-
ment:
After q march through the princi-
pal streets OF the town, the line uf
march was directed to the park. Up
on their arrival there they found an
exciting game Of ball In progress, the
contestants being the home nine and
that OF Mcpherson.
The line was halted I'm front 81 the
judges stand and the officers of the
association, consisting Of W. l.. Al
iisOn, Of Abilene, president. Phil
Gardner, Of Solomon, first vice pres
ident; a. T.. Hillman Of Beloit: Sec
Ond vice president: Mr.. Jones. Of
Clay Center. secretary, and Fred
Barnes, OF Junction City, treasurer.
proceeded to pass upon and award
the prize as 10 which was the best
looking and best drilled company.
After taking two ballots they were
unable 10 agree, and Minneapolis
company No. >, called and Whirl-
wind, Clay Center and Salina were
selected to make q second parade.
Salina and Clay Center had the adj
vantage OF being considered by de-
partments, while Minneapolis was
represented by one company. The
Saliua boys had the best Of the show
la being older and more portly look
ing men and having much tire finest
uniform, their fine red and blue
shirts and red helmets shone out
grandly, but when 10 me 10 minute
ness Of drill the evOlutiOns Of the.
young men from Minneapolis, In the
plain but neat uniform much admir-
ed. and the loud applause that was
given them by the audience at each
turn they made, told plainly that
the award was a popular ,one
when the judges announced Salina
as having won, the vote standing
i've for Salina aud four for Mime
apOlis.
The next in order was the "tug of
war, to be competed for by ten men
from each department. The first
teams pitted against each other was
Abilene aud Clay Center. After
some time spent in getting ready,
the pull commenced, which was a
strong pull, q long pull and q pull
altogether The Abilene boys gain
ed steadily aud did not lose ground
obtained, and at the end Of minutes
aud . seconds pulled their OppO-
nents across the line.
The second contest was between
Salina and Minneapolis. This was
exciting, aud the friends Of each side
cheered the contestants. At the end
Of ! minute and 81 seconds the Min
neapOlis boys had won.
The ground was rather treacher-
Gus for toe holds, and tine two win
ming teams divided the purse.
wHEELBARRow RACE.
There were ten entries aud the
runs were made In squads % five.
In the first run Lee Martin aud Will
Fessler, both 81 Salina, came out
ahead. Time pa. and 81. seconds.
Second Squad-Mr Less, % Min
neapOlis, came in first. Time -
seconds, thus tieing the second man
in the first squad. This was run III
and Fessler won easily.
THE DTFFY RACE.
This was changed to allow ten
men from each department % be- So
lected, each team 90 run l0O yards
with a hook and ladder cart.
The following teams entered and
run In order named: Solomon made
the time Of 49, seconds; Clay Cen
ter, l5ie; Abilene u. Salina u
Minneapolis, ~.
Minneapolis fir-t, solomon second.
This closed the afternoon enter
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