, 1888-08-14
TO FORT COLLINS.
The Team to Start Out This
Morning.
Members of the Team--The
Various Races.
Delegates to the Firemens New
Association Convention.

The Cheyenne team which is to contest
at the Northern Colorado and Southern
Wyoming tournament, to be held at Fort
Collins, tournament commencing to-day
and lasting up to and including the 18th
of this month, will depart southwark this
morning and will arrive at Fort Collins in
time to participate in tournament matters
this afternoon.
The team is composed of the following
members: +. A. Roedel, captain; C..
Thompson, @. l.. Hill, Oscar Bryant,
William Atkins, r. Ford, A. Cooper,
VIM. Tener, S. E. Meyers, Joseph
Granger, Jr., AL. Henderson and F. Bur
german.
While this team is composed of as fine
material as was ever associated together
in a iremen's team In the Rocky Noun
tain region, it must be said, however, that
the team as such has had little or no prac-
tlce-that is, the members of the team
have had no opportunity to practice to
gether, for iguratively speaking it was
gotten up on the spur of the moment.
Roedel, however, as captain of a compet-
ing team is hard to beat, and the mem
bers, coming as they do from the various
companies comprising the department are
from among the very best fremen that
Wyoming or Colorado can boast of, and
it is expected that our boys will carry off
the first and perhaps other prizes.
The races and prizes offered to be con-
tested for are as follows:
Hose race-First prize 1925, second
$75, third %.
Hook and ladder race-First prize 1925,
second SIS, third $25.
Straightaway-First prize 1925, second
SIS. third $25.
Hurdle races-First prize $35, second
$I5.
Foot races-First prize 1875, seconds
S%traightaway for boys under IS-First
prize $25, second $15.
1t is not expected that very much will
be done so far as the tournament is con-
cerned to day, forthe firemen have some
other business to perform besides that
which pertains to the races that are booked
for the occasion.
The most important matter that will be
up for consideration by the firemen during
this tournament is the proposed organiza-
ton ola Firemen's Association to be com
posed of the various fire departments il,
Northern Colorado and Southern Wyo
ming, and for this purpose a firemen's
convention is to be held on Thursday of
this week, each company attending as
included in any fire department either in
Northern Colorado or Southern Wyoming
being entitled to one delegate.
The various companies composing the
Cheyenne fire department have chosen
delegates to this convention; and their
names are as follows:
Durants-Stephen Bon, Jr. j. T..
Clark's-Joseph Granger, Jr, Sheri-
dens-William Tener. Pioneer Hooks
John Nolan. Alerts-F. A. Roedel or
Charles Thompson.
In reference to the Alert delegate it
may be said that a special meeting Of the
company was held last evening for the
purpose Of selecting one and f. A.
Roedel was selected for that position, but
as he might be obliged to return to
Cheyenne before this branch of the bust
ness IS reached Charles Thompson was
selected as alternate and will act as dele
gate in case the contingency alluded to
should happen to arise. Quite a number
of Cheyenneites, not members Of the team
or delegates will go down to Collins with
the boys to see the fun.