The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-04-18

Tournament ~ New York the MI,
terc>tinE Event Ia the sIi.torx ~ ~
raphy--A Large Audience M4tn~.s
s""''ss>-t"s Results An ths -
Glasses. ~''H
Nfw NonK. April 1.-The Naao.,
fast-sending tournament which
place yesterday afternoon ana .,.s.
in Hartman Hail. Fin nxcnn.
Nineteenth street, was tho mos, i..'
csting event ~ the kind IN tho hi.,T
OF the telegraph. The hall max c,,a
cd. the audience including ~,
tclcgraphcrs. but surprisinslv
number Of people not familiar MIN ny
art, but who had been attracted NJ M
novelty of the contest Ainong
competing for the various prizes r..'
the very cream OF the tccgraphie q.
ternity; the experts both in speed ~,
excellence OF transmission INA w
was fitted up with telegraph wires M.
teries and sending and Receiving Y,
paratus. and the matter transri,.',
could BE- heard all over the room.
Each contestant was given five m,,
utcs In which To send as many worl. !.
possible from a printed form. prs,.'
were awarded both for the highes, nu,,'
Der OF words transmitted and for N.
perfection with which tho Morse an.
acters were made. a prize was MI
given 10 the operator making the NJ,
copy in receiving the matter as scn,
The afternoon was devoted u ~
ladies' class and the ''old.timcrs' cl.s.
the latter being open only 10 those wA,
have been operators for tmentr.sv.
years or over Each contestant had M.
or her partisans among the auaen,.
and was warmly applauicd Oh ,akn,
the platform.
A large delegation Of newspaper M,
was prcsent-many Of the reporters ".
ing old timers themselves land thew ~.
clarcd that the public interest IL ,ha
affair was something remarkable. anA
in fact. exceeded that taken In tho W.
cent billiard tournaments. Mr.. FINN
Catlin. veteran tclcgraphcr. was man.
a-er Of the tournament. and tho Mdrss
were: Walter i. Phillips. general
manager Of the United Press: Thoma,
X. Taltavall. cdisor OF the Electric Are:
Geo. II. Usher. manager OF the Postal.
Telegraph Cable Company: r. ~
Howell. tester OF the Western rnioa
Office. New York. and George T. Hi.
brook. OF the New York World. G. ".
Price. OF the Electrical Review. VA,
starter. and w. j. Johnston. q tie
Electrical World. was timer.
The contributors Of the SEQ in purses
were Andrew Carnegie. General Thomas
Il. Eckert. Thomas a. Edison. Walter
y. phillips. A. Il. Chandler. the United
Press. the Associated Press. the Elrct.
rical World the Electrical Review. tie
Electric Age, the 4. $ Greedy Company,
j. H. Bunncll & Co.. the Western
Electrical Company. the New IIayea
Clock Company and +. H. johnson.
The first contest was in the ladies'
| class. free TO all, first prize. $50; second.
4 $40: third. $40. Miss kittie i. Stcph
4 ems. OF New York. won the first prize
4 sending 2l7 words; Miss Belle NJ Der
mes. OF New York. second prize. ~
Miss +. X. vansclow, OF New\ Nor
third prize. 2i0 words. Miss Til
Froschcl. Of New York. won the & -.
prize OF SIS offered by the United Pre-
for excellence combined with speed.
The second contest was that Of Il
ssOld-timers.- Mr.. Albert :. Ayres.
the United Press, New York; won Il
first prize. Of $50 for highest speed q
words): and also the special prize Of ::
offered by the United Press for exec
cncc combined with speed.
Mr.. Fred Catlin. OF New York. wo
the second prize OF $40. sending ?.
words. The other contestants were: g
NJ. Eitemiller. OF Pittsburgh. ~ words
and J. II. Dwight, Of New York. iS'
words.
The next competition was in Glass A.,
open to all operators. First prize, $40;
second. $40; third. $50. and a special
prize OF SD offered BY the United Press
for excellence combined with speed.
Some OF those entered in this class dur
ing the afternoon and some during ihe
evening
After all the contestants in this class
had finished. il was found impossible =
decide the winners. and the judTe
agreed 10 another trial. which occupies
good deal Of time. The result flnAlil
announced was: First prize. y. Il. f0llnsA
Hartford. 260 words: second prize WI
NJ. Gibson. Of the United Press ~
York. 80 words; third prize, frank
kim. OF the United Press. New isrH
2ss words Special United Press pri1F
W. l.. Waugh. OF the United Press ~
York 80 words.
The next and last contest was ~ 'las
H.. open to all except those who PAYS
record Of sending 500 words INSIDE Y
eleven minutes. The first prize q NM
was won by Frank l.. Catlin, Of New w
who sent 25l words in the allotted wv ~.
OF five minutes. The second prize M
was won by w. L. Waugh. 'he n''e
Press. New York. 229 words ana VI
the third. $50. by Frank English NJ
York. 22J words. The special pri1s
. offered by the United Press. for Xxx
ence combined with speed was won
James r. Bradt, OF the United f'ca'
, New York, 30 words.
: The prize Of $40 offered by Mess,'
: A. Il. Chandler and Fred. Catin' Y
+ the clcarest transmission regardless
> speed was awarded TO Albert :. Az
, or the United Press, New FORK an-
r similar prize. offered BY those Teh.s
. men to the receiving operator ~
4 made the best pen and ink cory 's ,''