Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-04-12
KNIGHTS OF The KEY
Tournament Of Fass Tslasrap.lers
at New York.
CONTESTS OF SPEED AND SKILL.

OUN 1bp1D VI o. bOO 3AL'A N~A~-
The Men Who aiauipaiaie Chained
lightning show the World What They
Can DOB. II. Pollock Wins the Com
petition of Cracks-.a. :. AyreS the
Champion .old Timer"
New YORK, April 1.-the national
fast sending tournament which took
place Yesterday afternoon and evening
in Hardman Hall, Fifth avenue and
Nineteen h street. was the most inter
esting t .cnt of the kind in the history
of telegrarhy. The hall was crowded,
the audience including not only teleS-
raphers, but 4 surprisingly large num-
Der OF people not familiar with the art,
but who had been attracted by the nov
elty OF the contest.
Among those competing Tor the vari-
Gus prizes were the very cream OF the
telegraphic fraternity, the experts both
an speed and excellence OF transmission.
The hall WAS fitted up with telegraph
wires. batteries and S.nling and recely-
ing apparatus. and the matter trans
mlIteQ could be heard all over the ROOM
Five Minute Contests.
Each contestant WAS given five min
utes in which 10 send rs many words as
possible from printed form. Prizes
were awarded botn Tor the highest num-
Der of words transmitted and Tor the
perfection with which the Morse char
acters were made. y prize was also
given to the operator making the best
COPY i'll receiving the matter as sent.
The afternoon was devoted TO the
ladies class and the ''old timers class,
the latter being open only to those who
have been operating for twenty-five
wears or over. Each contestant had his
or her partiSanS among the auditors and
was warmly applauded on taking the
platform. y large delegation OF news
paper men was present, many OF the re-
porters being old telegraphers them
selves, ana they declared that the puo-
lie interest III the affair was something
remarkable and in fact exceeded that
taken in the recent billiard tournament
Promoters OF the Tourney.
Mr.. Fred Catliu. 4 veteran teleSra-
pher. was manager OF the tournament
and The Judges were Walter Phillips,
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- nf ,Ia Posta, TELEGRAPH Cable
80 - 80 - !, Howell Tastar of the
CT WPanS -, L. NJ ~ Y Wv SorlS and
Wes V -. ~ THO %aw Yorl,
GeorS> =; W ~: - 800 of Tha Electrical
World. y, w. -. a,j ~ G. .Tohn-
Review, IGa'.tr;caI WorIj was timer
son, OF The '' ,,:orS IF rhe 500 in prizes
The contrib, Sarna,;a cen Thomas
were Andrew 49, Fiison Walter
|. Eckert. Ihom TbandIar tbe United
7. Philips. y. Is, I prass The Flee
Press. the ASSoclateI o,.1rical Review.
u drlcai o!li' me TI ~, >. Greedy COM
ile hiG' ~ ~ pnnaI, r. r. the Western
Paiit - H. h'''iit9'' - ,ha New Haven
ftiecti ~ Co''ip''s T. II l. Insou.
oio0N 0oi'ip'''' ''.''' - per."
3he Ladies' and the o'a L. ~, ,,.,s,
The tir>; contest III the atterno nr,za
in the ladies class. tree to all, XII
500; second siV' 'nt'u, - Mss On
tie IS. Stephenson, OF New York, w :
the first Prize, sendln5 Il. words AIS
Belle NJ. Dennis OF New LOTS. seConu
prize, 2.2 words: MISS L. H. NahSelo"'
OF New oIN' tnl'u l'tl%e' ctV ~ 49,
Miss lille NJ. froSchei' ot New 1oiA,
won the special prize OF - oHereu .!
the CnItei Press Tor eAceiiehce COM
bined with speed. A.
The second contest was that o. ''ie
odd timers: Mt: AIoere >; -AyleS' oi
the United fress: New 1 orN' won ,5 5.se
inst prize o. 2'o !Ni ms u.s. speeo So
words a,' "''T otie 80 Dc, f ,Te excs.
-, ,.,,,,,;,;pod ,virb snaad Mr. Fred
Carlin. of New York. won the second
prize OF $40. sending y. words. The
Ifher contestants We're G.. NJ. Eitermiller.
Pitrsburc. 10, words. and j. II. Dwight,
New York. 1873 words.
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The next competition was IN ciaSS ,o ~.
open TO all operators. INST prize, 9.Co; 7
second, so; tnira; o3o; ana q SP osa !
prize OF so offered by the Ohltea rrsSS
Tor excellence coisloineo VIII spee pei
Some OF those entering III thls ci'1Ss SEW
during the afternoon anu So'iie LUZ ii'7
the evening or,.
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