The evening world., 1894-06-21
.F|REMEKS DAY At |Sl|P.
4 Series Of Local Tournaments In
aueurated by the Rire-PiSht-
efS OF That Town.
TOO Much WATER FOR BOHEMIABOY
Tho East-E nders, Ruled Out on q Techni-
cality, Left tho Field in High
Dudgeon-No Serious Mishaps.

ISLIP, June 2O.-Every fireman in Is
lip town was out yesterday in the full
panoply of a ire-fghter. 1t vas not
in answer to an alarm. but to show
the good people how thoroughly they
could be- trusted when the call to duty
does come.
1t was the occasion of the first of n
series of tournaments which the Fire
mems Association Of the Town of 1slip
DOS to repeat every year. 1t Is
distinct from the annual tournaments
of the Suffolk County Firemen's Asso-
citation, and Is local in the sense that
competition Is confined to companies
within the town.
In the parade which preceded the con-
tests were fifteen companies. Euclid
Hose and the Junior Hook n Ladder
Company Of Patchogue were the only
visiting companies. Chief Weeks. of
Babylon: Chief Bailey. of Patchogue:
Chief Frazer. OF East Islip, escorted
by Chief Wright, of Islip, lead the
march. The Euclid Hose boys. in their
natty uniforms of pearl gray. with
black trimmings, were given the posi-
ton of honor in line, and were followed
by the Juniors with their pretty truck.
Bayport Hose Company lead the local
firemen. The men IN the ropes wore
the traditional red shirts. but added to
the effect with white duck trousers.
The Bohemia Hook and Ladder Com
pany followed with twenty-seven men
in line; viii, Their fest =aPpara anS W wrsat loaded o1
holly leaves and flowers.
The Sayville departments made a good
showing. The West Sayville Hose boys
I IN nd hA IInnE nnl IN lln M NUnTn
manned by a gallant band of active men.
Sayville proper established Its identity
with a blue and gold banner. The Hook
In many hard-fought contests. was
drawn by a team of grays, driven by
ex-Chief Walter l.. Suydam. Resolute
Hose Company. from the same place,
The East Islip Truck Company had
groups of laurel flowers over its ladders,
n the s. Y. Peters Hose Company. of
East Islip, spanned its hose reel with
roses. A fine body of men were on the
ropes.
Bay Shore department had two hose
traeR IN the an line. one The no9 Bows sp in one OF
the hose companies marched in white
sweaters with blue trimmings, and some
of them wore patent leather pumps,
lslip department. contributed Alert and
Protection hose companies. Both APP.
~paratuses are handsome machines, and
were beautifully trimmed. the red and
| BOll OF ALERT DtlnS set III WIFI CIDltt
cut flowers, while the gold and white OF
Protection was graced with pond lilies
in profusion.
After the procession there was a re,
the Methodist Aid Society and the Ep
worth League had prepared stands a
which to dispense food and temperance
drinks.
The judges in the coatests were Chic
A. j. Weeks. Babylon; w. S. yelsor
Islip; Chief Edwin Bailey, P%atchogue
schramm, of islip, was the starter.
The first race was between hook ant
e .adTsr e snyviIie, we ahe say Wire G BGSe f9nI
order onH HA nam nSstP' T The Conditions oadf o. su@ of III t hi
race required each company to run 10
yards with its fully equipped apparatus
to a hydrant to which a line of hos
) had been attached, to form a bucket lin,
and fill a barrel which had previousl!
twenty-five feet high, tim to be takel
when water issued from a spout nea
the top of the barrel.
The Sayville company did the stunt Il
plished the feat in LAB. All this time
good-sized puddle of water was collect
ing about the open butt. When the boy
came down at d slashing gait several o
the leaders fell and took a toboggai
slide through the muddy pool. Then tn
man whose business 1t was to turn Of
the water at the hydrant opened tn
! valve wide, with the result that every
body in the vicinity got a shower bath
and not a fireman present would attemp
to fill a bucket in that rushing torrent
! The young men withdrew. No time wa
taken.
The East Islip boys sought to profit b
this experience by quietly testing tn
. force of water before making. the race
/ the rules, and they were not allowed
+. run Notwithstanding Chief Fraziel
( President OF the Association. made
strong fight for them.
/ been unfairly dealt with, so they too
e up their apparatus and trudgcd ava
: from what they had hoped would be
field Of glory. in high dungeon. The
T. Peters Hose Company, also of Eas
Islip, and entered in the horse race
took sides with the truck boys and ais
left, saying unkind things.
The hose race consisted in runnin
{ fifty yards to a hydrant, laying 200 fee
k of hose, breaking coupling, putting o
the pipe and getting water on a targe
lengths ~transposed and water thrown
e second time on the target. Alert, {
Islip finished in I'm. 2ls., Bay Shor
Hose In I'm. $685., and Bayport in In
There We're three prizes in each cor
test. The presentations were made b
e James II. Doxses. .
: worked the crowd. Two women an
one man were victimized. One woma
who lost a pocketboOk, believed sh
Identified the thief and had "A youn
) man arrested. Nothing was found O
4 his person to prove the charge. He we
@ held until night and released. The cor
h federatc got away with about $50.
A Long Island City wheelman roo
r out to see the fun In lodging or
$ wagon on Main street he ran I'M
a q another. His wheel was badly smashe'
a The rider was not hurt.
e There were no other accidents, ba'
d ring the dumping of a long line of poop
y who persisted in sitting on n rickety ra
fence, by the breaking of the rails or
after the other. There was a gener
showing of heels, but the victims fe