The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-07-05
Luverne Sprinters Take
the First Days Big
Prize.
For the Second Time
WOrthit1gton Wins
the Cart.
5000 People Witness
the Races.

The I'd annual tournament of the
Columbian Interstate Firemen's AS
socian opened at Worthington Tues
day. There was a large crowd on
hand to witness the sports, and there
would have been hundreds of more
had the trains been running.
At l:3O the 200 yard hose race was
called. Worthington made the first
run, time 20 seconds; a little error on
the part of piper Morris was fatal to
Worthington. Window came next
and made a fine run but the coupling
struck the side of the cart and the
coupling could not be made. Els
worth boys also made splendid run
but could not unreel the hose. The
last to run was Luverne and they
'cut their luck' just right and
made the coupling in 28s, giving
them the first big prize 500; $50 to
second, Worthington.
The hook and ladder contest for
the association banner was won by
Ellsworth. Following is the score.
Ellsworth, % seconds.
Luverne, 28a Ct
Window, 293
Worthington, 29a "
The ladder contest was won by
Will Stoutemeyer in 50; Fred Rogers,
of Window I'd in seconds-lst mo-
ney SIS, I'd $50.
The bicycle race closed the sports
for the first day. States LIST, Jas.
Mckay I'd, and Eric Clark Sd. Time
184 seconds.
JULY FOURTH.
At 9 a. m. occurred the parade of
the fire company, and they made
very pretty sight. At 10 a. m. the
callithumpians appeared and made
amusement for the thousands that
had gathered to celebrate the natal
day. While the display was not as
good as in former years yet was very
creditable. At p. m. racing was re-
sumed. The hook and ladder race
being the first called:
Luverne, PSI seconds.
Worthingtor, PSI g
Window, 5l1
Ellsworth, 27a
Ellsworth took first money-s76;
Worthington second, $50; Luuerne
third, S25. Window made a good
run but they lost in running the lad
der, which was set quartering.
The 100 yard foot race for chiefs
was won by. NJ. J. Murphy in III Sec
oncd. Smith of Window, I'd. This
was good race as both are sprinters
of considerable prominence.
The great race Of the tournament
was the hose race for the champion
ship cart. Luverne ran first but
failed to make coupling. Worth
ington come next, making it in 27aa
seconds. Window made a bad break
in coupling and consumed 304
seconds. The Ellsworth boys Jared
still worse, as their hose caught and
jumped back as it reeled off. Their
time was 33a seconds. Thus Worth
ington holds the cart for another
year. This was a signal for great
outburst Of applause from Worthing-
ton people. Our boys are all right.
The straightway hose race resulted
in favor of the Worthington boys,
with the following score:
Luverne, 23a seconds.
Worthington, 23aa
Window, 23a
Ellsworth, "a g
The tie between Worthington and
Window was run with this result:
Worthington, 234 seconds.
Window, "a
The prize for this was S5O-one
money.
wORTH1NGTON TEAM. -.
HC Crawford, chief,
Jas Mckay, Leon Morris, We're
Hurlbert, Marie Hurlbert, Will Post.
Will Stoutemyer, Ray Humiston, Jas
Ramage, Jas Durfee, Abe johnson,
Harry Hobson, Henry Twitchell,
Will Madison, John Humiston, Dave
Anderson, Bob Free, A II Palm.