Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1898-10-05
OUR FTREMEN
VICTORIOUS,
Our Boys Garry Off AL The Honors
In The State Contest At
Newport News.
THEIR ROYAL RECEPTION HONE
An Immense Throng AT The Depot
To Receive Them-AIusic, Fire
works And Banquet.

delegates and other friends, returned
Saturday evening from the State Fire
mems Convention held at Newpor
News, September $3.50. The races
were held Friday and the Lexington
team carried off the honors in all three
of the prize contests. winning 1926 il
money and silver trumpet
The first race was reel contest fol
Association teams only, the first prize
being $50, and the secon9S25. Three
teams competed, the Suffolk, Roanoke
and Lexington. Each team was re.
quired to start at given signal, pull
the hose cart TO the plug ant
make connection and then break the
hose at 225 yards and attach the noz-
zle.
Suffolk was the first to run ana
cleared the course in one minute and
one second. Roanoke ran second and
attached the nozzle in 58 seconds Lex
ington ran last and when the team filed
: out of Hotel Warwick in athletic cos
tune and sprinting shoes, the Roam
oke tiremen raised objections, claiming
that this team should be required to
run as firemen and in fremen's uniform,
not as college athletes. The judges
decided thu Lexington team to be
properly costumed and the boys trot-
ted to the starting point. The pistol
was fred and the young sprinters dash
ed down the course to the goal The
fore-rUnner opened the plug and con-
nection was quickly made and the reel
was swiftly cdx&ed to the finishing
point where the hose was broke and
tie nozzle attached, the whole requir-
ing but AZ seconds.
The next event was "A reel contest
open to the world for prize of S25
and a silver trumpet. Suffolk and
Roanoke refused to run and our boys
went in on the conditions that they
should receive the prizes if they should
beat their own time of the previous
contest. This they did, making the
run in 46 seconds.
Then followed the event of the day,
the worlds reel contest for a prize of
$3.50. Roanoke and Suffolk refused to
run and Lexington ran, making this |
run in AZ seconds and winning the |
largest cash prize.
A foul was claimed by Roanoke in |
this run and the judges decided that |
the Lexington team was not entitled |
to the worlds contest prize of $3.50, |
and refused to award the money. The |
judges stated that our boys had four
m en- at the plug which was contrary to
the rules governing these races.
The Lexington iremen filed pro-
test, claiming that no rule was violated,
and they have not the slightest doubt
but that the prize will be awarded to
them.
Following is the Lexington team
V. E. FunkEouser, capita n and trainer;
G. A. Baker, Frank Lindsay, Walter
HOOK, William Fuller, Frank Fuller
Adds Sullivan, Arch Kniehton, Ed
ward Woodward, James Tolley, Frank
Young, Frank Brown, John I Obey, A.
B. Beckwiih, Hugh Charlton, Herbert
Boley and John Bowyer. All ale ath-
letic young men, and have been
thoroughly trained. Dressed in their
racing costumes Of red caps, garnet
shirts and black, skin-tight, knee
pants, with arms and calves of the legs
bare, they gave fine exhibition of their
expertness few evenings before leav-
ing for Newport News.
Accompanying the team were Chief
Charles Pole, and Messrs. W. G. White,
J. Will Moore, NJ. L. Hildebrand, Harry
G. Bowyer and Joseph Ettinger, as
delegates from the Lexington Fire
Department.
THEIR RECEPTION HOME.
A royal reception was given the VIC
torious iremen on their return Satur-
day evening. They were met at Bal
cory Falls by j. P. Welsh, chief mar
shall for the occasion, and when the
train pulled into Buena Vista it was
boarded by ex-Mayor j. W. Haugha-
won't and Mayor 7. E. McCorkle both
dressed in fremen's uniforms, and Hon.
William A. Anderson, who extended to
the boys the glad hand of welcome.
As the train pulled into the station
they were greeted by the booming of
cannon, the inspiring music of the vir-
ginia Military Institute Band, mag
nifcsnt display of fireworks, and the
cheers of hundreds of our citizens who
had gathered there to do honor to the
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