The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-09-08

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ards of Virginia came sn on the lead
making the time in IL 3-5. Finnucan
of Eveleth was close second and
Polkinghorn of Ely was third.
The regulation hub and hub race
was given to Eveleth first and Hib-
bling second. By what arrangement
this was done we did not learn.
The ladder climbers contest was
won by Virginia on a tie with Hib-
bling, time 2-5. Eveleth showed up
with and Ely with Is, Hibbing
as.
The novelty hub and hub race was
won by Ely in 80 seconds, Eveleth
getting no time and Hibbing 81 1-5.
The chiefs race was the last on the
program. Considerable interest CEN
tered in this race and Gleason of this
city was the favorite. The bettors
had reckoned without their host how
ever and Gleason was about inches
short on the finish. Ellsworth of Ev-
eleth being the winner, Healy of
Sparta and Brady of Hibbing coming
in last.
The tournament was great eye
opener to the departments taking
part and did them more good than
four years of practice without compe-
tition. Ely was repaid for the money
invested in pulling off the tournament
here. manifold. The association has
applications from Two Harbors and
Proctor Knot for admission and prob
ably by the time the next tournament
rolls around Tower will also be a
member. So far the association COM
prises only Biwabik, Ely. Eveleth,
Hibbing and Virginia. Biwabik was
the only company missing from the
meet. While it was nothing more
than an experiment this year, the
experiment was success and here
after the meets Will be attended with
considerable more enthusiasm,
Now few words about our visitors.
We have heard the remark ..assed
several times since, that for a clean
gentlemanly crowd, the firemen took
the cake. Not wrangle amounting
to anything, was heard amongst the
firemen and while sometimes a little
kicking was done on some of the de-
cisions, it all passed over good nat
uredly.
The chiefs of the various depart
ments were princes and their crews
were orderly and obeyed their super
Tors implicitly and to this cause can
be attributed the success of the tour
nament. The first tournament of the
the Upper Peninsula held at 1shpem-
ing was similar affair to the one
pulled off here Monday and Tuesday
only few companies taking part.
This years tournament at Marquette
included 500 firemen and about 5000
visitors for the city. This means
much to the towns where the meet
takes place,
The Ely boys feel proud Of their
record. They saw that practice makes
perfect and from now on will work to
perfect themselves in the regulation
events so as to be in prime condition
for the next tournament. There were
events here which were practically
unknown to the Ely boys excepting
from the programme. For instance,
the regulation hook and ladder race
which we won was unknown and it
was only because some of the other
companies went first that Ely was
enabled to compete in them at all
and through the kindness of the Ev-
eleth department who brought their
truck with them and allowed the
same to be used by all the companies.
The Eyeleth boys won prizes aggre-
eating s92. Virginia $43, Hibbing
$50. Sparta s21 and Ely s65. The
visitors took their departure Tuesday
evening on special train much pleased
according to their expressions, with
the treatment accorded them by the
citizens of this city.
Before we forget it we wish to say
just few words regarding the grand
ball given Monday evening at the
Vail hall. The music furnished by
the Virginia orchestra was good and
compared favorably with orchestras
of more widely advertised reputation.
Prompter Summers also gave satisfac-
tion as did the floor managing of