Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-10
FAILED By FRACI|ON|
Marshalltown Team Came Near
Winning First State Race But
Fell Down on Coupling.
Has Another Opportunity Today to
Capture the Belt and Money
lean is q Favorite.
State Labor Commissioner Inspect.
ing the Marshalltown
Factories

r me FRANK u. flerCe running team
came within fraction OF winning the
first OF the two state championship
races at Cedar Rapids Thursday after
noon, but after making an excellent
run time was lost on a slow coupling.
The team has chance yet to retain
/ the state championship belt, as the Sec
Hond state race is being run this after
moon and the team making the best
time in either race gets the belt and
the first prize money MarshalltoWn
has strong competitor at the Rapids
lin the Sheldon team, and the champion
ship lies between them unless one or
both should meet with an accident
4 The Marshalltown team is a fayorite
| ut the tournament, according to a
statement made by the Cedar Rapids
! Republican, which says of the team and
1 of the race:
"Wednesday was Marshalltown day
! at the Firemen' sstournament and the
husky lads from Frank Pierce's town
Tout on the Northwestern and Iowa Cen
4 trail, We're the heroes in the eyes of the
Thousands of people at the ground. iEsv-s
Ferybody was yelling for Marshalltown.
4 for they made a ma gnificent run in the.
#seraightaWay and smashed state rec
ord. But yesterday George Walker and
4 his boys from Sheldon sprung sur
4 prise and knocked Marshalltown out on.
+ the state hose race, capturing the big
4 prize of 500 and the state belt. And
1.-The grand stand went wild. Everybody
WAS for Sheldon. The big victory of
isSheldon could not overshadow the
4 pluck and slick-to-itiveness of the VIII
sliamsburg team, and they. too. came
tinfor their fun share of applause. They
E went into every event of the afternoon
1 and surprising as it may seem, grew
stronger in every race. They took a
VI number of prizes, and when they finally
captured a first the crowd yelled Itself
hOarse.
The big event of the afternoon was
the first state hose race. In this race
the teams run $50 yards, break coup
prizes, one of SlOp. second $40, and third
$50. But with the first prize goes the
ling and attach hose. There are three
belt. carrying with III the 5.ate cham
pionshio. Ali five teauls Were entered.
IN drawing for places Marshalltown
drew first, Williamburg second, Shell
don third. Audubon fourtn anu West
Branch fifth. Williamsburg and West
Branch afterward changed positions
The MarshalltoMn boys made a
great run, coming down The stretch az
pretty as could BIZ wished for, and
came underline wire in fast time. But
1.-THE coupIers fell down and their time
WAS SO 3-5 West Branch came next,
making n pretty run altho they made q
poor start The coupling Was even
slpwersthan that Of MarshaltoWn. and
siheir time IS 3D. Sheldon came next.
The entire team show cd great speed
from the Jump 6 fl ard never Ntivered
sf5once coming down the line. The coup
ling could not be eXeelied, ard Miien#ths
Judges announced their time y SO l-5
! he crowd Went Wild IaandAmoHtum
sreigned for few minutes everybody
4 eXcept lltoWn cheering farthem.
4 Audubon made q good run and coup
ling in IS "a, while williamsburg tied
West Branch for last place in IS So.
Last evening the fret prize ans, belt
A was awarded to Sheldon. the second
I prize to Marshaltown and third tc
i Audubon