The Arizona sentinel., 1905-09-20

ten days sooner might have made &
strong bid for the money. No. /, the
losing favorite on the Fourth, failed to
get in the race, as such, although many
of it's members were on the ''scrub'
team, and one, J. J. Kelly, on No. 2
the winning team.
The Round House boys ran first, anG
won the applause of the crowds by ar
excellent and clean-cut run in 81 IL
seconds.
They were followed by No. 2, which
beat them just one second. Then
followed No. 4, which added to the
hilarity of The occasion by several OF
its members falling while running.
They got no part of the money, but
that did not disturb their serenity or
good humor, as they appeared to be as
happy as the winning team.
The official time was not as good as
that of the Fourth, but as there was sc
feet more hose laid, it is really great
improvement on time.
Nj. J. Nugent. Edward L. Martin and
Frank Barker were judges, and Billy
MacBeath, Fred Meeden and
time keepers. NJ. O. Archibald, was
captain of No. 2, 7. Brice. captain
of No. 3, and Frank Townsend cap
tain of No. 4.
There were written rules for the con-
test; and the utmost harmony obtained
throughout. The prizes consisted of
$50, contributed equally by E. F. San
guinetti, Alexander s. Co., and the
Town Council.
So far as could be ascertained no
other person or corporation or organ
ization contributed anything, although
the fire boys were led to believe that
the prize would be very much larger.
Mr.. Sanguinetti has announced that
he will again in the near future hang
up another purse fora similar contest.
He believes that such contests raise
the standard of efficiency of the fire
department., and thus lowers his in
surance rate.
Line up of the winning team:
Joe Balsz- spike-Ramon Martinez,
Newt. Parks, j. J. Kelly, Bill Cohn,
Jim Polhamus, and Ben Bradford
runners.
Henry Levy-plugman.
J. N. Pyles-Hose puller.
Miles Archibald hydrant man.
Tom Molloy-coupling breaker.
Mike Levy-Nozzleman
The fun of Tuesday night was in
describable. The daily programme an
nounced that "After seven O'Clock the
town will be thrown open for the grand
masquerade. Ladies will be at liberty
to visit any open business place in town.
a sufficient number of officers will be
ready to protect them, and any one
who attempts to annoy or offend any
lady in any manner will be arrested. 1t
was the night for unrestrained fun and
for while the air was so full of hilar-
ity and -four as to be almost unbreath-
able.
That men and women are only grown
up children was amply demonstrated
Tuesday night. Fun? Well that's all
a matter of environment. For instance
if you were going down Main street
trying to dodge the fun-makers, and
some masked individual slipped around
a cornerand doused sack of Kansas
-four ia your eyes, 1t was fun for the
thrower, but how about the thrOwee?
Well, he had to take his medicine, and
by the time he got the flour from his
eyes, he would decide to have little
of that fun himself and proceeded to
load up with the prevailing ammuni-
tion and engage in the -four riot with
the rest. 1t was thus that three or
four hundred men, women and children
soon became engaged in an effort to
raise the price of -four, which resulted
also in an epidemic of inhamed eyes
that has outlived the carnival.
Some of the saloons were the scenes
of the widest revelry ever seen in
Yuma. 1t was all in good humor and
was lots of fun (?)