Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-09
Game Between Y. N. c. A. Teams
Feature for Society Circus
FIREhAA's HOSE REEL RACES
North End Company Covered Hume.
red Yards and Made Coupling in
Little over Thirty.fout Seconds,
Winning by GoodIy Margin.

heat the attendance ut the second
performance OF the Society Circus ut
The Casino park last night was not
as large as that at the opening per
formance OH Monday night. The en-
tertainment proved TO be more inter
esling than that given on Monday
night however. About five hundred
people attended.
The performance last night was
preceded by street parade. led by
Manager l.. b. Manville, who with
his silk hat ana swallow tail" coat,
looked like Il typical circus manager.
Following Mr. Manville in the pa.
radc was the Eagle Engine Com
pany's band and behind it was Chief
OF the Fire Department w. *. STOW
and the fire apparatus OF the three
local fire companies. Next in line
was a squad of volunteer firemem
from the local companies ana then
came the running team of the Eagle
Engine Company, clad in running
suits Following the running team
were several pony riders and the
clowns in 'chariots.'
The parade marched from the Ca
.ino park south on West avenue to
Twenty-flfth street, east on Twenty
fifth street to Washington avenue,
north OH Washington avenue TO rhr-
ty-fonrth street and west on that
street 10 West avenue ana south on
that avenue to the Casino park. Three
OF the hose. wagons and one of the fire
engines entered the park aud parad-
ed around the grounds for some time
before the main performance began
Eagle Engine Company Victorious.
The feature Of the nights perform
ance was hose reel running race
between teams from the three local
volunteer fire companies Each
team ran 100 yards around n circle
marked out in the park, laid $50 feet
OF hose broke Il coupling on the hose
and attached n nozzle AS had been
expected the crack, team Of the Eagle
Engine Company won the racer covei-
ing the 100 yards. laying its hose AMI
attaching nozzle In "a 40 seconds.
Tho La France Engine Company, Of
East End was second, its time being
40 rs second. The team of the Cen
trail Fire Company finished the con.
test III "A seconds.
Running and Jumping.
The 40 yard dash, in which sever
nj local sprinters entered, was won
by III. B. Hughes, who covered The
distance in | minute and 2G seconds
He was presented with pair of pat
ent leather shoes offered for the win
ner of the contest.
Gordon Robinson won the cunning
jump clearing 16 feet and inches.
John McArdle ok second place with
his jump of Is feet. 9 inches.
One of the amusing events WAS the
wheeelbarrow race, III which five run
ners started, but only one finished
the others having fallen over their
wheelbarrows at various points
awarded The race because of the fact
that Willie Wood, who finished first,
fonled Hughes
Many Boys Wanted to Run
When the running race for boy:
under II years old was announced.
half the lads in the park clamcred
for entrance in the match. Up 20
that time the athletic committee of
the circus had no idea that so mary
OF the youngsters of the city hal
RUNNING aspirations and for time
the committeeman were at n loss rs
TO how they would pun off the con-
test, the boys being too numerous to
run Oh the track provided in the
park.
a number of the boys finally drew
out of the race and thus solved the
problem. William Tyrec won the
contest with ease and he will be re-
warded with suit Of clothes.
Three-iegged Race.
Frank LEM and Henry Sibert won
the three-legged race. which afforded
considerable amusement for the spec
tators. Three pairs were entered in
the contest and all covered the track
together, but on the home stretch one
pair Of racers stumbled and the other
two fell over them. Lenz and Sibert
were the first to pick themselves up
and they finished ahead of the other
contestants, two of whom had to he
nnlashed before they could get on
their feet again.
The three-broad-jnmps contest was
won by Gordon Robinson. who cleared
30 feeb 10 feet to each jump. John
McArdle was second with distance
of % feet 12 inches in three
jumps.
After the main performance con
cert was given in the park by local
talent. The entertainment consisted
of coon songs. "buck' dances ana
Rotations.
Basketball Tonight.
basketball game between teams
from the local and the HAMPTON