The Democratic advocate., 1908-06-19
FIREMEN AT FROSTBURG.


FIREMEN AT FROSTBURG.
Westminster Department Makes Fine
Showing i'm All Contests.
The citizens of Westminster should
feel highly elated over the splendid
showing made by the reel team of the
Westminster Fire Department at
Frostburg on Friday, June II, in the
contests in which they were entered
hook and ladder and reel-coming out
first in the hook and ladder and third
in the reel races The hook and lad
der contest was held at II o'clock and
attracted several thousand people to
the course, on West Loo street, where
they were to run. The contest was
entered by five teams, who were to
run with hook and ladder truck over
a course of 800 yards, put up 30-foot
ladder and have one man reach the
top and grasp the top round. The
contest resulted as follows:
Westminster Fire Company, first, As
2-5 seconds; Independent Juniors, Ha-
gerstown, second, AZ 2-3; Antietam
Fire Company, HagerstoWn, As 1-3 Sec
onds; Good Will Fire Company, Iona
coming, 81 Ills seconds ;Williamsport,
Volunteer Company, Williamsport, 81
seconds. The Westminster Fire Co.
received SIS and Independent Juniors
$25. .'3 ''
The teams comprised from Is to Is
men. "
At 2 o'clock in the afternoon the
hose race took place on the same
| course The teams were composed OF
from Is to IL men, standing start, each
team to be allowed one trial the reel to
carry 250 feet of hose, in 50-foot
lengths; distance 200 yards to hydrant,
attach and lay one line of hose $50
feet from hydrant, break coupling and
put on pipe, with at least three full
threads and drop pipe; if the pipe
drops more than 25 feet from the finish
line a penalty of one-quarter second
for each three feet in excess shall be
added to the time. The following
seven teams contested and time as fol-
lows:
Independent Juniors, Hagerstown,
first, SO 3-5 seconds; Antietam Hose
Company, Hagerstown, second, 40 sec
onds; Westminster Fire Co., Westmin-
ster, third, 40o3-20 seconds; Midland
D0pdI -AO
/ seconds; Williamsport Fire Co., Will
Transport, A 1920 seconds; Good Will
Fire Company, Lonaconing, 48 14-15
j seconds; Myersdale Fire Company
Meyersdale, Pa, As 41-60 seconds
independent Juniors, Hagerstown,won
5000; Antietam, Hagerstown, $1O0, and
Westminster Fire Company $50.
The Westminster. Fire Company
made the fastest time of any of the
seven companies entered in the above
reel race. They ran the distance, 25O
yards, in 35 1-5 seconds, but lost the
prize by an accident, which they should
have won in 81 seconds. The West
minister boys were also penalized for
not putting the nozzle on three full
threads.
The streets were lined with specta-
tors, to the number of several thou
sand and the windows, porches, doors
and roofs of residences along the
, course were filled to their utmost ca
pacity. The Midland Fire Company
was given three starts before they ran
the course The first three were false
; starts. The time in which they made
the course was quite a surprise tC
most people, but the Westminster Fire
Company came down the line like {
cyclone and ran faster by q second
/ than the Midland boys, but were penal
lied that much for not having made
the complete coupling.
The boys expressed themselves as
having good time and speak we'll o.
the Frostburg firemen and their people
saying they had the best time of theil
lives and that the Frostburg people
are jolly good people, and wish to visi
their city in the near future. The rec
team arrived IN this city Saturday
/, morning, feeling a little down hearted
over the loss of the first prize in the
: reel race, which they should have
won.
The Westminster reel team was
under the management and direction
of Harry K. Shaeffer and J. Gloyd
Diffendal, who deserve a great deal
of credit for their untiring effort to-
ward success. -.3 go. a..
Following are the members of the
reel and hook and ladder team who
ran in the races: Robert Billingslea,
Edwin Gehr, William Shaeffer, John
Bennett, Edward Davis, w. Frank
1 Thomas, Ernest Geiman, Harry Ad-
kins, John Doyle, Joseph D. Brooks,
Jr., William KINNEY, Thomas Case,
Robert Ebaugh, William Long, J..
Gloyd Diffenedal, Walter Eckenrode,
John Sanderson. t-l p,
Mr.. Charles v. Wantz was made
chairman of the committee to make
awards for the best decorated resi-
dence and buildings.