The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-05-09
Tournament From
Aug. 81 Inclusive.
Executive Committee Of q. p. Fire
mems Association Meets in Mar
quette and Sets Dates for
Big Event.

Big Event.
w. L. Mason, president of the Upper
Peninsula Firemen's Association, re-
turned Sunday last from Marquette,
where he attended meeting Of the as
sociation.
The following from the Mining Jour-
nal gives an idea of the business trans
acted:
The executive committee of the Up
per Peninsula Firemen's association,
including President Mason of L'Anse,
First Vice President Mcdonald of Lake
Linden, Second Vice President Mitchell
of Hubbell, Treasurer Murray of Mich
igamme and Secretary Flynn Of Ne
gaunee, met in Marquette Saturday
and disposed of various matters con-
nected with the annual tournament,
which is to be held in Marquette this
year.
Mayor John Robertson met with the
firemen's committee and assured its
members that the association would be
warmly welcomed here and that every
thing would be done to make its meet
ing enjoyable. Tournament matters
were also discussed with T. ]. Nancy,
chief Of the Marquette department, and
other Marquette firemen.
'"The dates decided on for the tourna-
ment are Aug. s, 6, and z. These dates
are about two weeks earlier than it
has been customary to hold the event.
Bad weather has been encountered lat
er in August by the association and 1t
is Judged advisable to make the dates
for 1908 little earlier than usual.
''The program for the Marquette
tournament will contain one distinct
novelty, in addition to the usual track
and firemen's events. This novelty will
be Q race of hose teams. 1t is an event
that has been introduced with much
success in various parts Of the country,
and it has every where aroused much
enthusiasm.
SIN Marquette it will be held at the
driving park. Each team will, at the
stroke of the starting gong, be hitched
to a regulation hose cart, will be driven
one circuit of the track, or full half
mile, and then members of the depart
ment will have to connect the hose to
the hydrant and lay 150 feet. Each
team will run singly and the prize will
90 to the department which is able to
show the best time.
Assurances have been received from
q number of departments that they will
gladly send teams to participate in
such a race, and Chief Nancy believes
that there will be six or seven teams
entered. 1t is expected to make the
prize for this event one of the best
offered for the tournament.
1.-THE Marquette firemen have also
received assurances from the members
of several departments that they will
be represented here by teams for the
usual track events, and the Marquette
tournament is expected to mark a not
able revival in interest in these races.
''Chief Nancy is still hopeful of being
able to arrange to bring Hale's famous
fire fighters to Marquette, though it is
stated that this organization has lately
gone into bankruptcy. 1t would be an
expensive attraction, but would be a
great drawing card, and Chief Nancy
expects to get it if the thing is in any
1.-THE Marquette firemen plan to make
an early start with soliciting funds for
the tournament, and anticipate no diff
ficulty about getting goodly sum to-
gether. AS soon as this work is COM
pleted and the firemen know what mon
er they can count on they will proceed
with definite arrangements for the big
event.
Speaking of the proposed races for
horses owned by the fire department
it was planned to erect building, the
harnesses will be hung in the regular
way and their stalls the same a. II they
were responding to an alarm of fire.
Some of the committee also favored
making the building q two story affair
and making it compulsory for the mer
to slide down q pole in making the
start. This is one of the things that II
necessary where paid departments are
kept but it was opposed by many OF
the chiefs because many departments
have no such thing and would be unable
to get the necessary practice. The
question will be discussed by the de-
partments and will be taken up for fin
al action at another meeting Of the ex
ecutive committee to be held in q few
weeks.
The coming tournament will be fres
from gambling. The lid will be OF
tight. The committee did not favor i
and It was decided to have it cut ou
Of the coming event.
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