Evening star., 1925-07-31
ENGINE q TO GET
TROPHY TOMORROW
Star Cup Will Be Presented
to Fastest Company at
Ceremony.

Every honor due champions will be.
long to Washington's record breaking
fire company tomorrow night: when
high officials of the District Govern
ment, ranking officers of the Fire De
partment and leading business men
assemble at the headquarters of En-
Sine Company %, G. street near
Twenty second, for the formal presen-
tation of The Evening Star cup, won
by that outfit by proving itself the
fastest engine company in this city
and probably in the United States
Because of the time that will oc-
cupied by the completed program, 1t
was decided today TO postpone presen-
tation of the Merchants and Manu-
facturers' Association cup to Truck
Company o, Park road near Four
teenth street, until Monday evening.
Truck captured the trophy by dash
ing out of its house on an alarm of
fire in seconds. a full second better
than any other truck company in the
District of Columbia.
Fenning to Present Cup.
Presentation of The Star cup at the
home of Engine %, will take place at
7 O'Clock tomorrow evening. Col. G..
Fred Cook will hand the trophy TO
District Commissioner Frederick G..
Fenning, with some remarks descrip
tive of the reasons that actuated The
Star in Offering the trophy, and a de
scription of how it was won by Mum
ber %, the last of the city's fire out
fits to be visited by the official judges.
Commissioner Fenning, whose duties
cover entire supervision of the Police
and Fire Departments, will then turn
the trophy over TO the commander of
the company. The cup bears the
name of the winner for 1925 and its of
ficial time, l-5 seconds, which broke the
established national record for any
fire company in the United States
getting away in response to an alarm.
The cup remains in the possession
of No. % for one year. when il must
again compete for continued possession.
The first company to win the cup
three times becomes it's permanent
owner,
Presentation at Seven.
The hour for the presentation cere-
mony was fixed at z o'clock so that
that people for the section around No.
% headquarters may attend 1t is
believed an especially large number
of business men will be present as
the vicinity served by that company
on first alarm contains a large num-
ber of important business houses A
second alarm will call il to the center
of Washington's busting business dis
trlct, so that No. % may be regarded
It real busineSs-Center company.
Charles J. Columbus, secretary of
the Merchants and Manufacturers
Association, announced today that this
organization would prefer to hold pres
entation ceremonies of its cup Mon.
day evening, at o'clock, instead of
Immediately after the exercises at No.
%, as originally planned. Mr.. Co
lumbus believed the previous arrange
ment would necessitate hurrying at
either one place or. the other.
Gongs Will Sound Names.
Mai. Gen. Anton Stephan. vice
president of the Merchants and Manu-
facturers' Association, will present
the associations trophy to Commits.
sioner Fenning. who will then turn il
over to the commander of Truck 6, the
same as at Engine %. The members
of both companies will wear their
dress uniforms and stand beside their
apparatus. After the cup has been
presented the big gongs in every fire
engine house in Washington will
strike the number of strokes repre-
sented in the winners. numerical
IdlileS ~ let IIe uepdE ElTnent Know
the champions have been formally ac.
claimed.
The Merchants and Manufacturers
Association cup remains the per
manent property of Truck 6. Mr.. Co
lumhus said today his association
would then offer duplicate each wear
to the future winning truck com
panies as the tests held last week
are to he made an annual event to
determine the fitness of Washington 8
Fire Department as compared with
that Of other cities. Thus far Wash
ington has succeeded in lowering
every official speed record made else.
where.