Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-28

No. 21 and No. % Companies
Leave Quarters in 7.2
Seconds in Tests.

Faced with the alternative os
equaling It's own record or turning
The Evening Star cup over to an
aggressive competitor uptown, No.
% Engine Company, stationed on G
street near Twenty-second street,
met the challenge gamely this morn
ing and whizzed out of It's quarters
In exactly the necessary 1-5 sec
onds to enter a tie with No. 21 En-
gine Company. quartered on Lanier
place near Ontario road. for depart
mental speed honors this year.
| The contest for possession of The
Evening Star cup came within one
nth of second of ending in a
triple tie when No. s Engine CONF
p5ny. Massachusetts avenue near
Fourth street, flashed across its sill
In 2-5 seconds. This company
was the last 10 be tested and for a
few minutes II seemed that three
companies would have TO run off the
tie on neutral territory. Examina
ton of the stop watches with a
magnifying glass showed, however,
that No. s had failed almost by a
hairs breadth.
No. 12 Truck Wins.
The Merchants and Manufacturers
Association Cup which was offered to
the District of Columbia truck com
pany leaving its quarters in the short
est time on a regular alarm of fire,
was won by No. IL Truck. stationed
on Wisconsin avenue near Friendship.
It succeeded in crossing Its sill in
Z AS seconds yesterday. Although
this time was not equaled by any
other truck companies, No. Truck,
commanded by Sergt. j. A. Mayhem,
L. ~%tA st frt-
came within one-fifth of a second of
tying this record.
Under the rules, the two tying com
panies must now run off the tie to
see which assumes possession of The
Evening Star Cup, which was offered
to the engine company in Washington
leaving it's quarters fastest on an
alarm of fire. The three judges,
Battalion Chief Thomas O'Connor, W.
W. Dean, fire prevention engineer of
the War Department, and reporter
for The Star, will confer with Chief
George S. Watson tomorrow to de-
termine how this shall be done.
viii Go to Neutral Place.
1t is probable that the two com.
panies will be taken to a neutral en-
CINE house, where both will have
identical opport unities. SUCH as the
pitch of the floor, width of door and
other features that essentially vary
in different quarters. The new en-
gine house on Conduit road was sug-
gested as an ideal place for the su
preme test and 1t Is probable that
the run-off will be held there next
Monday If Chief Watson consents to
the suggestion.
The Star mistakenly reported the
A A. L H.
yesterday Its time was quoted as
2.5 seconds, whereas it was really
71.5 seconds. tying the national rec
ord set by No. % last year. AS a
result the championship outfit of
1925 was left no alternative but to
equal It's own record when the judges
arrived at the quarters shortly after
9 o'clock this morning. Every man
was on his toes, too, determined to
accept the challenge that had come
from Lanier place.
Lieut. w. A. Bryarly was in COM
mand and the drivers job was turned
over to Pvt. Pierson Talbot. The
equally important task of turning the
starting crank was assigned to Pvt.
j. D. Hall. The distances were meas
ured to make sure the apparatus
was in the right position and two of
the judges with stop watches sta
toned themselves at the door, The
third remained inside to see that all
rules were obeyed.
Started at Sound OF Gong.
At the prearranged signal the, big
gong began to sound an alarm from
box 13 Those men in the engine
house moved with the precision of ma.
chinery 1t takes Ia seconds for
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