Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-28
FIRE COMPANIES
5 AND Fl WIN CUPS
IN ANNUAL SPEED TESTS

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of the afternoon, tying In 7 seconds
fiat. But even then, they were fifth
of a second too slow to match the ear
lier performance of No. p, twice VIC
tor in the annual contests.
Capt. o. c. Basford was in COM
mand at No. IL Truck Company With
Driver w. H. Hill, real veteran, and
w. C. Phelps quick as hair trigger at
the crank. they proved classy team.
No. Is Engine, which is located in
Langdon. was commanded by Sergt. T.
S. Baber. The driver was B. c. c.
Dickinson and j. G. Berry twirled the
crank. Lieut.. w. w. Trents COM
, manded Engine No ID with II. K. Bur
ton i'll the seat and w. c. Phelps at
the crank. Phelps did another good
job at cranking No. IL Truck, both be-
ing under the same roof.
At some of the houses in congested
! areas, crowds gathered TO watch and
encourage their own companies. No
IL Engine Company. located at Four
teenth street near Kenyon street. had
big gallery" and was all set to make
new record. Sergt. r. B. Hanback,
in command, had a good man in G. j
! Kite, the driver. but when the latter
damned down the self-starter some
thing failed to, happen to happen. The
motor sputtered and sputtered and
sputtered and finally the engine leaped
! forward, only to slow down. AS a con-
sequence, the time was 81 seconds. The
men took their hard luck good
| naturedly and are biding their time
until next year.
Rescue Squad No. ., under the same
roof with No. IL Engine, got its APP
| paratus out of the house in. 8 seconds
! fiat. Capt. T. S. Jones was in COM
mand and c. K. Bum acted as driver
| Another case of bad luck involved
No. "a Engine Company, when the
carburetor flooded. Its time was strung
out consequently to 204-5 seconds
Lieut.. r. D. Crompton was in COM
mand. with Ct. r. Clark driving:
No. II Engine. commanded by Sergt
M. H. Sutton, with r. E. Fennelly in
/ the drivers seat. Jared better. but Sur-
ceeded only in doing the job in 1925
seconds.
| The Brookland engine company No
| II had to contend with a newly over
hauled engine that was still stiff. Capt
r. A. Calpin anticipated the trouble in
starting that slowed the time to Is sec
! onds. r E. MIDGET was in the driver S
| seat and T. o. OBrien sWeated at one
of the toughest cranking jobs of the
! day.
! No IL Has Bad Luck.
I No. IS Truck Company, which set a
/, fast speed last year. just naturally had
a run of hard luck. In his excitement
| probably, Driver II. A. Melcher lost a
| couple of seconds III trying to dash of
| without throwing the engine in gear
/ When he did start. with bang, it was
only to admit defeat with time OF
! 1885 seconds. Sergt. c. l.. Bryan was
! in command.
| No Truck Company showed both
speed and class. 1t cleared the quar-
tiers in 745 seconds. due to excellent
team work and perfect working motor
Their mark was just a fifth of second
behind the record for the afternoon
among the truck companies. Lieut.. P
Sherman and j. S. Jones, the driver
composed this alert crew.
No. 4 Truck turned out in 1925 sec
onds Lieut.. c. L. Abel. in command
trusted to the self starter. G. A. Ham,
mer was in the drivers seat. A frac-
ton faster, Truck Company No. IL. in
command of Capt. p Cross. did the job
in 10 seconds fiat E. Bowder was the
driver and E. Repfro performed at the
crank.
The last two companies visited during
the rounds yesterday afternoon were
No Engine and No. Engine. Driver
E. B. Smith, one of the veterans of
No. Company, showed class that
brought word of praise from Chief
OConnor. For some reason or other
the engine wouldn't start in low gear
so Smith threw it into second. His
time, under this difficulty. was II sec
onds, which was pretty good, consider
ing the handicap. Lieut.. C. G.. Harper
was in command.
No Engine pulled out of the house
in 925 seconds, experiencing better luck.
Capt. ]. Sullivan was in charge of the
crew with r. L. Dunninghton in the
drivers seat.