Manhattan Police Put Out Fire Department's Flame
» Mary Bernhard - Manhattan American - September 4, 2008
Dan Forsythe of the Manhattan Fire Department threw down a challenge two months ago to the newly hired Manhattan Police Chief Bill Fitzgerald, two days into his job, challenging him to put a team together.
"My second day on the job as chief, Forsythe asked if I was going to be able to field a team," Fitzgerald said. "I took that to heart."
The fire department t-shirts stating "If you can't handle the heat - become a cop" did not shake the confidence of the police department.
The "guns and hoses" game held Saturday at Central Park proved to be exciting. Last year's event and fund raiser, the police had to recruit fireman to get enough players on the team. This year the "cops" showed up to play.
After radio host of FM 100.7, "Freak," threw out the first pitch the police took a slight lead, scoring three runs in the first inning while the fire department answered back with only two.
Thanks to a nice play at second base and some errors on the police department's part, the fire department looked like it was going to run away with four runs to the police department's zero.
» Mary Bernhard - Manhattan American - September 4, 2008
Dan Forsythe of the Manhattan Fire Department threw down a challenge two months ago to the newly hired Manhattan Police Chief Bill Fitzgerald, two days into his job, challenging him to put a team together.
"My second day on the job as chief, Forsythe asked if I was going to be able to field a team," Fitzgerald said. "I took that to heart."
The fire department t-shirts stating "If you can't handle the heat - become a cop" did not shake the confidence of the police department.
The "guns and hoses" game held Saturday at Central Park proved to be exciting. Last year's event and fund raiser, the police had to recruit fireman to get enough players on the team. This year the "cops" showed up to play.
After radio host of FM 100.7, "Freak," threw out the first pitch the police took a slight lead, scoring three runs in the first inning while the fire department answered back with only two.
Thanks to a nice play at second base and some errors on the police department's part, the fire department looked like it was going to run away with four runs to the police department's zero.
