The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-07-13
WHOOP|NG IT UP,
Alec Watson's Big Jump for
the News Chicago Trip
-Lenahan's Bound =
Leaders Hold Their
Places.

An apparent lull in the general excite
popularity contest followed the Fourth
OF July holiday. The announcement
that the management OF TIE NEWS would
present the winner of the round trip
ticket to the sWorld's Fair with check
for $50 to assist in defrayiug his expenses
started Dew spell OF intense excitem ent.
Spectators have held their breath while
watching the poll in wonder rs to what
effect the announcement would have
upon the leading champions.
Meanwhile the champions themselves
have been quietly marsialing their
strength for greater achievements than
have yet graced the record of this marvel
Gus contest. The great struggle is al
most over. Within nine days sight of
the close, 1t has become q nine days
wonder. What will it be In the nine
DAYS TO Gomez Thus far nearly thirty
three Thousand votes have been polled.
HARD FIGHTING NOW.
Today's poll shows that several of the
leading contestants have already begun
to deal their heavy blows. The total vote
for today is 2.782, which exceeds that OF
any previous day since the contest
opened. or these Turnkey" Watson,
whose advance through the contest has
been steady all along, polls 818. 1t is un-
derstoou that several prominent First
precinct aspirants in the race have pulled
out in favor of him and will support hin:
to the end.
Among these is Van Driver Dawson.
VINO has stood well throughout the cou-
test Another excited individual de.
clared yesterday that The NEWS press
would not be able to print enough copies
Of The NEWS to supply the coupons de-
manded for Watson by his friends. This
erai1f lam hntu koC ixlxN
feet idea concerning the capabilities of
The NEWS press room.
A BRASS BAND.
Watson's friends declare that If he wins
the Drize they will have him conveyed TO
the depot in an open barouche, headed
by brass band and escorted
by the off platoon of the First precinct,
and half the off sections in oEher pre-
cincts. But Watson has several very
strong men TO do battle with even in the
First precinct, TO say nothing Of big
scheme in reserve to send one of the
Fourth precinct men to Chicago as the
winner of this contest
COYNE'S LEAD.
Coyne of the First still maintains the
lead, having added 1874 points to his score
of yesterday. Tier of the Second makes
no effort. yet still holds second place.
Egan jumps from fifth place to second,
scoring 430 points. Hanbury. who stood
third yesterday. drops a notch to make
way for Egau, although scoring 1874
| points. McGovern allows both Egan and
Watson to pass him, having scored
| only forty points. Watson's greAl
leap. in which he scores over eight hun
dred votes, lands him from sixth to
fourth place. lie has been continually
hammering at the big giants without a
let up ever since he entered the arena,
and seems TO be growing stronger as the
contest advances -.-- s..
The next significant leap is that of
Lenahan of the Second precinct wht
scores 720 points He climbs fro III tht
sixteenth to the seventeenth notch. Cox
scores eleven points, the Tin Soldier
forty. Cooper seven. Martin thirty-six,
Cannon one hundred aud twelve, Brau .
newald stwenty-two, Foley one hundred
and four. Garvin five, Collery thirty
nine. Newton twelve. Mcbride four and
Lee fourteen.