The morning call., 1894-05-12
SANDOWE REPLIES
He, Not Eugen Sandow,
the Injured Party.
Considers That the Damages Ought
to Be Fifty Thousand Dollars
the Other Way.

Ihere Is nothing remarkably small about
irving Montgomery Sandowe with an "e''). SO
far from feeling abashed at the legal onset re-
Gently made by his distinguished rival Eugen
Sandow (without the "e''l, he has had the hardi-
hood TO declare that he is the injured party.
Irving Montgomery filed his answer yester-
day to the suit for damages brought by his
hated rival. He starts of by denying that
Eugen of that ilk ever performed any won
droas feats OF strength or endurance, or that
he ever made name as the strongest man on
earth-far from it. On the other hand The
Birmingham England athlete modestly ad-
mits that he on his part did perform feats of
Herculean strength and endurance-not as
Eugen AYERS, during the past three or four
years, but for twelve years or more. Irving
coufesses that he is rightly styled the strongest
man the world has yet seen.
AS TO the character Of his makeup, which
Eugen claims to be In imitation of his (Eugen's)
w0rld-captivating charms. Irving Montgom-
ery's reply is: Perish the thought. To begin
with. the defendant points out that he is man
of much finer physique and appearance alto
gether than the insolent Eugen, and has no
need or desire to initiate any one in appear
ance, much less Eueen. And as TO the charac-
ter OF his performance, which Eugen claims 10
be in imitation of his. only much inferior, Irving
says that he is an original show and In every
way superior to the spurious Initiation given by
Eugen SandOw.
Then as 10 names. Irving Montgomery Is
charged with having taken the name of San
dove, pronounced the same as and in every
way made to resemble that of Sandow, so as
cause confusion in the mind of the public, 10
Eugen's detrmeut. Now comes the defendant
ana saws that he performed as Sandowe long
before Eugen was heard OF. aud that his name
was taken from "a celebrated park or race
track in England, known as Sahdowe Park"
In this Mr.. Montgomery's memory appears
at first sight to be little al fault, as the name
of the raCetrack TO which he refers is Sandown
with an IN" not an "e') Park. He further
stateS hat he has just as much. if no. more.
right TO the NAM than SaDdow, whose real
name he gives as Friedrich Wilhelm Saude.
Lastly Irving Montgomery denies that he
has been chased out of England by his rival, or
that III this country he has left certain unpaid
bills behind him 10 mark his progress, which
bills Eugen Sandow has been called upon 10
settle.
So. being altogether the aggrieved party, Irv-
ing Montgomery Sandowe with an "e'') says
he wants an Injunction restraining his rival
Eugen from performing under the name OF
Sandow and for the trouble, indignity and In
jury 10 business that he mas suffered by reason
OF the nefarious acts of his hated rival, Irving
demands satisfaction to the tune of $4,000
damages-thus seeing his rivaPs claim and 60
ing him $4,000 better. Mr.. Montgomery is
legally represented by Timothy j. Crowley OF
the San Francisco bar. The hearing Of the
case has been specially set for Thursday next.
the 17th inst, before Judge Slack. The pro-
ceedings not likely to be devoid OF interest
and al extra force of baliffS viii be on hand
when the strong men meet.