The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-05-18

feathers, plug hat. gloves, and so forth
Once only did his eagle eye flash upon the
alleged audaci0us smircher of his natne
butthat look carried words in it that a
moderately sized volume could not I'LL.
Sandow took a .seat bes de Ills counsel,
Eugene F. Bert and Andy Clunie, while
Tim othy j. Crowley ran his taper fingers
through his auburn locks as he prepared TO
fight for the good name Of the defendant.
The taIeat of stage dom in it's acrobatIc'
sense was present. George ). Miehllng,
man of iron and wrestling instructor at
the. Olympic Club, was present accom-
panied By his wife, who was once mem
Der: of the celebrated Wirtemberg fam.
lily. Lars Larsen, acrobat ef the Trans
. oceanic Company, cut a prominent figure,
while Drawee, the jdggler, sat close by.
Mrs. Alice Shaw, the whistling pTima
donna, was there to testify, as was Mrs.
Marguerite Allison, member Of the theatre
cal profession since but one week ago.
Before the proceedings started Eugene
Bert informed Judge Slack that a $50, 600
contest was Oh hand, let win who might
Timothy j. Crowley said the so-eaEed per-
feet man was fraud and be could
prove it. ~
After the complaint had been read and
comm rented upon, and the answer otthe
defendant had received like treatment
Eugen Sandow, the plain tiff was called
upon TO testify. Born in KoeBigsberg
Germany, in 1867, Frederick Wilhelm
Sande had migrated from one place to an
other until he finally settled down as a
gymnast in Germany fourteen years ago
: Ten years ago be became the man OF
might and muscle that he now IS.
Under what name have you always
given exhibitions of physical strength"
'Under the name of Sandow."- - -. :
Sandow went on to state that he had eX-
hibited in Italy, Germany, Russia, Nor
way, Sweden, England and now America
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his feet and Indignantly protested al what
he called the advertising OF this man."
'This is DO lawsuit" he said. "nbis can
be no trial of legal issues, For from the
very frst start off we can plainly see that
this is a scheme for advertising this plain
tiff" Mr.. Crowley went on to say that no
doubt The plaintiff liked to advertise his
business. He liked TO exhibit his muscles
to the fair sex, and they liked it, too.
Ladies were not supposed to be capable
of Judging mans physical strength, but
men liked women to admire them, and
liked to be called ''Adonisn by them. The
whole thing was an advertising scheme.
''Perhaps," concluded Crowley, "he's got
his dumhbeIIs here. Perhaps he'IEtake TO
carving US all around on one arm. What
are the issues we are here to try?"
,Tndge Slack said that be would hear no
testimony relative to the comparative ex-
cellence of the men, but would only occupy
his mind with tie main question, (which
of the two men was entitled to the name
of Sandow Pr -
Fmgen Sandow was then permitted to
resume his story. He said bis usual occu-
patton was that OF carrying TWO or three
horses around on his back, lifting human
dnmb bells, holding up pianos with eight
men sitting on them aud other pleasing
recreati0ns. IF not intim ately acquainted
with Vulcan, he was nevertheless known
to the family, as il was by Cyclops Tor d
strong man by that nance Una :, he was n
troduced*tO Montgomery the False. in the
wear 1890 Montgomery, he understood,
was an instructor IN a. birmingham
England gymnasium. he never heard of
his rival before that time.
When he arrived in America, in June,
1893, he discovered TO his horror that an-
other Sandow was in the field. What was
his surprise to learn that the treacherous
Montgomery had taken his name and was
using il all over the country. He went for
Montgomery, of course, and the first thing
he knew Montgomery had added an ''e,
to his stage name~of SandOw.
The -cross-eXamination or the plain tiff
led 10 a. bluff contest between attorneys.
Each wanted TO put his man ln*the arena
and LET them. fight it. out.> Judge Slack OBJ
iacted, and then Timothy Crowley: 3 1aney
took another fight.
'1Did ven ever hear Of Lurline, the water
nymph ?" he asked.
The question was iuIeu :oAS anu INC
San6ow was permitted TO say that be had
been advertised all over the world.
Crowley asked: "Can you show US one
sinela. nd yertisement Of your name in aSan
Francisco paper prior to. your ARRIVAL
here?' Instantly there was scramble
among Sandow s attorneys, managers and
friends, all of whom strove to produce the
desired article. The. question was lald
over Tor further consideration. -.
!.sIVho engaged vell pr was then asked.
."Henry A bbey." was the modest reply.
=. INF Abbey, he gentleman who engages
an the great artists. Sarah Bernhardt,.
Henry Irving and myself
Sandow, withdrawn temporarily. mrs:
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