The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-09
boat represented the Defender and the other

boat represented the defender ana the otner
little wooden boat represented the Valkyrie.
"And why all this preparation and building
up of special facilities at an expense which
would have bought out the entire plant of the
newspaper of a few decades ago? Solely be-
cause the Evening World serves the people,
and the people want the news red-hot, not re-
frigerated and stale."-From the Evening
World, September e.
The wet feet brigade was probably largely
made up of out-of-town visitors, and their in
nocence was their apology They were just
foolish enough to stand in the rain and watch
those little wooden ships operated by the
wires of the so-called Associated Press. There
fore they were correspondingly sad. The little
wooden ship that represented the Valkyrie had
been leading the little wooden ship that rep
resented the Defender all the afternoon. The wet
feet brigade refrigerated" as to their lower
extremities, but they were not getting estate"
news. The Evening Sun, with an accurate
account of the race from start to finish, had
been on the streets fifteen minutes. The Even
ing Sun had said two hours earlier that the
stakeboat had been rounded, according to I'M
official time, by the Defender at 40, by the
Valkyrie at 3 AS. This time was taken by an
Evening Sun reporter who was near the stake
boat. The paper that was published behind
the little wooden ships brought more gloom to
the wet feet brigade when 1t came out at $50
with this "red-hot' news: Coulter mark (un-
Officially Valkyrie 255, Defender 90"
There was nothing stale about that. 1t was
hot from the wires of the so-called Associated
Press and it was served warm from the press.
1t was non-refrigerated, but it did not warm up
the crowd The little wooden Valkyrie proved
that the report was true, because it led the lit
tie wooden Defender by what on the painted
canvas represented mile. 1t was anticipatory
news from an authority that executed anar-
chists in Chicago some minutes before that
fate really befel them. The anarchists did
finally meet their fate as foretold.
OMAHA, NEBR., Sept. 8.-The World
Herald says editorially this morning:
Our Associated Press contemporary said yes
terday morning: "The great international
yacht race to-day Is the foremost event in
sporting circles. The Bees account of the
contest will be unequa!ed in any newspaper
published in these parts" The vain-glorious
boast was i'll timed. The news columns of the
Evening Bee gave an account OF the race which
was "unequaled" as a curiosity of misinforma-
ton, but not otherwise. Here is the headline
in that paper last evening:
'"Valkyrie has good lead-English sloop ap-
parently about to win the first race"
The Telegram under the headlines was of the
ways ahead of the Defender, according to this
"unequaled account" and the Telegram closed
with this 'unequaled' paragraph: cat 1887
p NJ. both boats still remain obscured in the
mist. The wind appears to be dying out. If ii
holds this way it is doubtful if the boats will
finish within the time limit"
The Evening World Herald did not boast in
advance that it would have "unequalled ac-
counts, but its United Press news told the
story clearly and dramatically, and indicated
at the time of going to press yesterday after
noon the probable victory of the American
boat, which at that time was reported as half
mile ahead.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Sept s.-The
Morning World says editorially:
The superiority of The United Press service
to the Chicago Associated Press was strikingly
illustrated yesterday by the reports of the
great international yacht race. The Worlds
evening contemporary, which is served by the
Associated Press, in its three editions yester-
day announced that the Valkyrie led at the
turn, and had the Defender beaten out of sight
at the close. 1t was nearly o'clock when an
extra was gotten out, which had but limited
street sale, that confirmed the news that the
World had gwen long before of the Defenders
signal victory. People who read the reports of
The United Press in the Worlds editions got
the news correctly. Those who read the Star
were informed that the Valkyrie had won, and
will be in ignorance of the real termination of
q race that attracted the attention of the world
until this morning, when it will be compelled
to make humiliating correction OF its blum
dering report.