The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-12
Actors All Had Money
on JeffrieS.
WEBSTER'S CIPHER MESSAGE
CALIFoRNIAN's MANAGER SAID
ITS A CINCH."
Now the Local Thespians Are Rolling
in Wealth as the Result of the
Overthrow of the
Australian.

Every actor in San Francisco has money
70 burn-that is, nearly every one, and
moro especially those who enjoy the
friendship OF George 2. Webster Of the
A.caZar company and Billy Brady. the
snreWd manager Of the husky Cali1or-
MAN, who upset the calculations Of the
wise ones ana lowered the colors Of the
lauky pugilistic champion from Austria
liza. The lucky Thespians not only have
money to burn but they are industriously
engaged in incinerating it, much to the
delight of the sundry gentlemen along
the line" who have liquid fireworks to eA-
change for the coin of the realm.
An actor without money IS common
enough TO be commonplace, but an actor
with a bundle of greenbacks large enough
to choke d horse is an extremely scarce
article these times, and ii is no wonder
that the dispensers of aqua vitae eagerly
gTasped the opportunity to relieve them
selves Of a portion of their burden without
stopping to inquire too closely how the
matinee heroes and heavy villains of the
stage accumulated such Unprecedented
wealth
The secret of this sudden accession 10
wealth on the part OF the disciples Of
IheSpis-fOr II Is secret IN Way-neS
in d cipher telegram received by Mr.. Web
ster late Friday afternoon from Jeftries'
manager. Brady and Webster are old and
warm friends. ana SO certain was the for
feaung the hitherto 1nVlnclble champion
that he generously concluded to put the
latter Ion TO d good thing The dispatch
referred TO read, when translated into the
language of the day, something TO this
effect
"Jeffries is a pipe in from seven 10
eleven rounds. This is my Judgment. Put
our friends on
1t was well on toward evening when
this wire was placed in the hands OF the
actor and he lost no time in gathering
his available cash and hying him
self to the pOolrooms TO buy JeffrleS .ick-
cts. on the way he took occasion TO no
tIfy all his friends whom he could con-
venieuty reach, with the result that there
ensUeQ a scurrying among those favored
to get their money down.
Among the lucky ones was Leslie Mo-
rosco. He received the tip al a moment
when his pockets were practically deSti-
tute of silver or gold, but he had friends.
and now he is rolling in wealth, with 4
ticket TO New York in his trousers and
several hundred plunks to the good. RUDE
Clark also received the tip and made
equally good use of the information
while almost every member Of the AlcaZlr
company is temporarily in position 10
snub the manager OF that popular play
house.
Of course there are those who did not
get on simply because they could not be
reached in the short time intervening be-
tween the receipt Of the telegram and the
closing of the betting in the pOOlrOoms
and some of the unfortunates are sore
over their misfortune. A few of the lat
ter but only a few, intimate that it was
strange that Brady was able to not only
pick the winner of the big fight but also
TO tell almost the exact number of rounds
which the battle would last. But those
who know Brady best say that in his en-
thusiasm he was simply giving his friends
the benefit of his judgment. and they point
out that he was careful to state that il
was his judgment that the big Califor-
Man would win.
Mr.. Webster, while admitting that he