The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-10-01
David v. Birtley.

the contest until July 10. twelve days
after Mr.. Rodriguez. On August 6
when detailed daily record was com.
menced, he was In third place, 20 points
behind Callahan, and 60 behind Rod
iiguez Two weeks later he was still
third by 1S points, but the following
day, August 81, advanced to second
place. then leading Callahan by two
marks. From that time until the close
OF the contest he succeeded in holding
that vantage point, gaining steadily or
Callahan until the last week of the
contest, when the latter made a spir.
tied squirt. but failed to overcome Brit.
ley's lead. Birtley made quite gain
on Rodriguez during the last part OF
the contest, reducing his lead from 81
to 43 points on Friday. Mr.. Birtley has
been employed In a drug store at the
North End, and his time has necessar-
lily been limited for canvassing. He is
1s years old and is at present student
in the Scranton high school. BY rea-
son of his coming in third in the con-
test he Is entitled to choice of the
remaining special awards after Rod
riguez and Kemmerer have made their
selections.
Miss Mary Yeager.
Miss Mary Yeager who is fourth
in the final record, has been a resi-
dent Of Moscow until the last few
days, her parents having removed to
Scranton last week. She did not
enter the contest until 1t was two
thirds over, enrolling her name on
September 3. 1t was ten days later
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points, then bringing In 81 and stand
ing twelfth in the list. The next
day she went to eleventh, on the 10th
she went to eighth, and on Saturday
morning last she was in fifth place,
despite the great effort made by those
below her.
Eugene Boland.
Eugene Boland, who is in fifth place.
is but 13 years old. He resides In
Dunmore with his parents. He en-
tered the contest on July 5, the first
day, being the third to enroll. He was
handicapped somewhat early in the
contest because Of his home being
quarantined for a case of diphtheria,
but after the sickness was over he
started anew. On August he was
L
tember Is eighth, and on the morning
of September 20 he was tenth on the
list. Saturday evening he brought in
2O3 points and advanced to fifth place.
passing Callahan, Spencer. Miss Mey-
ers, Miss Williams and Harry Reese.
He stands in line for the bicycle, pro-
viding none of his predecessors choose
it.
Oliver Callahan.
Oliver Callahan, Of Ais Vine street,
who came in sixth, enrolled on July 4.
the same day as Charles Rodriguez.
He was the first one to make a return
of points and for two days enjoyed
the distinction Of being the leader.
Then Rodriguez came into the leadei-
ship. Callahan kept second place un-
til August 18, being succeeded then by
David V. Birtley. He remained in
third place until September 20, when
Miss Meyers stepped into it, and on
September rs Arthur Kemmerer took
fourth place away from him, but the
next day Callahan regained fourth and
held it until the close. Mr.. Callahan
is employed as clerk in the station
cry store of M. Norton, on Lacka-
wanna avenue. this city, He is 10
years old and lives on Vine street,
Scranton.
Miss JENNIE Meyers.
Miss Jennie Meyers. of Lake Ariel,
who is seventh among the leaders, did
not enroll her name until seven weeks
of the contest had slipped by. She was
the thirty-fourth one to receive a book
of subscription blanks. and on August
20 started to work. Her first return
was not made. however, until Sep
tember II, when she forwarded by
mail AZ points, this emitting her to
ninth place in the list of sixteen active
contestants On September II she ad-
vanced to seventh. on the 18th to fifth,
and on the 26th to third, being then
only points ahead of Callahan. She
still held this position on Saturday
morning. Miss Meyers resides about
a mile from Lake Ariel in a sparsely-
settled hamlet, but she has succeeded
where others who lived in the city
failed. She is an attractive young
lady and has many friends all through
the region traversed by the Erie and
Wyoming Valley railroad.
David G. Spencer.
David G.. Spencer. of Bloomsbury,
who stands eighth in the list. entered
the contest on July II. His first return
was made soon after. On August 6 he
stood fourth. on September 1 fourth.
on September Is fifth, on September 2s
seventh, and dropped one place on
the last day, Eugene Boland passing
him. Owing to the fact that Mr..
Spencer lived the farthest away from
Scranton of any Of the contestants,
t,fty-two miles, he has had a harder
fight than most any of the others. and
did noble work. He was born and
raised in Japan. his father being a
missionary, but he Is a genuine
American, despite the fact that until
May, 1900, he had never set foot on
American soil. He Is entitled to great
credit for the showing he has made.
Miss Grace simrell.
Miss Grace Simrell, who Is in ninth
place In the final count, lives in Car
bondale. She enrolled her name in the
contest on July 20, On August 6 she
stood eighth in the list of leaders, on
September / she was still in the same
place, on September Is she was ninth
and on September 2S eleventh. At the
last hour she sent In 5s points. enough
to put her into the position she holds
and pass Miss Williams and Harry
Reese, She is entitled to the $40 POGO
camera, providing no other contestant
who has a prior choice selects 1t.
Harry Reese.
Harry Reese, the tenth leader in the
contest Is but thirteen wears old al