The San Francisco call., 1907-03-02

When Greek meets Greek then comes
the tug OF war. There are no Greeks
A. the gold prize contest. but there are
Irish. Italians. Swiss Germans, Ameri-
cans and representatives OF other ma
tionalities. and the international tug Of
war viii be pulled or today
II is the last chance for those who
expect TO win a share OF the $4,000
which will be distributed among the
twenty-five leaders In the final score
for the. period which viii end tonight.
Never before has more exciting
contest been waged than that between
the big three" for the first prize, a
purse OF $500 Miss Norma Merani Of
Oakland: who represents the Italian
colony. has held first place during the
entire seven weeks of the period, with
the exception OF three days, until this
ro-ra5ng. v.hen She retires TO second
place for the fourth time, and Sacred
Heart College. goes. 10 the head for the
second time. Mrs. Doherty OF Sacra-
mento has been. no. J. on two occasions.
but only for one day at time For
the last few DAYS she has been in third
place. and has fallen far behind her two
powerful competitors.
Sacred Heart College has been MAX
fng giant strides for the last four days,
and yesterday. by q gain Of S4,650
points went 70 the front again. with a
total score OF 2Ss.z50. which is about
"a 600 more than the score by which II
won the $500 prize in the first period.
Peter, Mccormick. former chief dep
utv coroner of San Francisco and an
alumnus OF Sacred Heart College, has
helped in 8 large measure to place his
alma mater in 8 position where IL viii
again win first prize. unless Miss Me-
rani or Mrs. Doherty has surprise in
store for the collegians.
\ Neither Miss Merani nor Mrs. Doherty
rendered report yesterday-they pre-
ferred 10 husband their strength for the
nnal effort today. II is impossible to
tell what these ladies have up their
sleeves. but the friends Of Sacred Heart
College may as well be prepared TO
meet a heavy onslaught II they expect
10 see that institution victorious in the
FIRST degree again.
APPEAL TO ITALIANS
II Miss Merani does not win first prize
a. viii not be for lack OF loyal support
nv the italian press OF San Francisco.
T;Tfalia. Le Noce del Popolo and LEO
6eIla California have said many friend
- things concerning The Call and the
contest and Miss Merani's part in IT,
T,a Voce del PopolO IN its edition OF
.-asterdav contained the following ap-
noel ~ italian pride and patriotism TO
beln Miss Merani 10 achieve her lofty
ambition.
ser devs ago we called the attention Of
our readers 10 The Call contest rn.sh vii be
-,<.,I rr~-f Saturday and especially % me fact
tt+ ,sise Norma Merani leads IN said contest
III several Thousand votes.
- -vi,c contest viii soon BE- closed, and II seems
hoe very probable that Mise herani may sue
reed in holding her leading place 20 tne eng enc
t,cf ,~ol,ahflitv VIII become fact II the ital-
(ere rrIii erasp this opportunity 70 Subscribe -of
me call taking advantage o. the very rev oays
fe,11 rraflehle 10 enter their votes Tor Miss
Eerani supporting her ne zealously ar they have
fouc far. -
f..r,ular ana energetic Italian young lady In
tes~lfnO her goal: II is also question OF ae-
lerfi,,r even IN this matter. the collective lead
Ino enirst Of the ItGliHns leading spirit al
keacy shown by fhe Italians on other occasions,
lr IN instance IN rebuilding their quarter, q
Eorr worthy and commendable work, for which
kverv one gave them due credit
I 1srer Al this matter less important but not
lerF significant. must see the Italian name
HEAD and fhe Italian name r. presented ~
fIss Norma Merani. whose cause every Italian