The San Francisco call., 1907-01-04

With the end of the first period of
The Calls gold prize contest now. al
most in sight. the prospective prize
winners are beginning TO realize that
the race for the bags of gold is not GO
ing TO be won in a walk or SLOW
canter The pace set by the leaders
in the race is getting swifter DAY py
Gay and competition for the big purses
is growing in intensity.
Interest centers chiefly in the, $500
prize. which will be awarded to the
contestant having the highest score
at the end of next week Sacred Heart
College has managed to keep in the
lead nearly all the time since the open
ing of the contest. Mrs. Mary c. Deasy
Of Napa has been a pretty close second
throughout, when not in the lead her
self. She began the new year with
firm resolve TO win the $500, in spite
OF the popularity and prestige of the
college. on Wednesday she succeeded
in rounding up enough votes TO place
her in the lead, but yesterday she was
not heard from and the friends OF the
college got busy and boosted IL back
to first place again, but with so mar
row margin of votes-a plurality OF
only 26OO-that Mrs. Deasy can again
regain the leadership before another
sunset IL her friends continue to stand
by her.
The students and alumni of Sacred
Heart College are working like
beavers to keep their alma mater TO
the front, and the many friends OF the
Christian Brothers who so ably con-
duct the institution are very eager to
see the college win the money to re-
plenish it's valuable library which was
destroyed by the great fire of last
April.
Mrs Deasy has no powerful organi-
zation behind her. She is conducting
her campaign single-handed, but she has
many loyal friends in the Napa Valley,
where she was reared. and in Vallejo
and San Francisco, where she subse-
ouently resided. Since the San Fran
cisco fire she is living with her mother
and two little sons in Napa. Her popu-
larity and worth are attested by the
liberal support she is receiving in the
contest from many places In Califor-
MIA and points outside Of the State.
THREE OF A KIND
But Mrs Deasy and Sacred Heart
College are not having the race for the
$500 prize all to themselves. Miss
Emile Hayward of Martinez has be-
come a formidable rival for first
honors She has held third place most
of the time since her debut in the con-
test but she began the new year by
capturing second place from Mrs.
Deasy. This she lost to Mrs. Deasy
on wednesday, but yesterday she came
up with a rush again with enough
votes to bring her within $50 votes of
being even with Mrs. Deasy this morn
ing and only 1850 votes behind Sacred
Heart College. This makes Miss Hay
ward a possibility for the leadership,
and Sacred Heart College and Mrs.
Deasy will have to reckon with her in
the division of the spoils at the close
Of the frst contest period
Miss Hayward has many friends
among the politicians of the State, for
some Of whom she campaigned in Con-
ira Costa County at the late State cleo
tion. Some Of the men she helped to
elect are now voting for her in the
gold prize contest
vORwAERTS, FRAU LAUDON
Mrs. John Laudon, who is trying 10
win some of the prize money for her
self and her daughter, Mrs Hans Coop
permann. scored another big gain yes
terday and captured sixth place from
Mrs. May McElroy. Frau Laudon re-
ceives most of her support from the
German-spealxing residents Of the city,
by whom she is held in high esteem.
George Stolzenwald. the big tilIer-
man of truck s, San Francisco Fire De-
partment, has moved UP two degrees
10 ninth place in the score and expects
in the near future to climp up among
the high five" During the great fire
of last April Fireman Stolzenwald per-
formed heroic service in fighting the
flames and rescuing people from burn
ing buildings. Since those trying days
he has married and established a
home. No one who knows the brave
fireman will begrudge his winning a