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Jun 3, 2008 9:14 pm US/Pacific

Return Champ Wins Cable Car Bell Ringing Contest

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5 / BCN) ―

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Leonard Oats walked home Tuesday with a trophy for a contest that epitomizes San Francisco and celebrates an art form found nowhere else.

The 46th Annual Muni Cable Car Bell Ringing Contest was held at Union Square on Tuesday afternoon, with the defending champion taking top honors.

Oats, this year's world champion bell ringer, also came in first last year, according to Municipal Transportation Agency spokesman Judson True.

Tuesday's contest included two divisions: one for cable car gripmen and conductors and one for local media representatives.

The other cable car crew winners were Ken Lunardi in second place and Byron Cobb in third place. According to True, Lunardi has won the contest three times and Cobb has won a total of five times.

Scottie B of KOIT radio took first place for the amateur division, with the winnings going to the AIDS Research Institute. Aaron Jones of KBLX radio got second place for Feed the Children and third place went to TV personality Janelle Wang for the Asian American Donor Program.

Both first place winners received $1,000, True said. The second place winners got $750 and the third place winners got $500.

True said prizes of hotel stays, dinners and other gift certificates were also given.