The San Francisco call., 1907-01-27

Not since the baseball team from the
California School of Mechanical Arts de-
feated the Alameda High School team
in the final game for the championship
of 1905 has there been cause for much
interest in the national pastime.
Baseball started on both sides of the
bay last spring with a decided jump.
The schedules were well under way
and everything pointed to the most
successful season in the history of the
Academic League. The trophy offered
for the school winning the cup three
times furthered the interest. Alameda
and Lick had one victory each to their
credit and every school was intent
upon preventing any one institution
gaining a commanding lead.
The championship without doubt
would have gone to the Lick School
had it not been for the April fire, as
Lick's aggregation of balltossers was
the strongest ever entered upon the
/ field Maillot, the Alameda High
| School man, who opposed Brick
/ White in the 1905 championship game,
went to Lick last spring. At that
/ time Charley Bell started Lick,
thus giving an alternate pitcher. With
Bell as a regular pitcher; Harry Dearin
! Captain elect, first base; Jerome
Barieau, second base Maillot. short
/ stop and pitcher; Griffith third base;
! Acton, right field; Blucher, left field
/ and Lieb, center field. TO represent
their school, the Lick students were
confident of winning the championship
At the regular meeting of the Aca-
| demic League last year it was decided
that the championship in baseball
should not go by default. but that the
present champions (Licll) should keeI
the cup until il was won from them
\ However, they will not be credited
with a victory.
GOOD ARTICLE OF BALL
The baseball the city lads have
played during the past few years de-
serves mention. Snappy games have
characterized many subIeague contests
and in several instances the game:
have either had to be played over OF
be run into the extra inning column.
Take for instance the season of 1905
Never will there be another like that
Mission Lowell aDd Lick had team!
about equal. Polytechnic and vii
merding were not considered stTonE
opponents in the early part of the sea
son. but to start the excitement Poly
beat the Lick team-the time Georg
White went up in the air" BY usini
the percentage system Lick was abl'
TO meet Poly" again. This time great.
improved. her team defeated the Bush
street aggregation by a score Of 9 to 8
Toward the end of the season Licl
played Mission and took her easily int
camp. a week before this event th
Lowell players chuckled over the fac
that they could sit In the grandstanC
and see Lick and Mission fight 1t ou
to play Lowell for they expected u
defeat Wilmerding during the week, a.
every school had done so far by larS'
score The unexpected occurred vii
merding shut out Lowell for eight in
nings when an error by a Wilmerdin;
man let in three runs. Score: 4 to il
; Wilmerding's favor.
Then came the game with Lick
Lowell went on the diamond thi
time without overconhdence, but witt
determination to win. So did Lick
Eleven innings of the snappiest bal
ever played by school athletes resulte
and the tie was finally broken by
. timely single from the bat of Sarah
Hall.
The Sutter-street aggregation wa
the only one to give Lick rub" 70
the championship, for the result-6 I
gin the Alameda game is matter o
( history.
PRESENT OUTLOOK
One condition prevents the comin
season, which starts about April
being as lively as it's predecessors, an
that is the lack of a suitable diamond
Wilmerding and Cogswell. have dia
I monds of their own to practice on, bu
they are just large enough for INTEL
work. Lick has little better. Th