The San Francisco call., 1907-01-20
CITY HIGH SCHOOLS
LACK ATHLETIC
MATERIAL

The high school athletes on the west
side of the bay have said little or
nothing so far about the championships
they intend TO capture in the spring
Never before have their chances been
so poor as at the present time.
Since the fire only one academic
championship has been won This trick
was performed by Lowell High School
athletes in the swimming tournament
last November However. the Lowell
captain. Tom Zaine, showed his sports
manlike spirit and announced that
certain members Of his team were
ineligible to compete, and as these men
took part in the relay Lowell would
have to forfeit the points won in that
race. Therefore the championship will
go to Lick, which finished close Sec
ord.
Lick took both the San Francisco
and the Bay County Field Days, came
third in the academic and reached the
finals in football. This Is not bad
record for a school which was so heav-
lily drained after the fire.
Before the holidays the Lick athletes
were expected to make fine showing
in track and baseball this spring, which
sports they have won for the past five
years on this side of the bay. But
several unexpected things have hap
pened TO deaden their prospects. Lick
hardly expected to lose Crabtree. their
440-yard and relay man; Stevens, who
ran the middle distances, and Charles
Bell, their all.around athlete. Lick
would have been impaired almost be-
yond recovery If Charlie Golcher had
not decided to return. Five points In
the 100-yard and five more In the 22O-
yard dashes, besides the finishing lap in
the relay, made Golcher a pillar of
strength to the Tiger team, and his
schoolmates are rejoicing at having
him with them again
AS to regaining Bells services, there
is little hope. Bell was a crack slab
artist, played fullback last fall, and
could always be depended upon to win
from ten to fifteen points in a field
meet.
While these losses will affect Lick's
chances materially, it is not the first
time that athletes from this institution
have developed a new winning team.
With man like Ernest Thompson for
captain the school should not land far
from the Oakland High team.
Without doubt the Bay County and
Academic League field honors will go
to the Oakland school, for Albert Mum,
one of the best all-round athletes ever
developed in the league, mas returned
TO school and intends to take a post
graduate course. The following are
Munn's records: Pole vault, IL feet ~
inches; hammer throw, 165 feet; shot
put, so feet inches; high jump, feet
1 inch; broad jump. % feet inches,
and 120-yard hurdles, is As seconds.
Besides excelling in these branches, he
can run any of the middle distances in
fast time. With such men as Mcdonald.
Weber, Poore, Grubb, Vail, Hartwell.
Free, Raines and Bradley to help out.
there is little chance of their defeat.
Berkeley High has Harlowe, Harold.
Whitman, Rathbone, Hanford, Chapman
and Munro for foundation.
Alameda High has Macaulay, the 220
and 440 yard sprinter, and Sepulveda.
Lick may count on the services of E.
Thompson, r. BettoI. A. Butler, G. Pa
dilla l.. Thompson, Lodge, Sobey, A.
Simpson, Allsopp, Hupp, Klein. Little,
Graft Merrilees and possibly Golcher.
Wilmerding still has ]. and r. Will
son, Trowbridge, Hilliard, Geincell, Dal-
las and Lieb.
The Lowell boys are shorter on mate
rial than ever before 1t is hoped that
a little school spirit manifested this