The San Francisco call., 1908-12-06


continually infringing on ground thst
Is dangerous
Baseball is the cause of most OF these
lntTactions, Tor there IS not a town
anywhere IN the country that does not
support It's bs Sc bail team. and in most
places the high school is drawn on Tor
some OF the PLAYERS When these
Soloois once become members OF the
teague their education in amateur ath-
3etics viii 81 once begin. and il VIII
mean much for the fight that the league
's making for clean amateur sport.
President Archie Cloud. Professor
McCuros. Vice President Russell Baker
and Chairman Tracy Kelly OF the con-
Stituti0n committee have been working
- lth great energy 10 Increase the size
~ nd scope Of the league and are secUr-
.ssrg the ssistance OF the majority OF
: he schools in the organization. Their
ecent conference al stockton with the
. schools Of the San Joaquin valley was
step in the right direction and II viii
be Followed I'D with similar meetings
aL Healosburg. Sacramento and San
SOse The first of these viii be held at
Inc latter town the end Of this month,
-yhen the annual meeting or the state
; teachers association Is held there. Last
year eX-President Skate attended the
meeting OF the same organization at
santa Cruz and was given much atten-
non when he addressed the convention.
and the general result of HIS talk was
g beneficial
II was surprising to see schools like
Mission and Commercial oppose the
rrassaEe OF the expansion amendment
and for no reason that I could see
our city schools should be the lrst TO
lend q helping hand.
This last league meeting was one OF
tfe best and most representative held
Tor some time and. for a wonder, the
various delegates took more interest In
The matters that came up and were not
afraid TO voice their sentiments. Some
OF the older members are very stron &
on technical points and II the constitu-
ton were left to them TO draw up there
Gnunf that ii would prove an
exceedingly vOluminous book.
The success OF the indoor meet Of
.the Cornell athletic club on Frioa y
might was surprising to the fondest
admirers Of amateur sport and presages
a brilliant year in athletics for 1908.
I'm spite Of the rain .. 900 people gath
wa tched every event with great in
terest III was not so long ago that
dismal failure y was meet like
=flis that was the undoing OF the West
err athletic club. II IS surprising that
sacl an organization as the Olympic
club does not take up an affair Of this
kind for ir has everything TO make
Z successful The club has done but
little IN the last season toward en-
eoura ging track athletics and it was
no surprise 10 see its track team de-
feated in Friday nights meet by the
tossHell school.
There is one matter that IS getting
81 fagrant that the clubs having com
petinE athletes should take action. and
fnat is the appearance Of athletes on
ac field in sOiled running clothes. One
Of the 6rst principles Of amateur sth-
lerics is cleanliness. Yet there are some
a-hletes competing hereabOuts that
never think Of washing their suits. The
clubs should look into this and stop 81.
President Sidney Peixotto viii return
on December Il from his trip 10 the
animal meeting o. tie Amateur STh-
letic union and, no doubt, viii bring a
lot of news from headquarters. The
awarding OF the national champion
ships 20 the Alaska UkOn exposition
ga Seattle means much for the Goa ST
and we win hear the particulars when
Peixotto arrives.