The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-05-03
League CHckefers TO
Play Today
Season Opens al Park and Ala
media With Good Teams
Named
BY william Ur1n1aGE

Today sees the official opening Of
the California cricket association. and
two games will be played, one al Ala
media and the other at the stadium in
Golden Gate park. The old time rivals.
the Pacific and the Alameda teams, meet
at Alameda. while the Barbarlans and
the Wanderers try conclusions al the
stadium
The wickets at both grounds are in
perfect order. The wicket at the stad-
lum is perfection itself. and this is due
70 the efforts Of Foreman McIatire, who
personally supervised the laying of the
concrete last week. The concrete IS
IS feet long and six feet wide. and the
grass has been clipped short for 80 or
10 yards all round the wicket This
viii be greatly appreciated by cricket
ers, as they had considerable trouble
in sending the ball any distance owing
TO the extreme length OF the grass. The
wicket and grounds at the stadium ara
now easily the best cricket ground on
this coast, and il is 10 be hoped the
crieketers viii not be hampered too
much by other forms OF sport en-
croaching from both sides.
There must have been fully 8 hun
dred cricketers turned out for practice
last Sunday and from the form dis
R-6- CT SCNCA d 4AACn II Cdu Dc seen
that We are in for q good season OF
high scorNs.
At Alameda Wheatley showed splen-
did form with the racket. hts cutting
and at times his pulling 10 leg being
splendid He made some splendid
strokes all round the wicket and only
once did he give q possible chance
Wheatley viii. I am sure. do well all
through the season, and will be near
the of "a n a. -
Another man who showed Up well
was Saunders He displayed good hit
ting powers. but he is not the same
finished batsman that Wheatley is At
the stadium Buchanan showed by far
the best form with the racket He has
a large variety OF strokes and they
are all clean cut II is to be regretted
that this player was not selected to
represent his team today Fraser was
another man who performed fairly. but
he has not yet struck form
In the bowling last Sunday there
were no demons" unearthed- None
OF the bowlers seem 10 have found
proper length so far, although Bird
and WildiHg troubled the batsmen
somewhat at Alameda
1t is always gratifying 10 see q good
man behind the sticks in q game, and
last Sunday Taylor OF the Barbarians
performed splendidly- Tom Price. how
ever, is the Barbs' regular wicket
keeper and he will be seen in action
on Sunday He has q great reputation
as a wicket keeper. having represented
the Moore Park cricket association in
Sydney in that position IN their all star
eleven.
In selecting the II players to repre-
sent their respective clubs today The
several selection committees have had
no easy task This is particularly the
case with the new teams. whose men,
teams selected appear to be really good
combinations. and good exhibitions Of
cricket in all departments OF the game
can be expected both al Alameda and
the stadium
The San Francisco county club and
the Golden Gate club both have an on
day. and their members are sure TO be
in attendance at the other games. so
as to get line on their future oppo-
nents-
As for today's games. expect 10 see
the Barbarjans and the Alameda team
declared the winners, although the Ala
media Pacific game seems 70 be almost
a tossup-
to meet in the stadium are selected as
follows.
Barbarians-J- Larerty. H d. Sam
uels. A. H Moverley. T. Price. J. Lyman.
]. Priest. A Earl. ". ". tombstone. L
Fay. r Resleure. J. Fraser.
Emergencies-A- Marshall. J. Dallas.
w Buchanan
Wanderers team-G. E. Wilson. R
Stuart. w. Sharpe. d. Halfway. ]. Wood.
c. Dunford. p 3 Oswin. II. Pennington.
H Brown. A Scott. F. Hyland-