The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-12-13

of the youngsters at the last meet was
surprisingly good, considering the poor
training facilities that have TO be put
up with in the crowded school yards
Next Friday nights meet will see the
Auditorium packed to the doors The
pupils and teachers Of the Spring VAL
will win the greatest number OF points
in this contest. and. if enthusiasm
counts, they surely will They viii
enter a team Of So athletes, every one
trained to the minute. Humbert Sea-
tena has been elected captain and man
ager. and has spent much time getting
his boys tit for the going Nearly every
afternoon after school the boys train
on the road near Fort Mason and be-
tween times have made several trips TO
the stadium. They are as manly
crowd Of little athletes as / have ever
seen. Some OF the boys are related to
some of our former high school and
college athletes. and this, no doubt.
increases their interest. One OF
athlete that have ever seen is a mem
Der of the Spring Valley team His
name is George s. NIiehling and he is a
son of Prof. George Miehling. the well
known instructor Of the school depart
ment and also gymnasium instructor
of the Olympic club. Young Miehling
will represent his school in the 220
yard dash in the 115 pound class.
Mission grammar school will have
good team IN the races. but 1t will
not be as large as that of Spring VAL
ley.
That Berkeley and Alameda high
schools will draw a record breaking
crowd at their football game on next
Saturday is unquestiOnable, and il is
TO be regretted that larger grounds
than those of Alameda could not be
secured for the game. Every one in
terested in the intercollegiate wants to
see these two scholars play. as IL will
decide many disputes OF their respective
admirers, both sides of which have
friends better
than the other.
1t is going TO be the hardest fought
game Of the season. as the winner will
have the opportunity of meeting the
IL OF the Englewood high school OF
Chicago. which wils play here on
Christmas day. There is considerable
which is the better. and it is to be
hoped that this will not be brought
out in the game and that each IL
will play good. clean football and do
have noticed one fine thing in the
Alameda team. and that is the cool
way in which Captain Kiser looks after
his men. and when kick is to be
made he himself attends to it.
There was a full attendance present
on Thursday night at the meeting OF
the new amateur baseball commission.
and the discussions were exceedingly
interesting. everv onA present partici-
pating. IT was decided TO call the or
ball commission. and il was the Senti-
ment of those present to conduct the
games of the association on strictly
amateur basis While il is true that
many of the players Of the present
bay cities tournament are out and out
professionals. the commission win weed
out those not desired, and. as Bert
Shine said "at first. OF course. tho
class of baseball that will be played
will not be up to high Standard
this will improve as the tournaments
tainly starting in on the right lines.
and if it is kept up as begun IL Will
be great boon to amateur athletics In
this state All those on the commission
are thoroughIy interested in the work
and are bound to make it a success.
The athletic committee OF the Olyu-
pic club is going TO put UP propo-
sitiOn to the board of directors of the
club to give a big athletic meet az the
Golden Gate park stadium on wash
of which will be great Marathon
race. the finish Of which will be run
on the stadium track 1t is good to
see the club wake up and give track
George James, Frank O'Kane. Fred
Burgers and others on the athletic
committee an affair of this kind Ia
bound TO be success. as all are men
of great experience in athletic circles
AS this falls in the time when the
various school and college men are
doing their spring practice, a large
entry list should be secured
This months meeting of the Pacific
athletic association. which was sched-
uled for next Wednesday night. has
been postponed one week. President
Peixotto will not arrive from the east
until Tuesday night with his report OF
the proceedings of the annual, so IL
was decided to postpone the meeting
until the 23d. when there would be a
full attendance. This meeting will be
devoted to planning out the program
for the spring season of sports. and
as il promises to be the most active
year in the history of athletics on the
coast great deal of Importance is at
tached to the evenings doings-