The San Francisco call., 1908-12-20

Southern California on the latter's
track. and on the week following the
latter team meets Whittier college on
the same field while Occidental will be
March the University OF Southern
California will meet Occidental on the
with Whittier at ClaremOnt. On March
10 Stanford will make the southern
trip to run with the University OF
Southern California, while the Calffor-
mia track team will try out Pomona at
ClaremOnt and Occidental will meet
Whittier at Occidental On March 20
the annual conference meet-Southern
California, Pomona, Occidental ami
Whittier-will be held on Bovard field.
Stanford will give Southern California
return of games at Stanford, and
erners will participate against Califor
MIA on the Berkeley oval.
This schedule is by far the best pro-
gram the southern colleges have ever
arranged. In ADDITION to this schedule
several other contests will be arranged
with the prep schools of that section
top is difficult to say at this early date.
as all of them have lost number of
their best stars Occidental will feel
the loss of Charlie Richardson very
of Southern California'S best athletes.
Whittier expects to make a better
showing than heretofore and many
good men have registered this semester.
Trotter of the University of Southern
California is the only record breaker
of last season that will participate in
the conference meet. the others having
been graduated. The interest will no
no doubt be greater this season, as
the Pacific athletic association has
awarded the state championship meet
to Los Angeles 1t is the first time
in the history of athletics that such a
championship has been held in the
SOUTH and it will do much to help out
amateur athletics in that section.
The southern schools and colleges
are also taking great interest in basket
ball, and a strenuous season is planned
This sport is much better patronized
in the south than In this vicinity. a
fact which is to be regretted There
than during previous seasons. and the
prospects are for a very successful
tournament Of the Pacific athletic as
soc1at1on.
There will be one more preliminary
set of games by the Public schools
be held January "a. This. the third
group. will consist of the Glen Park.
Hancock. Irving NJ. Scott. James Lick.
John SWEET, Monroe, Sutro and Wash
ington grammar schools. and possibly
several of the larger primary schools.
They represent widely separated dis
tricts, and should make good show
ing, as the majority Of them are fairly
large schools. Looking back at the two
meets already held ii can be easily
seen that the schools which made the
the principals and teachers took the
most interest. The records made in
those of similar institutions in various
parts of the country. where the leagues
have been running a number of years.
Both meets have been successful
commence the new year with a nice
nucleus in the treasury.
The present plan is to hold the final
competition between the champions of
the three groups at the park stadium
Washfngton'S birthday. An event OF
this kind will be great attraction
crowd All the winners of bars in
the three groups will be eligible to
compete In this final contest, and Rob
has announced that he will present
each winner of the nnal races with
a handsome medal.
handsome trophy offered by The Call
will start the latter part of next
month. The schools are showing much
interest in this sport, and good tour
The monthly meeting of the Pacific
athletic association will be held
Wednesday night President Peixotto
has returned from his trip to the an
nual meeting of the Amateur Athletic
union. and has much TO report to the
members of the association Peixotto
A. T. Cloud as a delegate at large. the
national association having granted
the local body permission to increase
its number of delegates to seven
committee will be appointed at this
meeting to take charge of the state
basket ball championship tournament.
which will be held in the early spring
months It is probable also that
committee to take charge Of the annual
cross country run win be chosen.
The Dolphin boating and swimming
club is the only boat club around the
bay that is showing life at present
The club announces a race today be
tween a gig rOwed by Wflliara and
Thomas Harris and six cared pleasure
barge with c. NJ. Farrell, Al Hager-
dorm, S. p Vicini. A. T. Gillespie. Al
Freyer and p. FLYNN as oarSmen and
J. CrOnin as cOxswain- The race VIII
start from the clubhouse at the foot
[ of Van Ness avenue. and Will finish at
FL Campo. where the losers will have
to provide dinner for the crowd
Launches containing club officials will
follow the racers
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