The San Francisco call., 1908-08-23
Three Teams Are Left
in Cricket Race
TOday'S Games Will Reduce the
Championship Possibilities
to Two
STANDING OF THE CLUBS
By William Unmack

Three teams are left to fight out the
battle for the possession of the Cali
fornia cricket association championship
cup for the season 1908 to 1909 The
three teams are Alameda. Pacific and
Barbarian. Today the Barbarians and
Paciics meet in their return match, and
the loser will be in the down and out
club. Last Sunday the Barbarians put
the San Francisco team to sleep, not
withstanding that the county team had
out the best IL they have mustered
this season.
All three leading teams have splendid
records and the players are in excellent
condition. A loss VIII be fatal TO any
one of the teams. From present ap-
pearances the Barbarians' chances look
very bright. They have three more
games to play and should they win
them all ut will give them 10 points
The Alameda team is second favorite
/ and has two more games to play.
Should 1t win both it viii give it
Barbarian and Alameda teams on a
level and they viii have TO meet a third
time TO decide the winner.
Should Alameda, Pacific and Barba
rian each be defeated once in the games
left them TO play the Alameda and Bar
oarlan teams would still be even with
13 points and Pacific would have IL.
II viii thus be seen that the club to
win will have 10 be victorious in all its
games.
Two pennant games are scheduled to
be played today% The Alameda and
Golden Gate teams meet on the formers S
ground, while the Barbarian and Pa
ci1c teams meet at the stadium.
The latter match is attracting con-
siderable attention owing to the
strength and standing of each team in
the competition. The match at Alameda
ought to be won by the Alameda team
without any extra effort. although the
Golden Gate boys at times play fair
cricket, and one never knows when
they have surprise in store for their
opponents.
The Barbarians and Paeifcs are at a
l critical stage in the competition, and
their meeting today viii no doubt bring
/ out all the cricket that is in every
member OF both teams.
The Barbarians will depend on prac-
tically the same players today who last
/ Sunday successfully defeated the ex-
champion San Francisco county team.
/ If Jordan has returned to the city he
viii be on hand as usual. His inclusion
strong team. The Pacific team is in
excellent form, particularly Howard
and the Elliot brothers. Wilkes bowl
! ing VIII also be a big asset to the vet
been steadily improving for the last
month or more
The Barbarian team will be as fol-
/ lows; Lanerty, Moverly, Earle, Jordan,
Stewart, Spencer, LYMAN, Marshall,
| kaufman, Samuels, Price and Taylor,
the reserve man. The men to represent
| the veteran Pacific team will be chosen
| from Wilkes. Elliot brothers, Howard,
Logan, Wilding, Jameson, Theobald,
Langdale, Talbot, cassidy, Talbot, Young
and Read.
The Alameda team 10 play the Golden
/ Gate club win be selected from Irish.
/ 0'Brien, Spencer, II Bird. B. Bird, Nc
Naughton, A Smith, II. Ward. =. Price.
J. Brown, Saunders, Stahl, E. Wheatley,
/ W. Smith, Newton.
/ The Golden Gate selectors will choose
! from Dewhurst, PAIGE, Lewis, T. j.
! Walton, Z. Perkins, f. Spencer, Good
man. Strike, Major, J. Smith.
! Cricketers are still talking of the
/ severe defeat the Barbarians admins
! tered to the San Francisco team last
| Sunday and the sensational bowling OF
! Stewart, the Barbarians' new trundler.
/ Beyond a few of his friends the cricket
public have been guessing and wonder
/ ing where stewart hailed from and
what his past record is. First of all,
/ Stewart" is a thespian and, like all his
/ fellow actors, assumes a stage name.
4 hence the name Stewart His proper
name is A Bethl, and he is an ex-mem-
ber of the Wayerley cricket club in
! Sydney. Needless TO say he is a first
class man and his performance last
1 Sunday speaks for itself. 1t will no
doubt surprise the county team to
know they were up against an inter-
state cricketer last Sunday when they
| tried to put Bethl (Stewart) to the
/ boundary for six.
Bethl has represented his state New
/ South Wales) in many important games
and was considered one of the best
bowlers the corn stalkerS" have had
| in recent years. AS batsman he is a
! first class man and has made his centu-
ries against far better bowling than
I is the general rule in California cricket.
1 The revised bowling analysis and
/ batting averages, according to the as
sociation system. includes all pennant
games up to and including last sum
days games Bowlers' averages with
I 10 wickets and over only are caIcu-
! lated.
BATTING AVERAGES