The San Francisco call., 1908-08-30
Soccer Issues Soon TO
Be Decided
Association 10 Take Up Many
Questions az Meeting on
Tuesday
BY Bob Shand


IS about over and everything Is tn read
ness for rhe annual general meeting
II The California football association
whIch is SET for Tuesday evening The
regulars. or machine men, IS they have
become known. have been canrassing
assIduously. uhlIe The --ref1rmers' have
been no less active il pulling to- new
lneup- The lzral1o INK ISSUE = hl-ee..s-
there szeU be an association or lle
teaEue SHAH wrest the conLrQ- lr1--
tHe ruling body ana 1lslaL- -ls~--
The u-f-.e ruler Of association fou-beil
in California The delegates q rle as
s1cla-icn are making Z game lEll -1E
turther lease cf lie, W1-le ne -s1s-s
people are striving win esAl- earnest
1ess 10 down -lem-
The friction uoW apparent developed
last season Wlau r1e asSQ-----c1 49,
pc ran t4tnEs to sl-- s-s e s-s.---s -
got on the nerves q tne llceE .4-.ss
znd they arose IL their wrath and os-
clzre6 tlat when the next genera
meeting rolled around they ~e1-4 1l
would effectively settle tlelr -oot-2-L
career
Realizing the rig0r with wh-cl the
calcft-a-rs meant 10 enter t-c cam
raEzr rhe reEulars went quietly 70
work aL1 throughout the close season
theg have been Fs-T busy reFf---lnS
upen the Ob5ecrors 20 guI tleir c-aa--
crtng. promising r1eD rev a1z-lL1-is-
trati1n which would be free from
r-as--s-= a-f -sl-.iErtiness,' and
would cater 10 tie desires CT foot
promises The assocla--11 men sad SaaI
they had program framed Ep which
W4s guaranteed 10 gave EeuerG- Salls-
faction and az THIS writing LEsT seem
able to make good On their pre1le-
r-Cls- II Lle program = earned
through The dissatisfaction VII cease
an6 r1e soccer people VIII again be-
W-hzIe scarcel- ia order. although l5V-
Ing ~ 70 the spirit q -ze times I1e
POLITICIANS have been doing Whole lot
z arnc-nce t1at certain STICKS ct
1eadTv11E which formerly retarded the
E1rk 1- the ruling body W-A oe SCI
aErift and some new men tr1tned only
with desire 70 see the good old game
prosper. VIII BE elected q membership.
50 nat The focrbaLl sLlr VIII glide over
quiet seas instead u hittilE q success
sion, as was the case last year
IN outlining -1ls new program u
WlS rUe desire q TIE delegates 70 re-
tain ir 1flce Taliestl Evans. who has
been president ct rle association since
tae institution g that b1dy EFans
has been AZ -le head u Affairs for six
rezrs and has done --cL toward pCru-
larlzilg the game, and Il IS with eN-
tr5LE rEEe- -lzt the 1octo2L public
fr-. learn thai -1e genial president has
-ectz- 70 retire from Ele chair On &C
-c--E q the pressure - prlFaEe 1usi-
-eSr Although lo- taking an active
retiring president said yesterday 5
l= would continue u Co all II his
power - foster II ard would Be ready
HE aA Iules TO render a1Flcs W1el i
was sought. Z is likely that Evans viii
elected 20 an honorary Office such
-s Easr president president eN-o1Icio
-ssi-Aze MS arreu1aDce a. meetings.
-GE4- --o--eroT- secretary manager
--lce COY and general do Il al man IF
he Dalc-a-1 Hornets IS SLATED Tor the
. ~- =
p found L Is llrc1gl PoUerOys ef-
S -lar Ele Slcer game has at
tor1-z- a11 u may te said thar 10 man
-as lcle IS much Tor the game sac-5-
heed more or had the game more al
heart Eh-ougL his - Eears cOnuec-
-icl with soccer II California Pomeroy
-Es witnessed tLs use and fan Il sew
z-al 1Qo-Dal associations and he was
tre prime morer q The Institution OF
TIE present BODY starting as z
player wirh the American British
Ri1es. PcUer1T later organized the
Hornets ard since then ~ has had the
-1e caLp p-1-ss-zp- oesl1eS having Lhe
ulortlfcaticn of landing his players II
ne slnceliar.
Throughout al rIcissftuEes Pomeroy
has done more good for football in
general than ever he did for his own
team and this fact has been fullv zD-
rrecizted by che followers o1 the game
with the result that he is the Unzui-
moss choice fbr president No other
1zue has been submitted and none i
iLkely a. be
For chairman of the executive con-
r15ttss George ECu1tz IS the uouuI
choice 1Louu-z has been connected
with the game only during the las.
few years but during his tucuubelcy
u rEe secrzraE-el chGi- Of the league
ne gave rEar BODY the best and clean
est administration Il ever enjoyed
White never an active football PLAYER
N1altE possesses r1s executive facul-
ties necessary Il controlling lot o.
Wild eyed enthusiastic football men
as The delegates 70 the association
usually are
Of late years there has been a tend
e-cT 20 ignore TIE appeals Of players
lle association refusing % come down
- the z1rdid level Of the Flebeians
LcE1-E Is not thar sort Of mar He
VIII 50 OUT among the rank and Iis
and look into every Individual griev-
znce himself with him il the chat,
there VIII be no high handed methods
and The wheels of the association
should rETo-re without friction
The stability and even the existence
cf TIE present BODY GerolTes on the
selection q the right men % I'll the
rar-ous o11ces- and u is up 70 the dele
gates 70 l0ok 20 the future and let per
so1al prelu1tces sink beneath e desire
for the general welfare Of the game
Last season. when Tire league was s1rir-
movement met favor wiki z lot OF -en-
pie Who hsrbored prejudice against the
association only on account cf tie
actions - some n irs members. and
EliE feeling 1- hostility VII 6tsau7ez-
q tle r-Elt De1 are elected 70 cfrre