The San Francisco call., 1908-09-25
High School Athletics
By Hesbert HauSer

Russell p. Baker, chairman OF the Academic
athletic league football committee, announces
as dates for the semifnal and dual games No
yember and Ia. All subleague champion
ships must be decided before November and
the winning teams must be ready by that time
to play at the time and place named by the
committee. Winners of the semihnals win
As the. intercollegiate Rugby game win be
played November IA il is not improbable that
the Acadenic athletic league nnal will be post
The Fremont high football team and all
those who Witnessed its game With the Berke-
ley high team Wednesday afternoon are dis
gusted with the rough tactics and playing OF
the college town boys. This style Of play is
be disciplined by the officials Of the game or
by the school they represent. Berkeley played
its withdrawal from the jurisdiction Of the
Academic league will not prevent Ii living up 10
Its former good record
The Santa Monica high school will put out
strong football team this season. George B.
Culver. the former Stanford athlete, who is
he was at Los Angeles last year and did much
to bring out the athletes there. The. Santa
season with Culver coaching them.
Long Beach high school. which played Rugby
can intercollegiate and will be strong factor
In the southern California championship.
Rugby game at Santa Clara college, team
will be put into the field which should com
of last years players are In the training
sqnad, but there is an abundance OF good ma
teTisi, S which is being developed rapidly ;
Shafer, who played fullback last year, is
showing. his usual good form at that position.
Others in the back field that likely to be
valuable men are Kearns, Mailman and De
Lorlmer.
Captain Grif Kennedy win play his old posi-
tlonal ability at Rueby ba,n0 fioronehiv femil-
lar with the fine points Of the game and con-
tinually using this knowledge to advantage.
Brown, Jarret, Mclnnis, Gerald Kennedy, Null
len and Duffy show rare form forwards
Manager McHenFy has arranged for games
ves o tbe as sae tbs .ns hs
Barbsrians. The team win journey to Reno to
play the University Of Nevada.
Coach Howard is pleased at the way the
boys are rounding into shape and predicts a
successful season for the team
to TO-, Vallejo tomorrow 10 rub up against the
Winged VS. of that city. Fifteen players will
chanee to te he well sss
Poly teams, the former having been defea ted
last week by Vallejo.
The fact that Oakland and Berkeley high
schools have been training on the California
track has kept both teams up TO the top notch
have TO do better than he has been doing Of
late II he expects TO take second In the shot
team is proving TO be formidable rival. He
has put the shot as far as a feet 3 inches
from time to time, and occasionally has come
within one or two inches of the As mark. Poore
made A feet and inches yesterday, which
his limit
In the two mile event Berkeley has as good
pair in Monro and Rathbone it could want.
Rathbone, IL win be remembered, won from
Monro in the interclass meet and his chances
for place Saturday are good
Each day shows different results when Fred
Allen and Cambell the so and 100 yards
hfp 1Afr ~ NaI~o 4ras
and second places in both of these events. Al
len Is surprising good many by the way he Is
picking up in the broad jump and he expects
TO take place in that event too.
ane ses Tssg eaD.s is s S Ssd %
out some time ago it was more in jest than
in earnest, but he made better time than some
and promising miller in Gaylord Cook who is
showing up finely. BE has hopes of placing in
the race Saturday. Scott has had a sprained
ankle and 1t threatened to keep him out of the
worse he viii compete in the 900 yard dash
The freshmen classes OF Lick high school is
displaying great activity In athletics this sea
son. Basket ball. football and track events are
daily practice is observed. An interclass game
of basket ball was played between the 1909 and
1912 teams on the schools court Wednesday
afternoon Both sides scored a number OF trick
plays. Deutler, right forward Of 1909, and Cap
tain Neuhaus. left guard of 1912 were the stars
OF tne game. Deutlef 8 faSt passing ana NeuhauS
clever blocking adding materially to the In
terest in the match. As the 1900 team was in
the better condition II managed to roll up a
score OF 10 points TO its opponents 4. This game
was the first of interclass schedule. The
lineup of the teams follows:
Deutler (captain) Right forward. 49,. Meinicke
Weber Left forward ......... Wallace
Straus Right gard. .-.--.... .Reyer
Delano. o.........-.Left guard. .(captain) Neuhaus
Dickey ............ Center ............. Beats
Witmeyer, the big fullbsck who played recent
ly on the Lick football team, was suspended
from the team for six months by Professor Mer-
ril's order. ks Witmeyer is member of the
1910 class he Will play on its football team
during the season.
Macauley of Alameda high school has decided
to drop the 440 yard dash and at the bay coun-
ties meet will be in the 100 yard and 22O
yards only. This decision will add to the
chances Of Leo Meyer, T.owelrs crack quarter
miller, as Macauley was q dangerous competitor