The San Francisco call., 1909-03-21
BASEBALL
TOURNAMENT
PLANNED
Schedule for Twenty Teams 10
Be Arranged at Directors
Meeting To-day
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By VIII Scarlet
rba details OF the proposed baseball
t,,,,.Dar,ent 10 be held under the au-
,,ioa.. - tba Catholic schools athletic
league will be arranged this afternoon
when the board of directors holds IT'S
meeting at Sacred Heart college Inc
officials Of the league are determlheu
10 lose no time and will draw up
schedule of games in which teams
representing 20 local CathoHc lns'
tutions will take part
The date Of the next indoor meet
will very likely be set at today's meet
ing. At the inception OF the league II
was thought that the indoor games
would take place annually. but so
great has been the enthusiasm OF the
participants in the meet Of March II
that the officials of the league are now
in favor of holding the games at least
semiannually. A plan has ben pro
posed whereby preliminary meets may
be held I'm this city and in Oakland
and the winners be brought together
at the stadium or the Auditorium. This
scheme has been received with favor
by those prominent in league circles
and it is likely that it win be for
maIy adopted this afternoon
Several OF the teams that secured
trophies in the meet OF last week
are preparing to take part In the Big
carnival which will be held on the
Berkeley oval early next month The
Big organization has extended COR
dial invitation to the league to par
ticipate in the annual games and the
league officials readily accepted The
crack team from st. James school, the
winners of the indoor meet, will doubt
less represent the league together with
the athletes from several other paro-
chial schools
Prophecy is always a rather uncer-
tain thing, but it looks as though az
least one city school not prominent
at the last meet will be distinctly
heard from when the Catholic athletes
again assemble on the floor Of the Au-
ditorfum. The boys Of st. Charles
school, Eighteenth and ShOtweu streets.
have awakened to sense Of their op-
pOrtunities and have expressed their
determination to take a prominent part
| In league activities during the coming
months. 1t is their ambition to wrest
| school at the very first opportunity.
and they are already in training 10 lit
/ themselves for the difficult stunt
/ Keep your eye on ST. Charles
! Other city schools are not idle En-
| thusiasm still runs high at St. JO-
seph's and St. Francis Real school, both
/ of which turned out some likely look
/ ing runners at the recent meet All
/ these schools are situated in that part
! of the city known as the Mission. and
\ the boys are determined that. cost what
Pit will. the coveted trophies won BY
| the St. James lads will not cross
/ Sixteenth street.
Things are humming out at st. Peters
school. too. The boys there have taken
TO basket ball and during the last week
pulled off several very successful games
/ in their famous open air court They
are now on the lookout for challenges
! from teams from other schools.
The plucky little 10 pound basket
| ball team of St. Mary's college is still
/ in the game These lads have wrested
/ victory from several strong Oakland
/ fves and are anxious to test their skill
with teams on this side of the BAY
/ The St. Mary's midgets line up as fol-
lows: Winsby and O'Meara, forwards;
Chiles. center; Paul and GOchuicO
stitutes. Their manager is William n.
Thorpe of the junior class. whose ef-
/ goodly share OF their success.
Brother Vitus. the athletic director at
St. Joseph's academy, Berkeley. has
/ decided to hold field day in the near
ure. The little athletes who at
! tend the feIalIa park school are not
content with waiting for the next
termiued to let them have track meet
between times. Several of the Bay
cities league teams will be invited to
participate in the field day.. which
promises to be an event OF mOpe than
ordinary interest.
/ The basis of weight, rather than that
of class standing. has proved so salts
/ factory in the indoor games that the
/ officials OF the league will adopt IL in
the baseball tournament to be arranged
/ this afternoon This method viii de-
/ stroy any advantage which 10 grade
| rhOols might have other schools OF
only eight or nine grades, and VIII be
an incentive for even the smallest
| schools TO enter the tournament with
4 the certainty OF getting a square deal
I forced there can be no doubt that
the handsome Spalding trophy win go
to the most deserving team
i An official handbook OF the Catholic
II Schools athletic league is now in course
of preparation and will be ready for
distribution in the course OF a few
of the organization, somewhat similar
to that which appeared in the March
issue of Blue and White. together with
the constitution and by laws OF the
league. Pictures of winning track and
baseball teams will also be included
with authentic accounts OF the first
indoor meet.
1t is likely that this handbook VIII
be published annually and in its com
pleted form viii be a compact and re-
liable history of the league. The names
OF the officials or the league and the
donors of cups will appear cOnsptcu-
ously. and bits of information OF in
, terest to the members viii be incorpor-
ated. In general. the book is being
modelled after the handbook OF tbs
school league of New York city
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