The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30

OAKLAND, Nay -9--ThLs was chill
oren-s day On the athletic field. and a
round 5000 from KidFille enjoyed
themselves 10 the uttermost al the
Grove street ball park. The occasion
was :he first meet OF The recently
formed Oakland public schools ath-
letic league.
The bIeschers presented picture ar
once unique and thrilling. the several
thousand youn gsters- decked in vari-
cclored costumes and waving alOft the
coIors OF their respective schools. Civ
ing vent 10 z whole sculed enthusiasm
which can only come from children
The while the several hundred lads
and lsssies were striving for honors in
the races perfect pandemoniUm
reigned in the roofing section, and the
shriu voices could be heard for blocks
small yell leaders performed IN regu-
lar college styIe and sought 70 ouIdo
one another in lending vocal encour-
agement 70 their heroes. The girls pre-
dominated and made more noise than
any grown Up roofing section ever
heard Al any ball park The Lock
wood school hand added 10 the din
FRANKLIN SCHOOL WINS
The IsureIs o< the DAY went 20 the
Franklin school. which with total Of
20 s-I0 points. easily annexed the
ho-ors The young athletes from this
Institution also captured six OF the 10
trophies offered, and IL the llo yard
dash for boys little n Hon broke the
grammar school record by running the
distance in Il seconds rat. The for
ner record was Il IL. made AT meet
inks in New York and san Francisco
The other trophies were taken by the
Piedmont school frwol. and Grant and
Prescott one apiece.
As early as O'Clock IN the morn
ing the youngsters began making
tracks for the scene OF activities and
many Of rhe kids surely did not sleep
the previous night 50 wrought up
were they with the approaching ex-
element when the games opened AT
{ o'clock they were all ready for ac-
tion and the hrst athlete 10 appear on
the field was welcomed with vociferous
cheers There were lads and lassies
OF All shapes and sizes dressed IN 4
multitude of assorted running COS
tunes. but from the scrswny little 50
Founders 70 the husky youths OF Is
and Il they were fmbued with the one
spirit-to uphold the honor OF their
schools
GIRLS IN FIRST EVENT
The 80 pound girls were first 70 sp-
pesr and over z hundred OF EN- lined
vas q continuous performance being
conducted on 2 unique plan IN order
20 comply with the scoring rules out
lined BY 8Tr- Pfund- The representa-
rfves of rhe various schools lined up
sr row al the starting line and just
as soon as one girl crossed the win
mig line another was signsled 70
start Il was q wonderful spectacle
n see the lsssies. continual stream OF
them. running across the sward ss
<sxr as their little legs could carry
them. while the rooters shrtily
ec-eared 70 Maggie or Annie" 10
run faster
The other running events we're con-
Quoted on the same plan with the ex-
ceptsoa of the half nile and quarter.
and the excitement was intense when
one school would pull out IN the lead.
The rivalry was keenest between the
Franklin and washington schools The
Franklin girls early n the morning
took I'd & position near the fzgpole
On The grzrdstsnd and stezdfsstly re-
fused 20 alter their position Their
purpose was not apparent for tine.
f,5t vas finally divulged when = couple
of ttry hands were seen surreptitiously
tying the Franklin colors 70 the hal
,a-6 and soon the emblem OF the
FrspkIsuites was seen huttering IN the
breeze AZ the top Of the pole. Il was
2 clever piece OF strategy and brought
forth q cheer from the neutral spec