The San Francisco call., 1909-04-25
tsan Francisco Branch).
By VIII Scarlet

league Will start tomorrow afternoon
at t'reemans park, Oakland. with a
game that promises to be of unusual
interest. The boys of st. Josephs in
stitute, West Oakland. will meet the
team from st. Josephs school. Berke-
ley. The old saying about Greek meet
ing Greek might be amended to read:
When Josephite meets Josephite, then
comes a Is inning game" BY the looks
of things, both camps of Josephites are
determined to win, and are going to
back up the determination for all they
are worth
st. Anthonys school, East Oakland
boasts a strong band of ball tossers.
who are certain TO be kept busy during
the week. They have a game with ST.
Francis de Sales school to play off. and
after that Will go after the scalp of the
hitherto invulnerable West Oakland
warriors. Thursdays game is sure to
be big event. East and west are
coming together. and the wise ones saw
that the winner of the Oakland tourna-
ment will be picked on that day.
on Tuesday afternoon at the Ocean
Shore grounds the big game of the
local branch of the league will be
pulled off The teams that this weel,
stand first will battle for the head
of the list-St. Joseph's and Sacred
Heart st. James crack team will see
what it can do with the st. Anthonvs
nine on Thursday When the STANDING
OF the city teams appears again week
from today at least one school will dron
out OF the 1000 per cent class. Which
Will 1t be-St. Joseph's, Sacred Heart
or ST. James?
The quality of ball PLAYED on this sida
of the bay can not, up to date connara
with the kind of games pulled off over
in Oakland. The city of Oaks has FIVE
fast little mines, and Berkeley is all
there with the st. Joseph's team
Scorer Louis lie Fevre is an exacting
ofncial. and never hesitates to chalk nm
eziors when errors are due, in spite of
"nieh the error column on the Oakland
score card is remarkably slight.
Big dolngs will characterize the newt
meeting of the board of directors of
the Catholic Schools athletic leaeua
which will convene at Sacred Heart COL
lese tomorrow evening at o'clock
In the first place there is to he an
erection of permanent officers for rho
organization. Besides plans mus+ no
adopted for the big track meet 70 ba
heid In the stadium of st. Marv,s col
lege. Oakland. on May 22 Finale tho
complaint committee will submit a re-
port of its findings during the last
few weeks
Inc complaint committee. be it said
IN passing, has been doing excellent
work The body attended to a nun-
Der OF trying details resultant from
the large number of contestants IN
most of the leagues activities and e.
every case has given complete satis-
faction. Following is the personpel ~
lne committee: Brother Alexander. 81.
James school; Brother Gabriel 81 Az
.nohs schooi. East Oakland; Brother
1osepnus' st. Peters school; Brother
oyrll. Sacred Heart college, and John
i'oran' 81. Mary's college, Oakland.
me umpires hired by the central
BODY of the league to officiate at the
games OF the' present series have thus
laf discharged their duty to tho salts.
1action of everybody concerned Ean,
better Indicator men than king. Rrad,
could be found on the coast prod, =.
player of distinction. havine boId
co1,ald coTa the initlaI sack for Sacred Heart
sooiirsse, 20 St. Mary,s and the Universitv
OF california, and has a wida and S,as ,.
Iled experience as an umnjre pi
leney and Henderson, who have mn,
pred the Oakland games at ENrae uni ~ !,
park are both experienced ,,a . oeIiian an 5
know the game from a to = Tba ~ I " ~
1mplres are not likely to fignre i, no s,,' : ue
document presented to the comnlaint lry
committee. piaih'
big athletic carnival was held vos-
leruay IN the capital CITY, in which tb.
Cnristlan Brothers college one Of tho
institutions enrolled in tha 90 - ne tie
schools athletic league. was renresa,,t
ed Among the young atbIefes -
Lear lea s,,a par, ,s,, IN the games under the
Gilmore, Zarick, Rooney ORriau WIZ nls
Irory, Carragher and Boothbv
movement is now on foot RI a.
range ran a series OF three games between
the sacramento second team ana ~
winning nine of the bay cities tonrnao
ment This series. which will nrohah1,
be held toward the middle of .Inna -
certain =. 1sl TO excite interest both here and
IN the capital city, which has lone. baar
famous as a baseball center.
The Catholic people of Oakland ara
enthusiastic boosters for the Cath
fact was pertinently demonstratas Iai,s ails
Thursday evening when St Marv,s CO..
lege gymnasium was crowded with ran-
TcSeuIat1VeS OF ali the Oakland no.,
fshes. The vaudeville program srivay =,
aid of the Oakland branch was an en-
joyable affair. but 1t was second in in
terest to the good spirit shown nv tha
audience throughout the evening
Oakland is justly proud of the fact
that the idea Of the athletic organiza
ton which has taken so firm a hold ~,
both sides of the bay originated in the
Athens of the Pacific To Bratbar
Joseph, prefect at st. Mary's collepa
the credit of starting the league IL sis,e'
The Oaklanders are jubilant. too. ahout
the quality of ball their boys are nIsv.
ing. and already regard Oakland's 60
curing the league pennant at the end
of the present series as an accom-
plshed fact
The ladies' bless en-, The girls
Of the various city parochial schoois
are most assiduous in their attendar,c.s
at the ball games. They root vocifars
ously, if not always intelligentlv- and
do much to put vim into the piavinr'
Those girls show the right sort Of
school spirit In their own wav tl,eu
are helping on the good work of the
league quite as much as the board of
directors. the coaches of the various
teams and the players themselves.