The San Francisco call., 1909-04-11
CATHOLIC TOSSERS
READY FOR
SERIES
Tournament Season OF ParOch-
faT Schools viii Begin
Next Tuesday
By VIII Scarlet

O'Clock the first ball will be pitched
and the members Of st. Peters and st.
Joseph's teams viii wage war for the
first victory OF the season.
That the tournament. which viii ex-
tend into June. viii be run off without
hitch is all but a certainty. The
officials Of the Catholic schools athletic
league Of California have demonstrated
their ability and enthusiasm and the
teachers in the Tarochfal schools are
cooperating to the utmost.
The optimists in league circles are
convinced that the boys games will
prove a good drawing card and that
the tournament viii succeed financially.
The brunt OF the incidental expenses is
being borne by the league rather than
by the individual schools, and the
aforesaid optimists are strong in thef
conviction that the central Organization
VIII be able generously TO recoup itself
from admission fees.
Tho out and out, dyed in the wool
baseball fan recognizes good playing
wherever he finds it. IL he finds the
boys Of the Catholic league playing
classy ball he is going to give them his
support quite independently of bigger
and longer established attractions. Let
the youngsters deliver the goods and
the support Of the fans may be relied
upon.
At the last meeting of the board of
directors Of the league considerable
tine was devoted to the discussion of
an alleged inequality among the schools
enrolled in the tournament. Some OF
the local parochial schools have eight
grades and others nine grades. which
state OF affairs, it was contended, gives
certain schools like St. James an ad-
vantage over other schools like st.
Charles. / doubt the reality Of the ad-
vantage. The argument might hold
could we assume that ninth grade boys
are better bail players than eighth
grade boys. but there are positively no
grounds for such an assumption.
Il is undeniably true that a big school
has a certain advantage in as much as
81 has e larger number Of candidates to
choose from. but that is all. The team
that is going to win the coming tourna-
ment is the team that is made up of
fast. heady enthusiastic players. of
boys who have played frequently to-
Eether, who know the value of team
work and who engage in frequent and
Intelligent practice.
The youngsters from St Joseph's
school who are to engage in the initial
game of the season are for the most
part dark horses whose ability as ball
tossers is thus far an unknown guam
rity. II is very likely, however. that
they will put up a splendid fight on
next Wednesday afternoon.
The school rooters are going 10 turn
out IN force and the popular mascot.
Alonzo, the Junior Call dog, viii grace
the occasion.
The team representing ST. Peters
school has already engaged in several
preliminary games. so that the ability
OF the Vatican lads is more apparent 4
-
Giants, a Mission aggregation. to the
tune OF TO 3. and have also hung the
Indian sign on the plucky little players
from St Charles school II is only fair
70 say, however, that in the game with
81. Charles. the Vatican players opposed
team not then thoroughly organized
and il IS possible that conditions will be
reversed when the two mines cross bats
in the official game Of the league
Merrill and Coughlan viii form the
battery that viii attempt to bowl over
the doughty Josephites next Tuesday
afternoon. Carney. Ahern, Sheehan and
Muller give the st. Peters team a
strong infield. while Steele. Flanagan
and Trsynor are efficient players in the
gardens. The hitting ability OF the
vatican boys is an uncertain factor
which the pitcher OF the Tenth street
team is determined TO make more IN
certain.
Enthusiasm runs high at st. Charles
school The St. Charles coach has a
goodly number OF anxious and ambi-
uous. little players TO choose FROM
Charlie Hart is catcher and James Ker-
rlgan and Charles Carley win decorate
the mound in alternate games. Charles
Lem at first. John O'Neiu or Daniel
.Noonan at second, Willie Byrne at
short and Carol Slater or Gordan Maher
IT third make a strong infeld. The
outfelders are James NOonan. Lea
Mullaney. Charles Hurley, Edward Len
non and James Hurley.
The league games are to be played
Tor the most part on every Tuesday and
Thursday on the Twelfth and Folsom
streets diamond. Every city school en-
rolled in the tournament viii meet
every other school once. after which
the winning team viii dispute suprem-
acy with the team winning the Ala
media county tournament.
The boys Of the Christian Brothers
college. Sacramento. are game losers.
A relay team from the capital city col
lege took part in the race for Catholic
colleges at the meet Of March IL and
well they didn't get the cup. And are
the Sacramentans sore? Not for mo-
ment. They are so good natured that
they are actually joshing themselves
little monthly or the college. runs the
following skit in its April issue:
The following message was received
by the athletic association March II in
the year Of happenings 1908. We con-
, slider it self explanatory:
Oakland March I2.-Dear Sirs:
These Oakland and city fellows are
very impolite. They wouldn't wait
for us.
-Sacramento's Fast Delay Team
The fast delay" team. whatever may
be its merits as a participant in indoor
meets. teaches all league athletes an
important lesson.
The Sacramentans. by the way. are
getting busy on the diamond. They
have two teams in the field this year.
both Of which look like winners The
first team lines up as follows: Ed Roo
ney. pitcher and first base; Elmer Ed
son. pitcher and left field; J. Farrell.
catcher: James Doyle. second base
Marco Zarick. shortstop and captain
Jim Coyle, third base. Peter Rooney.
first base and left field; Al BeothF,
right field
The second team is brilliant bunch
il extends q universal challenge in the
come one. come All. spirit to any nine
baIl tossers averaging I5 years. j.
ONen is captain and pitcher and J.
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