The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-24
BOOMING
AT BERKELEY
HIGH
Basket Ball, Baseball and Track
Teams Filled With Good
Material

BERKELEY, Jan. 2S.-The basket
ball players of Berkeley high school
are elated over their victories this
term. They have won in games with
Centerville, Livermore and Lick
schools by overwhelming scores. Man
ager Malcolm Sinclair has a schedule
arranged for the next three weeks
but. is anxious to have more matches
with teams around the bay. Monday
evening the Berkeley boys will play
the Cogswell team of San Francisco
at the Uno rink court in this city and
the following Friday they will meet
the high school at Santa Rosa. At
Stockton they will meet that five Feb
ruary 5, and they are carrying on ne
gotiations with Belmont for a game
at that place soon.
The personnel of the college town
team assures successful season, and
the boys will try hard for champion
ship honorS. There are many of last
years players as we'll as splendid raw
material. About % boys are training
every afternoon. The squad includes
Daniel Drake, Ernest Rideout, N. Corn
wall, Darrell Bodardus, r. Killdaff,
Phil Embraig, Homer Davis and w.
Foster
splendid tried material and promising
new material the track followers
prophesy an unusually fortunate track
season. With the exception of Fred
Gould Harold, last terms team re-
mains intact. The adjustment of the
fraternity question has made 1t pos
sible for many members of Greek let
ter societies TO participate, and many
of them are splendid athletes
In the so yard dash Stanley Bryan
and P. Thornton, an athlete from the
north, expect to be point winners. In
the 100 Ainslee Campbell captain. is
the only first place man that has yet
been discovered, but the manager is
turn up who can come in on second
or third. In the 220 yard dash Wyckoff
and NJ. Scott, both fast men, will run.
There are at least. two good trackmen
for most of the other events-Hanford
and Smith in the $50, DIN Brown and
Oscar steele In the shot put; Thornton,
Steele and Ostrander in the high jump;
Leland Rathbone. g. Cook and II. Hude
for distance events. The only hurdler
Of any ability is Eugene Kern. the
most versatile athlete in the school
Although the relay team will not be
decided on until later on in the season,
it will in all probability include A.
Campbell, S. Wyckoff, NJ. Scott and S.
D. Ewing.
grounds Will probably not be ready for
use for eight weeks, but permission
will be asked TO use the California
track in the meantime
In Berkeley high school swimming
Will demand more attention this semes-
ter than it has heretofore. The man
agenent of the team is in the hands of
Philip Patterson, q splendid swimmer
and a boy who has the interests of the
swimming team at heart He an
nounces that training will begin next
week and meeting has been called
for all Of the swimming enthusia SITS
Monday afternoon.
Training will be moro rigorous than
It has been In the past, and In this way
It Is hoped TO make less felt the loss
OF two relay men, Lee Patterson and
Alfred Hartley. The places of these
two boys will be filled by Eugene Kern
and r. Noreen. Herbert Hardy, Noreen
and Judson Starr are all excellent dis
tance swimmers, particularly Hardy.
who has been developing better STAYING
powers with each term. He will be the
strongest man on the Berkeley side TO
compete against Edward Kitto. the
star Of Oakland high schools aquatic
team. The short distance will be COW
cred by e. Kern, Dan Drake and PhiliD
Patterson.
These are the boys now eligible who
filed positions on the team last season.
At the battery-Charley Davis and
Dent; inf1eld-Captain Laird, Bert West
and T. Smith; outfield-Coane PAM
Parish and George Incell.
Manager Pendegast has arranged for
games with Belmont, Santa Clara. Lick
Wilmerding. Sacred Heart, Woodland
Napa, San Rafael, Tamalpais. Fresno
Oakland and Alameda. Most of these
schools will play two games. one. q
Berkeley and one at their own grounds.