The San Francisco call., 1909-03-27
ST. PETERS SCHOOL
HAS BASEBALL
HISTORY
Present Pupils Propose 10 Emu-
late Past Stars of the
Diamond
BY viii Scarlet

The opening OF the baseball tOurna-
ment to be held under the auspices, of
the Catholic Schools athletic league is
being eagerly waited for by the pupils
Of ST. Peters school. Twenty fifth and
Florida streets. The boys from this in
stltItion were among the earliest to
enroll in the league, and among the
most enthusiastic participants in the
big indoor meetlof March II. Though
they did not score quite as many points
as they had expected to score in the
latter event, they are not in che least
discouraged and promise to surprise the
other schools at the outdoor meet to be
held in Oakland next summer Mean
while they are concentrating on base
ball. and concentration out st. Peters S
way means enthusiasm, hard work, in
cessant practice and all the other
things that help in the production of
a winning team
Baseball is nothing new at st. Peters.
The organiza tion of the league tourna-
ment has given an additional incen-
tive to the young players-thats ALL
The great American game has been
popular in the Florida street school
since the days of it's foundation back
In the eighties. and it is only logical to
assume that the skill of the student
ball tossers has increased with the
years. At least, this seasons team
thinks SO, which ought to settle the
matter once and for all.
Baseball annals in st. Peters school
boast the names OF more than one
young enthusiast now doing excellent
work on other diamonds. John Burke
of st. Mary'S college is a case in point
he learned much of what he knows
about the national game, to say moth
ing of other things. Krause, who, dur
ing his brief career is pitcher for the
Phoenix, showed such promise that he
was eagerly snapped up by an eastern
manager, is another man from the vat
lean. And there is Gerot of the Olym-
pic club and> French of Sacred Heart
college, and Latulipe and numerous
others.
Old time fans recall with delight the
splendid team which st. Peters school
boasted in the early 90s. Gussie T.
off days to play with the Native Sons
team, was considered a phenomenal
twirler while Ed Fenlon. a tall, seri-
Gus youth. was as clever backstop
as ever graced a Mission diamond.
Quilts baseball cadets. an aggregation
of players that flourished in 1894 and
1895, were recruited largely from st.
Peters school.
enrolled in the league, bids fair to give
an enviable account of itself when it
crosses bats with the players from
st. Brigid's. st. Joseph's. St. Boniface's.
st. James and other rival schools. The
personnel of the team is the result
of a selective process covering several
months. and represents literally the
survival of the fttest
The vatican youths are strong this
year in slabsters. Young Merrill will
proba bly, decorate the mound in most
of the seasons games, but on days
when his arm is out of kink his team
mates will have. at least three promis-
ing twirlers to fall back on; ,; Muller
is a cool headed pitcher, who has had
his quality tested in. scores of games.
j. Sullivan is reputed 10 have at his
disposal an assortment of curves that
bids fair to keep even Cy Moreings vet
Grams on the guessing stool. while in
Flanagan the Missionites have keen
and eager rival of their star pitcher,
Muller.
The St Peters lads are noted for
never allowing the grass to grow on
their heels. Although the tournament
does not start until after Easter the
vatican boys already have their new
uniforms. neat. stylish, gray affairs,
and have undertaken their practice
work with a vim that looks like po-
tential victory.
Nellie, pedigreed Mission goat. is
the mascot of the St. Peters team.
Nellie made her first stellar appearance
at the meet of March IL. when she
Joseph's school. Alonzo. The vatican
youngsters on that occasion came per
ilously near losing their goat. but
Nellie likes them too well to endure
separation with equanimity. Accord
ing to good authorities Nellie has of
late developed appetite for old base
balls, which, say they who know, is
happy omen.
The pupils of st. Peters school are
not combining themselves to baseball.
Even though the season is over, they
are sticking to basket ball, a sport, by
the way, which has found favor in all
the parochial schools. st. Peters has
plenty of handball enthusiasts, too.
There are four courts on the school
grounds and interclass contests are
frequent.
ST. Peters. is one of the league
schools which will be represented at
the Big C carnival to be held in Berke-
ley one week from today. The fol-
lowing students are entered for the
relay race for Catholic schools: j. Mis-
kel. captain; Gerhard Muller. John
Barry, John Hartnett, John O'Connor.
Charles Morse, d. Rosa and Michael
Sheehan.