The San Francisco call., 1909-05-09
BY WILL SCARLET

After a weeks respite the San Fran
cisco branch of the Catholic Schools
athletic league will resume its baseball
tournament at the Ocean Shore grounds
Tuesday afternoon. The game is gen
orally regarded as the big game of
the season. Two teams. that have been
running neck and neck since the in
ception of the tournament will cross
bats Tuesday Neither St. James
school nor the grammar department of
Sacred Heart college has thus far lost
a game and the contest VIII decide
definitely which is the better team.
one OF these crack aggregatlonS viii
drop permanently out of the l0OO per
cent class. VIII it be Sacred Heart
or st. James?
game of scarcely less interest in
the parochial school league IS billed
Tor Thursday. On tnat day 81. rat
rick's team will meet the players from
st. Peters. Neither of these teams mas
appeared for some time and rumor mas
IL that both are about TO spring rev
surprises Thursday afternoon. Each
has thus far lost but one game IN the
tournament, st. Patrick's going down
before the St James players, and the
vatican youths getting theirs at the
hands of the Josephites in the opening
game OF the tournament. Ihe winner
OF Thursdays game will have an eX-
cellent chance of securing the San
francisco championship.
The plucky little players from 81
Charles school have their biggest bat
tie to wage on Friday. when they go
up against the st. James players. Just
cobians Will have no difficulty in dis
posing of the tail enders of the league.
but there is big possibility OF the
st. Charles boys putting on a burst
of speed and surprising everybody, IN
cluding themselves.
Great things have been happening
during the week over in Oakland. ST.
Anthony's school is still in first place
with West Oakland and st. Francis de
Sales school neck and neck at second.
st. Joseph's school of Berkeley has lost
ground and St Mary's school continues
TO bring up the end of the procession.
Sensational in every respect was the
performance of the team from ST.
Francis de Sales school. Last week
they were tail enders with 600 per cent
now they rate second in the tourna-
ment. On Monday they went after
their neighbors from St. Mary's school
and won their first game this season
On Thursday they sang their veni, yidi,
vici over the Berkeley youths. whom
they defeated handily II to 2. They
will next go up against Sacred Heart
school and then try conclusions with
the crack st. Anthony's players.
Blufe Martins West Oakland stars
did not figure in any diamond contest
last week. They have two games on
this week, however, and are likely to
90 ali LHty can 10 SLOW tire kooACSleiHS
that second place in the tournament is
easy to get but hard to keep. st. Jo-
sephs institute has still fighting
chance for the pennanu and there is
certainly enough fighting blood in
West Oakland to make the most of
that chance.
Following are the games to be pulled
off this week:
SAN FRANCISCO BRANCH
Tuesday. May l1-Sacred Heart vs. st. James
Thursday, May 13-St. Peters VS. St. Pat
rick's
Friday, May 14-St. Charles St. James.
OAKLAND BRANCH
Monday, May 10-St. Joseph's institute VS.
Sacred Heart.
Wednesday May 12-St Francis de Sales
Thursday. May 1S--st Joseph's institute VS.
Games are called in both branches at $3.50
o'clock
The Oakland teams have been doing
some clever stick work since the incep-
tion of the tournament. We publish
herewith a list of some of the transbay
heavy hitters, with the averages they
have made during the last three weeks: