The San Francisco call., 1909-03-16
PAROCHIAL SCHOOL
BALL LEAGUE TO
BE FORMED
Plenty of Good Material in the
Twenty Educational InSfi-
fufiOnS Interested
By VIII Scarlet


When the board of managers of the
Catholic Schools athletic league holds
it's next meeting, early next week one
of the SUBJECTS to engage attention
will be the formation of parochial
schools ball leagu All of the Catholic
educators who are so enthusiastically
working in the interests of the recent
indoor meet are concentrating on
reason to believe that their efforts will
be fruitful.
Baseball, indeed, has always had a
strong hold on the Catholic school boys
there have been interclass games and
occasionally interschool contests, but
no such thing a well planned tour
nament has thus far been attempted. IL
remains for the league to perfect the
work and give it what heretofore 1t has
oonspieuously lacked-organiza !
The proposed tournament to be held
under the auspices of the Catholic
Schools athletic league is quite dis
tinct from the recently formed Associ-
ated Catholic baseball league. Each
organization has its distinct province.
The Associated leagues players are
drawn for the most part from the ranks
of the Knights of Columbus, the Young
Mems institute and the League or the
Cross cadets. With the exception of
the ST. Ignatius college team no school
or college nine participates in tire
Sunday afternoon on the diamond at
McAllister and Shrader streets.
The tournament about to be formed
under the auspices of the Catholic
Schools athletic league is intended
solely for the students of local Catholic
schools. The schedule of games will be
drawn up In the near future and 1t is
beginning of April to the end of the
school year. Though no definite action
has been taken on the subject, It is
day will be the day on which the games
will be pulled off. In this way the
games of the Associated Catholic
There is no dearth of good baseball
material in the 20 schools enrolled in
and it goes without saying that the
prospects are bright for a successful
season. Many of the youngsters who
made such III d splendid IS showing sa at the the
adept at baseball than they are at
track work.
whose brilliant capture of the. arch
bishops cup at the indoor meet is still
the talk of the town, should certainly
be able to put team on the olamond no
the mines from st. Peters, ST. BrlgidS,
ST. Joseph's and other parochial schools.
The youngsters who attend the pa
rochial schools on the other side or the
bav are enthusiasts in the great Amer
lean game.
Brother Cyril the secretary of the
league, and several other prominent
teachers are in favor of establishing
two distinct tournaments. one on each
side of the bay. Then the winning
teams might meet in series OF games
played alternately in San Francisco
and in Oakland.
At least two strong teams can be
recruited from the preparatory depart
ments of the local Catholic colleges.
Sacred Heart college intends to enter
team representing the grammar de-
partment of that institution. and 1t Is
do something similar. The preparatory
department of st. Ignatius college has
also some promising material which
will probably be utilized in the same
we gather from the College Times.
the monthly paper published by the
brothers college, Sacramento, that the
ball tossers of that institution also
are eager for the fray. Heretofore
the capital city lads have had scant
| opportunity to measure their athletic
prowess with the students of the bay
| cities, but they intend to grasp the
opportunities offered by the league and
will have a picked nine ready for busi-
ness when the umpire says Play
! ball,'
! The Sacramento athletes. by the way.
| the last season they We're active in
! basket ball and had likely looking
track team on the floor of the Audi
| torium last Thursday night. They
have recently invaded another field.
and tonight will produce in their col
! lege hall three act melodrama, The
Blind Prince" 1t is safe to say that
these enterprising youngsters will be
heard from before the year is out.
Brother Florinus. president of the
Sacramento college, was in San Fran
cisco last Sunday. He said that the
work of the Catholic Schools athletic
league was deeply appreciated in the
capital city and that the results of
the first indoor meet were the COM
mon topic of conversation Friday and
| Saturday. Brother Florinus is an
other of the prominent Catholic edu-
Gators of the coast who is a jealous
supporter of the league.
Among the handsome and valuable
trophies recently donated to the Cath
olic Schools athletic league is the
Spalding trophy, which is to go to the
winning team in the baseball tourna :
! ment soon to start. The prize is a
statuette of appropriate design and
will serve as a powerful incentive to
the youthful players. 1t is possible
that the league will be in position
to offer additional trophies in the
course of the next few weeks