The San Francisco call., 1909-05-26
BOAT EXCURSION
ENJOYED BY
ATHLETES
st. Mary's Squad Interrupts It's
Training Preparatory to
Big Meet
By WILL SCARLET

The track meet scheduled for next
Saturday afternoon between Santa
Clara college and ST. Mary's college is
easily the big event this week in anna
teur athletics. There are many rea-
sons for this. Both colleges have a
reputation in the world of sports and
both colleges have consistently lived
up to their reputation for many years.
Then, too there is keen rivalry ex-
listing between the student body of the
institutions. which will likely reach
is climax next Saturday. For the
coming track NEE is he las even of
the year in which the forces of st.
Mary's and Santa Clara will engage.
The victory of Santa Clara over the
Oakland college in baseball was this
year a cause of great JOY to the south
mined to score another triumph and
Saturdays meet affords them their
final opportunity of the term to adj
minister a drubbing to the wearers of
The pink and blue men on their part
have no liking for being drubbed.
They are not by any means sore los
ers, a fact which they amply demon
Clara last month, but they are by no
means willing losers. st. Maryis repu-
tation in athletics, for this year at
least, depends on the outcome of Sat
urday's meet
The alumni of both institutions are
taking an unexpected interest in the
meet Already the demand for tickets
is large and it goes without saying
that ST Mary's stadium, where the
meet is to take place, Will be occupied
Saturday afternoon by record break
ing crowd.
Yesterday the students of ST Mary's
enjoyed a holiday, granted by Bishop
O'Connell on the occasion of his visit
on the 18th of the month At first,
Coach Rittler deemed it advisable to
have his trackmen spend most of their
free hours In rigorous training, but
the showing they made the preceding
afternoon was so much to his liking
that he rewarded them with a complete
rest The track team, accompanied by
a number of other students, chartered
a steamer and spent the afternoon
cruising about the bay and visiting g
points of interest on the Marin county
shore Active training Will be resumed
today.
Andy Glarner, who is in charge of
the track team at Santa Clara, has ex-
icellent reason to be satisfied with the
result Of his coaching, and feels con-
fident that he will bring a fine squad
of huskies to Oakland Saturday. The
stars of the Santa Clara armament are
Bronson, Reams, kearney, Peters, Bar
ry and Mayerle
After To-Day the training at DOtn
camps will ease off somewhat, the ath-
letes engaging in just enough track
work to keep them in condition. 1t is
the custom both at st. Mary's and at
Santgf Clara not to allow the training
to interfere with the regular class
work, sc~that the prospective contest
ants, between training and studying,
are very busy young men.
Special inducements have been Of
fered the Santa Clara athletes who
succeed in securing points from the
wearing the much coveted block letters
of the southern college will hereafter
be accorded only those of the students
who are returned victors from a con-
test with the St. Mary's men. This
ruling was recently made by the ath-
letic association at Santa Clara
At st. Marys similar condition ex-
lists. For the Oakland athletes the
most coveted distinction is the right
to wear the official college sweater.
Heretofore this sweater was the exc
elusive prerogative of the Phoenix
men, but now it will be given to every
member of the track team who scores
a point in Saturdays meet