The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-22
PARADE PRECEDES
CATHOLIC
MEET
Leagues First Outdoor Field
Day viii Draw 700 Athletes
to St. Mary'S
By WILL SCARLET
II hoard for oaklandi

All aboard for Oakland
This afternoon, at st. Mary's college
stadium, the first outdoor meet of the
Catholic schools athletic league will be
held. and young and old from the bay
cities will turn out in force. The Oak
land weather prophet has kindly prom
ised a nice day with a maximum of
sunlight and a minimum of wind; but
even should he prove himself a false
prophet and allow breeze to make
things lively on this side of the bay,
we have no reason for neglecting to
visit the Alameda county shore. There
the wind is certain to be tempered to
the 700 brawny limbed little athletes
from the parochiai schools who will be
pfancing about the stadium to annex
one or more of the several handsome
trophies offered by the league.
The weighing in process will start
at / o'clock. This part of the program
is made necessary by the reason Of
the fact that the boys are classified
according to q weight basis measure
which insures a perfect equality to
every school enrolled in the league. The
Oakland boys will go on the scales first
and afterward the competitors from
Berkeley and San Francisco will go
through the ordeal The boys will be
weighed in their running suits sand
strict orders have been issued to pre-
vent any student entering for an event
out of his weight class. The weighing
in will take place in the college gym
nasium and will be supervised by Otto
Rittler. physical director at st. Mary's.
Promptly at o'clock the parade If
athletes will form in the gymnasium.
With the band of the Columbia park
boys club at their head the little ath-
letes will march four abreast down
Webster street to Orchard street and
thence along Broadway to the Haw-
thorne street entrance of the stadium.
The boys will march in their running
suits and will carry pennants and ban
ners bearing the colors and insignia
of the various schools
The large number of boys entered
for the events of the afternoon neces-
state several heats which will be run
off Immediately after the parade. Dur
ing the heats as well as durinr the
finals, no one will be allowed on ne
track but the competitors and the Off
Gals Of the meet. Ample provision has
been made for the rooters and the
spectators in the commodious bleachers
encircling the arena.
The program committee deserves to
be complimented for the thoroughness
and simplicity of its work Each run
ner Will have q number attached to the
back of his running shirt. These
numbers are given in order in the pro-
gram and opposite each is the name
of its bearer and the school he repre-
sents. Thus every spectator will be
able 10 follow the progress of events
ntelligently
Yesterday was marked by a cessa-
ton of regular training in most of
the schools. Some of the city boys
however. took trip out to the park
stadium and engaged in a little light
practice.
All of the Oakland schools and most
of the local Institutions have held II
least one informal meet on St. Marys
track during the week. Yesterday
afternoon the boys from ST Josephs
academy in Berkeley. donned their run
ming suits and put in about an hours
work in the college stadium Then.
and torved of the days work with
a shower and a smart walk. The Berk-
eleyites are likely youngsters and will
doubtless be heard from this after
noon.