The San Francisco call., 1909-03-30
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
ATHLETES TRAIN
ACTIVELY
Picked Squad of ST. Mary's Col
fege Holds Interesting
Cross Country Run
By win Scarlet

Cross country running is stili IN hlEh
favor at ST. Mary's college Sunday
afternoon q picked squad Of runners
took a seven mile jaunt in the Pied
mont district This time Vierra, the
star Of the last handicap race, yielded
frst bonors TO the Howden brothers,
who came down the home stretch in
Broadway neck and neck. having COW
cred the seven mile course in. just 40
minutes. Considering the trying tug
I'd the Piedmont slopes and the poor
condition Of some OF the roads in the
suburbs of Oakland, this is an excel
lent showing. and Coach Otto Rittler
has much Justification for the grin OF
satisfaction that transf1gures his fea-
lures when mention Is MADE OF cross
The other contestants in the race
were not far behind the HOwdens, and
gave no sign Of being OvertaNed by the
mace set them The regular gym Work,
which is now compulsory al st. Mary s.
Is largely responsible Tor the nne con
ditiOn in which the contestants or sun
day began and finished the grilhng
cross country race
Following is the time made by the
leaders ia the contest. r. and ". How
Ger 80. b Manning 4l:l5. c. Walters
- 20. C. Stewart 42:25, c Nierra $3.50,
Z. Rice 45:l5. J. Vicchio 1925 As, L.
Ryan a5-4O. IL NODA6 9t-lls e bSSh
1870. T Davie and p. Noble 4S 81.
The medals secured by several or st
Marys students at the recent indoor
meet Of the Olympic club We're ofi1clally
The noon assembly. Special honors
were accorded to John J. Burke, VIII
liam Howden and Regis Starrett.
Vierra, Stewart and Hassard, who Sc
cured first hOnors in the cross country
run Of the preceding week, were pre-
sented with bars. A special prize WAS
given Nierra which will not become
permanently his until he succeeds in
winning at least one more handicap
cross country run.
IN common with several other local
Catholic institutions. St Mary's col
lege VIII be represented at the big car
nival to be held on the Berkeley oval
saturday next Coach Rittler has Sc
lected Dickson for the pole vault and
Starrett. Robinson, D'Artenay and Mar
Tin for the relay race for Catholic col
leges. The latter event is likely TO be
one of the most closely contested on
Saturdays program, as the Sacred
Heart college four intend 70 make
themselves heard from, and Santa Clara
and St Ignauus, TO say nothing Of the
Sacramento institute, have number OF
dark horses impatient for the fray.
The athletes Of the Oakland institu-
tiOh also viii participate in the ath-
lelc meet, which will be pulled off at
stockton Saturday. One OF the events
is relay Marathon race in which St
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den. w HOwden. J. Stewart, 3. Man
ming and g. Walters.
Preparations are under way at st.
Aarys Tor a big athletic carnival to
be held in the new stadium early in
May. AT first IL was thought that all
The events could be run of in one
day. but so many applications have
been nled by prospective competitors
and so much interest has been man =
ifested by local athletic clubs that the
college athletic association has decided
10 make the carnival a three day af-
fair. The Catholic colleges OF Cali
fornla, Stanford, the University of Cal
ifOrnia, the Catholic Schools athletic
league and the Academic league will
all be represented in the Forthcoming G
carnival, which has already received
the hearty approval of the. Pacific anna
leur athletic association.
The Nulcreavy cup is the latest tro-
ply donated to the Catholic Schools
athletic league Il is the gift Of COun-
fy Clerk Harry l. MulcreaYy. zradu-
ate of Sacred Heart college, and an
enthusiastic booster for athletic activ-
ity in Catholic schools. The board OF
directors has not yet given the Null
creavy trophy definite assignment
but II likely viii go 10 the school scor-
ing the greatest total in the outdoor
meet 10 be held in Oakland at the end
Of May
The officials OF the league request
that attention be called TO the irnpor-
tanoe Of prompt registration on tie
part Of teams wishing TO enter the
baseball tournament Applications and
entry lists must be sent to the chair
men Of the schedule committees not
later than April 3. San Francisco teams
are 10 forward their communications
10 Brother Aiexa nder $50 Fair Oaks
street. Teams across the BAY are "a
communicate with Brother Gabriel st
Anthony's school. East Oakland
The tournament is open to all Cath
olic schools. The prepa "a tory depa TT
re-
also free to enter teams. For the pres
ent season at least only one team viii
be received from each institution The
team winning the San Francisco series
NJ games viii meet the team winning
The transbay series on the occasion OF
the outdoor meet TO be held late iT
Nay or early IN June. The magnifceni
Spaloing trophy goes to the team win.
ming the double tournament. The games
VIII start Immediately after the Easter
holidays