The San Francisco call., 1909-02-18
SCHOOL
LEAGUE WILL BE
REPRESENTED
Athletes Prepare to Participate
i'm Games at PaCifC=AIaska-
Yukon Exposition
By VIII Scarlet

! Negotiations are on foot to have the
Catholic schools athletic league repre-
sented at the Pacific-Alaska-Y Yukon eX-
| position to be held at Seattle during
the summer months. The athletic COM
mittee of the exposition has matured
extensive plans for several novel meets
and enlisted the cooperation of a num-
! Der of local clubs. 1t is very likely that
at least one baseball team and a score
or more of athletes from the Catholic
schools athletic league will start for
Seattle at the close of the present year.
| Charles Stewart, st. Marys Marathon
runner, left for Seattle last evening
He is to confer with the athletic com
mittee of the exposition and expects to
| the University of Michigan nine and
the Phoenix team of st. Mary's. Incl
| dentally he will call the attention of
the committee to the existence of the
Catholic schools athletic league and
will arrange program of games to be
submitted to the board of directors of
! the league at an early date.
! stewart intends to keep in trim while
/ In the north by participating in the
Marathon race to be pulled off at Seat
/ tie ~Washington's birthday 1t is very
! likely that the St. Mary's man will give
good account of himself on that oc-
casion. He has been booked by the
! Seattle athletic club. Stewart has
taken honors in several long distance
runs, notably in the four mile race
recently held under the auspices of the
| Cornell athletic club.
March IL, the date of the first official
meet of the Catholic schools athletic
| league. rs drawing very near, and the
work of preliminary training in the
various parochial schools. goes steadily
on. Schools in this city vie with schooA;
across the bay in determination and
enthusiasm.
Likely athletes are rapidly getting
themselves into shape at st. ADthonys
school in East Oakland The wearers
! OF the red and gold are taking no
chances, and accordingly intend to en-
! ter prospective winner for every
event
| Bart Koehler and Mervyn O'Sullivan
are two boys from East Oakland who
hope to do things in the short distance
runs. Both are hard workers and are
! likely to astonish their friends on the
evening of March IL. OSullivan's am
bition is to win in the 100 yard dash
for the unlimited class.
AloySius Ryken is another East Oak
| lander who is unshakable in the con-
viction that the beautiful Shreve
trophy, to say nothing of the arch
bishops cup, belongs on the east shore
of the bay He is Ct prominent figure
in st. Anthonys 95 pound relay team.
a quartet of game and speedy sprint
! efS. Inc OLner members OF the team
are Mathew Thompson, William Han
| ley and Robert Harding.
The feather weights of the school
have selected Anthony Lewis, Carroll
Fitten, Joe OConnell and George CretZ
to represent St. Anthony'S in the so
pound relay race. The little fellows are
making big eyes at the Wolff cup and
do not intend to let that coveted trophy
slip from them without hard struggle.
The Spalding trophy, to be awarded
the school making the best showing in
the baseball tournament has aroused
considerable interest, and will doubt
less be the star attraction after the
meet of March H. All the schools of
the League, notably st. Joseph's, ST.
this city. have excellent baseball ma
| terial, and indications are that the.pro-
posed tournament will bring out at
lleast half a dozen crack amateur teams
Yesterday the Collegians of ST.
Marys defeated the Sacred Heart col
lege team by score of 5 to 8. The
game.- which took place on St. Mary's
campus, gladdened the hearts OF the
handful of student fans who had re
sisted the temptation to witness the
Phoenix players mix it with the uni
versity team on California field. The
Catholic colleges lined up as follows:
colleglans Position. Sacred Heart.
Davle ana Benefit. plteher- French and Coonev
Dun,igah. 10000. Natcher .O' Hair
Donnelly y-..-..- First base ..-..... .rreacy
Diaylla a.-.. -. second base. .Cordtz
helly ........ Inlrd base.-... Reardon
Scellck. NnOftStOl)~-
Hughes. ...-.-.... Right field. Rvrna
Benaetti and Davie. left field. Cooney Frsneb
Remer. ......-..-.. Center field . Nf,,r,h1-
Three league relay teams viii mar
ticipate tonight in the indoor meet heid
under the auspices of the original
Gaelic dancing club. The st. Mary's
four secured the cup at the meet last
fall and should they win il again fo-
night will retain it permanently. The
relay team from Sacred Heart college
was a close second at the last meet
and hac icrh of Slof1
Oaklanders. Not much is known of the
third team, representing the Christian
Brothers college of Sacramento. buf
are confident of victory.