The San Francisco call., 1909-10-03
Capable Men
To OffiCiate
AT Big Events
POrfOia Athletic Committee Has
Chosen Officials for the
Amateur Meet
BY HERBERT HAUSER

Portola week is now all the talk
among the amateur athletes and in
every branch the boys are trainin g
with might and main to have the honor
of winning Portola championship
and being crowned with a laurel
wreath by Queen vergilia. custom
that prevailed in the old O1ympian
games in Greece.
The event that is going to attract
the greatest interest will be the big
field day Friday afternoon, October %.
1t will bring together the very best
men on the coast. In order that this
meet will be properly conducted the
Portola athletic committee, which is
composed of John Hammersmith, chair
man, John Elliot, George James, ]. r.
Hickey, Douglas Erslxfne, Nick Prem
dergast and Herbert Hauser. has thor
oughly gone into the question of Off
cials and selected a list of experienced
men. For referee John Elliott, father
of amateur athletics in California,
mas been chosen, and better
or more proficient man can not
be found. George James as usual
will handle the starters gun; his re-
cent starting in the three cornered
meet between New York, Chicago and
the Olympics has not been forgotten.
Reliable Robert Weaver will act as
James assistant. Douglas Erskine,
James +. flanagan and. William Powell
viii be the men at the finish who name
the winners. For timers there will be
Walter Christie of the University of
California, Dad Moulton of Stanford.
Dave Brown, the old intercollegiate and
coast champion, and Fred Koch, one
of the. greatest all around athletes
field judges will be used to keep the
weight men and jumpers busy-George
PRESLEY, the Stanford coach; Bert
Kerrigan of Portland fame; Roy Wool
sey, the former California shot putter
and all around man; Frank Beck, ply
school. and r.. w. Dodd of Cogswell
identified with the local high schools.
To Joe Hickey has fallen the hardest
position of the day, that. of clerk of
men capable in that line of works
Billy Middleton and G. F. Laumeister,
both former college men, The in
spectors selected are Brother Joseph,
athletics at st. Mary's college; George
Schlitter, physical director of the local
public schools athletic league; Sidney
/. Schwartz, the former academic
champion sprinter and University of
California runner, and Herbert Hauser.
George Dixon, whose announcing has
been the feature of athletic meets for
many years, will be in back of the
megaphone, and Rudolph Bettoli of the
University of California. will do the
scoring Other than these appointed
officials there will be no one allowed
on the field
The runners will be provided with
benches along the fence on the bicycle
track. while the queens grandstand
will be erected immediately opposite
the finish outside the fence. The stand
will have seating capacity of 500.
The swimming races, which were to
have been held at the Lurline baths.
will take nlacp in SDreckelS lake and
A. ]. Cloud president of the Academic
Athletic league, has been selected to
officiate as referee with George James
as starter, with a corps of efficient as
sistants
The boxing and wrestling champion
ships will all be held at the Dream
land rink <and great tournament is
looked forward to.