The San Francisco call., 1909-09-12
St. Peter'sLad
Anxious TOWN
October Meet
Hold an Athletic Rally, Elect
Officers and Lay Plans
for Training
BY WILL SCARLET

st. Peters school, Twenty-fifth and
Florida streets. is among the first
schools belonging to the Catholic
schools athletic league to make prep
arations for the indoor meet to be
held in October. The Vatican boys
made an excellent showing in the in
door meet of last March, though they
failed, owing to certain obvious rea-
sons, to connect with the archbishop
cup. Now they are determined to
wrest that much coveted trophy from
their friendly rivals and neighbors,
incidentally to show the league. schools
7on both sides of the bay that the
denizens of the Mission warm belt
they do in scholarship.
The pupils of st. Peters school held
ar athletic rally. early in the week and
Edward NJ. McGIade is president of the
school athletic association and Robert
J. Flynn secretary. The, following
eral classes: James Harnett, Henry
Steele, John Flanagan, Bert Schweit
Ter and Thomas Flynn. j. Campbell.
E. King and l.. Thomas were elected
business managers.
Brother Josephus, principal of ST.
Peters school, takes an intelligent in
terest in the athletic work of the
valuable ally of class work and a
factor in the scheme of Christian edu-
cation He is a man who realizes that
athletic activity. when not allowed to
run wild and unsystematfzed, is of
untold benefit both to the boys and
the school Furthermore. he has the
courage of his convictions The result
is that the Vatican athletes face a
rosy outlook.
In direct control of athletic affairs at
ST. Peters school is Brother James,
manly sports. Under his capable di
rection the league in this school can
not but thrive, and will assuredly give
a good account of itself at the indoor
meet of October.
During the week the secretary gem
eral of the Catholic schools athletic
league. John p Doran, addressed the
boys of st. Peters school on the objects
and prospects OF the league. He en-
paisze to ne he 1ac "a ynat sf b
regular and systematic. He condemned
in unmeasured terms the tendency
manifested in some quarters to make
quality of training secondary TO guam
tity. The boys were reminded that
athletics were never. on any occasion.
to usurp the place of class work and
home study as the league would there
by defeat one of the objects for which
it was founded.
Il has now and then been remarked
by persons who don't know any bet
ter" said Secretary Doran, that devo-
tion 70 athletic exercises hampers and
impedes the educational work of a
and prominent teachers right here in
San Francisco shows the contrary to be
true. While excess and sporadic en-
thusiasm are to be guarded against
and stamped out sane and Intelligent
interest in athletic events is now
rightly encouraged in every school:
Teachers who were little dubious of
took hold of the parochial schools last
year are now enthusiasts themselves.
for they have come to see that school
athletics, when rightly directed and
controlled, are productive of good in
every way.
A preliminary tryout held in the
school grounds brought out over 200
ambitious aspirants for honors at the
track squad will be organized in few
days and systematic training Will take
place every afternoon for half an hour.
This will put the school track team
in good shape for the indoor meet
An important meeting of the board
of directors of the leag que will be held
this afternon at Sacred Heart college
The exact date of the indoor meet will
be fixed and arrangements concerning
the eligibility of contestants will be
discussed. Delegates from all the
league schools are expected. The meet
ing will be called at o'clock
The abolition of the unlimited class
and the introduction OF a 10 pound
class. which was accomplished at the
last meeting of the board of directors,
has received favorable criticism in all
the league centerS. Enthusiasm in
favor of the new ruling is greatest In
the eighth grade schools on both sides
of the bay which were unable to put
up sufficient number of contestants
great chance of winning in the un-
limited events. The new midget class
is a boon to most of the league schools
and helps to put all the institutions