The San Francisco call., 1909-02-28
ARCHBISHOP'S CUP
CHIEF PRIZE
AT MEET
Catholic School Teams Are All
Anxious to Win Trophy
on March III
By VIII Scarlet

The supreme trophy for which the
teams of the Catholic schools athletic
leagu will contend on the night of
March II. is the cup donated by his
grace, the Most Rev. Patrick Will
liam Riordan, archbishop of San Fran
cisco. The cup, a masterpiece of the
silversmith's art, was formally accepted
by the board of directors of the league
at their last meeting and will be placed
on exhibition for the first time on the
occasion of the big meet.
From the moment that the movement
toward the organization of an athletic
league among the boys of the local
parochial schools was set on foot Arch
bishop Riordan has manifested keen
interest in the work. His official ap-
proval, couched in no uncertain terms.
recommended the league in. quarters
where skepticism might have been ex-
pected, and his good wishes are now
with the board of directors who are
perfecting plans for the first indoor
meet.
worthy OF the archbishop" Such We're
the only directions given by Arch
bishop Riordan regarding the magnif-
GENT trophy donated by him to the
& Co. has acted according to the
suggestion, with the result that the cup
is thing of beauty, dignity and sym
bolism the like of which, it is safe 10
say, has never been given in an
academic meet of a western city
A recent ruling of the board of di-
rectors awards the beautiful McBrearty
and Mccormick cup to the school which.
on the night of March II, appears on
the floor with full quota of athletes
and is judged the best drilled and
neatest company in the preliminary pa
rade. This wise disposition of the
trophy has put new zest into the prep
arations for the parade that are being
made by all the schools on both sides
The Mcmahon and Keyer cup will go
to the team winning the college relay
race At the present time only three
teams, those of st: Mary's. Sacred Heart
and Sacramento institute, are entered
for this event, but 1t is possible that
relay men representing Santa Clara and
st. Ignatius will file applications in
test for the Mcmahon and Keyer cup
will be one of extraordinary interest,
as all the participants are well sea-
soned and closely matched runners
Realizing that the team that almost
wins deserves consideration whenever
possible, the board of directors has de-
cided to give the recently donated DR..
Toner trophy to the school securing
the second largest number of points in
the meet of March IL. The cup is a
beautiful prize and will certainly help
to take away the soreness felt by the
athletes who come. within an ace of
annexing the archbishop's cup
The parade of athletes which will
precede the meet of March IL occupied
much of the attention of the board OF
directors at their meeting of Thursday
last. The schools enrolled in the league
will appear in the following order:
St Vincent orphan asylum boys band: ST.
Mary's college. Oakland Sacred Heart college.
San Francisco; st. Josephs academy, Berkeley;
st. Brgid's school. san Francisco; ST. JOS
eph's school San Francisco: st. Peters school
San Francisco; st. Joseph's institute. West
Oakland; ST. Francis de Sales school Oak
land: st. Boniface's school San Francisco; st.
Mary's school. Oakland Sacred Heart school
North oakiand St James school. San Francisco;
St Joseph's school. Berkelev, st. Francis Real
school, San Francisco: st. Anthony's school, Last
Oakland: ST. Patrick's school. San Francisco; st
Charles school. San Francisco
With the exception of the colleges.
the schools were chosen by lot to oc-
cupy the positions assigned them in the
parade tt is>doubtfui If the inland and
southern schools will be able to have
the required squad of so on the floor.
In the event of their appearing, how
ever, they will follow st. Charles school
in the following order: Sacramento In
stitute, Sacramento; st. Mary's. Stock
ton; Holy Cross school, Santa Cruz.
All the schools appearing in the pa