The San Francisco call., 1909-04-27

DECIDING BATTLE
ON DIAMOND
TOMORROW
Big Bill Lange viii Umpire fhe
Game Between Santa Clara
and ST. Mary's Mines
By VIII ScarIet

The third and deciding game of the
st Mary's-santa Clara series viii be
played tomorrow afternoon at Luna
park San Jose. Arrangements TO this
erect were made today at St. Mary's
college by Rev. Father Stack of Santa
Cara college and Brother Joseph. mod
crater OF athletics at the Oakland in
stitution-
Big Bill Lange, the famous ball
payer, viii cali the balls and strikes.
.aenldeeharles Geggus viii look after the
p bases.
TIE. game win excite. great interest
8oth college teams are recognized as
'ne.'crack amateur baseball aggrega-
p9ns Of the coast. having on numerous
occasions annexed the scalps Of Cali
lornia and Stanford. Keen rivalry
exists between the students and alumni
u ~ Mary's and Santa Clara and the
1tle+lds and supporters Of both institu-
IONS never miss an opportunity of wit
tne annual diamond conflicts.
matched or the two games thus far
bAayeo, St .Mary's won the first by a
- score, while the second victory
~ 70 Santa Clara. to l.
75oth teams boast an almost impreg-
hsole inneld, and both boast of great
t4teS-eIs, triene OF Santa Clara and
y
cleFer slabsters, and both are certain
20 put forth the best that is in them
IN tomorrow's game.
The game viii be played at San Jose
II aScorCaRce with an agreement signed
~ the athletic authorities of both in
Stitutlons at the commencement of this
Asas series. The first game was pulled
or ~ Oakland. St Mary's home town.
ana the second in San Francisco, which
. IS regarded as neutral territory. 1t is
enlnently suitable that the third and
Ia4~
Jose, which the southern collegians re-
gard as their home town.
Although the last game was played
saturday, both colleges are desirous
70 have the series finished as early
as possible The Santa Clarans are
putting the finishing touches to their
forthcoming production IF "Constan-
tine" while the Oaklanders have spe-
cia4 examinations and two dramatic
analrs IN course Of preparation. This
IS why the final game is TO be played
tomorrow rather than Saturday or later
on in May.
The Oakland coIlegians have char
tered special train to San jose
which VIII. arrive at that city in
ample time for the game. which is
schedule ed to start at o'clock. Ar
rangemenrs are being made TO enable
the friends and alumni of both institu-
uons residing in the bay cities TO
aNa1i themselves of the facilities af-
forded by the special train. The train
VIII leave San Francisco at 1890
o'clock
5Iomorrow's game will mark the ter
minatfOn of this years baseball
series. which has been the most sue
cessful Of any OF the Santa Clara
s.. Mary's annual contests. Manifestly
the hstchet has been buried forever
and an excellent spirit of rivalry eX-
lists between the two popular Catholic
colleges Whatever may be the out
come Of tomorrow's game-and he is
a rash man rather than a wise one who
would dare TO indulge in cocksure
prophecies---there will be no further
breach Of friendly relations between
Santa Clara and st. Marx's. The teams
sre pledged 10 meet every year for five
years in baseball, football and track
events
The santa. Clara lineup in tonor-
rows game will be substantially the
same as that which succeeded in ad-
lfinistering a crubbing TO the Phoenix
players last Saturday. Shafer will
-offciate behind the bat, and Peters will
play his usual heady game at first
s. Up to a late hour last night the
q Phoenix manager had not decided
which of his three available pitchers
Leonard, Hart and WilcoX-he would
use in tomorroWs struggle. Hart's
showing in Saturdays game. while very
excellent was not UP to the form he
displayed the week previous. when he
pitched the Oaklanders to victory and
did not allow a single Santa Claran to
secnre- d hit Leonard and Wilcox are
anxious to show what they can do in
the box, and It is possible that the de-
sires Of one of them viii be gratihed
tomorrow