The San Francisco call., 1909-02-24
TRANSBAY TEAMS
PROMISE SOME
SURPRISES
Oakland and Berkeley ParOChiaf
Schools in Training for
Meet of M arch II
By viii Scarlet

The parochial schools of Oakland and
Berkeley are going to be heard from
at the first meet of the Catholic Schools
athletic league. The transbay cities
boast of a host of athletic enthusiasts,
and the boys from. those centers ell
| rolled for the indoor games are de-
| termined to show the San Francisco
! leaguers in several senses of that sig
niticant word.
Don't make much noise about II,
but train" Such is the advice given
! by an Oakland coach recently, and the
| transbay athletes are acting on 1T for
| all they are worth At any rate, they
are mindful of the second part of the
Injunction.
| Through an unaccountable inadver-
tence the name or ST. Joseph's school,
! Berkeley, was omitted lrom the list or
| the league teams puDnsned IN iast sun
] days Call. me uoys OF lnat parish
were among the first to enter the Cath
olic Schools athletic league and are
today among the most enthusiastic can.
didateS Tor nonofS IN the Dig meet OF
March IL. They nave adopteu bIue and
! white as their olhclal colors, when tney
nope to plant in very hlgh notch at
! the Auditorium before the indoor
| games are over.
| Quite distinct from st. Joseph's
! school is st. Joseph acaaemy, also III
Berkeley. This institution Is really the
| preparatory department of ST. Mdrys )
/ college, and its students are as full
/ OF enthusiasm Tor all that pertains to
! athletics as are their big brothers who
| do things on the Oakland campus.
! The academy boys are very forIu-
nate in having as athletic director a
man of such wide experience as Brother
! Vitus. lie has, during the last dozen
/ years, been connected with various
| Catholic educational institutions abous
the bay, and everywhere he has added
/ zest to the athletic sports of the stu
dents. 1t was under mis- direction in
1906 that the celebrated third baseball
! team of Sacred Heart college became
! famous.
| The well equipped track at ST. Jo-
seph's academy is big incentive to the
| students attending that institution TO
exert themselves IN neld events. Some
| very promising material is to be found
| at st. Josephs and it is safe to say
| that formidable group of athletes
wearing the green and white suits will
make things lively at the big meet.
7 Monday afternoon a numerous squad
from st. Josephs institute, West Oak
| land, disported themselves on the Gin
der track at st. Mary's college. Father
| MeNally's charges are rapidly getting
into form and are very sanguine of
annexing at least two cups on the
night of March IL.
Equal ardor is shown by the pupils
of ST. Mary's school. These clean
limbed youngsters make frequent trips
to the college stadium with gratifying
results. They will present an unusually
neat appearance IN the big paract
which is scheduled to precede the meet
of March next.
Little Joe Maher, the energetic track
captain of the North Oakland forces,
has inspired all his mates with the do
or die spirit, with the result that the
| boys from Sacred Heart school will as
| suredly score refreshing number of
points in the relay races and in the
| so yard run. Father Serda's lads
started training early and have kept
consistently al it ever since.
A big athletic rally was held in ST.
| Anthony's school, East Oakland, at the
end of the week, at which that in
tangible thing known as school spirit
| was very much in evidence. Even the
| students not taking part in the games
show keen interest In the forthcom-
| ing meet and are determined to be on
| hand at the Auditorium to cheer their
comrades on to victory Those COM
rades by the way, make a pretty pic
would stand an excellent chance of
securing any prize that might be Of
| fered for effective team work. But
! the East Oaklanders are out for bigger
! game, and feel that the archbishop s
cup belongs In Oakland-way down
! east.
/ A CHEEKY, sharp witted and fleet
| footed group of boys makes up the
contingent from st. Francis de Sales
parish. Many of them live near St.
Mary's campus and avail themselves
of the privilege of frequently exercis-
| ing in the new stadium. These lads
profess indifference as, regards the
/ claims and standing of San Francisco
schools enrolled in the league, but they
are convinced that among the trans
bay athletic centers ST. Francis school
| stands supreme. They are preparing
to prove the truth of the conviction,
too.
All in all. the transbay teams are
doing things. The meet of March II
| will afford the pupils of the Catholic
! schools of Oakland and Berkeley a
!, splendid opportunity to show that
those cities are not in any sense slow
and the lads now so busily training are
ready to demonstrate their worth after
fashion which they hope will be
convincing.