The San Francisco call., 1909-02-16
SCHOOLS
LEAGUE PREPARE
FOR MEETS
Gaelic Club Event the First to
Attract Attention of
Young Athletes
By VIII Scarlet

The young men and boys enrolled in
the Catholic schools athletic league
are looking forward with interest to
the indoor meet to be held under the
auspices of the original Gaelic dancing
club next Thursday evening. Two of
the leagues relay teams are going to
participate, which is in itself sufficient
to arouse interest Besides, many of
the parochial school boys of the bay
cities are certain to attend the meet
to get an idea of how such events are
run off and to get line on the merits
of the contesting teams
The Kelleher and Brown cup, won
by the relay team of st. Marys col
lege at the last meet, will be the bone
of contention among the Catholic ath-
letes at the Gaelic meet. The pink and
blue men secured the trophy last time
by very small margin, and the Sacred
Heart college four feel confident of
bringing the cup to what they consider
able, too, that the st. -Ignatius college
team will be heard from, in which case
ST. Mary's ability to keep the cup is
far from certain.
chances. and VIII put a strong relay
team on the track Thursday nigh1
Starret and Martin, both of whom did
clever work when the cup was won
last fall, are among the chosen four.
With them will run D'Artney, an aca-'
demic student of considerable promise,
ana smith, a sacred Heart man,
who did clever work last season on
st. Mary's Rugby team.
The Sacred Heart runners are French,
Latulipe,. Gaffney and Maher, They
increased their efficiency since the
meet of last autumn. Altogether the
relay race Thursday night promises TO
be one of singular interest for the
members of the Catholic schools ath-
letic league
Last Friday morning the track team
from st. Brigid's school put In several
fruitful hours at the auditorium. A
number of unofficial events were run
off and preliminary tryout was held
to discover the boys most likely to
defend the honor of the school in the
league meet of March IL. Elmer Nc
Avoy the track captain, expresses him.
self well pleased with the showing
made by his athletes, and is confident
that st. Brigid's will be heard from in
no uncertain way when the track teams
of the various schools toe the mark
Brother Thomas of St Josephs
school superintended the tryout made
by the pupils, of that institution at
the Auditorium last Saturday morn
were there at the same time. both
track teams being coached by George
Schlitter of the. Reliance club. In
both these schools enthusiasm runs
high. and indications are that st. Jo-
seph's and St. Peters will annex a
trophy or two apiece on the night OF
March il.
Mcmahon. & Keyer. local tailor
ing firm, have donated a handsome cup
to the league. The donors in their
letter to Brother Gregory expressed
trophy be awarded to the school Sc
curing the greatest number of points
in the indoor meet of next March
AS the archbishop'S cup is to be given
to the school getting the highest mark
ing 1T is likely that the board of di-
rectors. with the consent of the donors.
will award the Mcmahon & Keyer cup
on different basis.
st. James school. conducted by the
Brothers of Mary, enjoys the enviable
distinction of putting the first uni
sters at st. James present very natty
appearance in their new running suits
and undoubtedly will show up well in
the parade of athletes with which the
meet of March IL will begin.
Among the schools whose athletes
have already secured uniforms are ST.
Anthony's of East Oakland. st. Peters
of this city and Sacred Heart school OF
North Oakland.
The March issue of Blue and White
the student monthly of Sacred Heart
college, will be a special athletic num-
Der, and the greater part of its con-
tents will deal with matters of inter-
est to the members of the Catholic
schools athletic league. Besides
thoughtful paper by Brother Joseph of
ST Mary's on the ethical significance
of athletics. Blue and White will con-
tain a concise history of the league
and articles on track events and basket
ball by Raymond Murphy and Joseph
Brother Cyril, secretary of the
league, announces that entry blanks
designed for the use of athletes In
tending to take part in the meet Of
March IL are ready and may be had
on application at 723 Fell street.
The blanks contain. besides the usual
formula, an instruction card for the
benefit of prospective contestants.