The San Francisco call., 1909-12-26
ATHLETIC SEASON
PROVED SUCCESS
Honor of Blue VaHaHHy Upheld
i'm Various Branches of
Amateur Sport
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

OAKLAND, Dec. demonstrating the
athletic performances of Oakland high
school for the last semester as a whole
they have been decided success. The
track team entered two meets and in
both they came out victorious. The
swimming team got but one chance
the Bay Cities league meet--but in that
they came out easy winners, incident
ally establishing three United States
interscholastic records. The football
team, although composed of hard work
ers and good players, did not fare SO
well. Their season was attended with
success until the final game with
Berkeley, where they met their first
decisive defeat.
Track activities have always been
attended with success at Oakland high.
This year the taking of first place in
the bay counties field meet and the
winning of the dual meet with Berke-
ley brands the track team as one of
the best that ever represented the
institution, In the first place the
squad had a clever captain in Mike
Smith. A first place in the broad
jump a first in the pole vault, third
in the 80 yard dash, together with the
running of the final lap in the relay is
certainly strong and exceptional per-
formance for any athlete, but this is
what Captain Smith did for the school
this fall
Deming Maclise is another wonder on
the track. His efforts in the last B.
C. L. netted his team Is points. He
took first in both the high and low
hurdles, second in the high jump and
ran beautiful lap in the relay In
both the hurdle races Maclise estab-
Hshed new records. He is now in his
final year.
The performances of James Todd
were uniformly creditable. In the B.
G. l. he ran close second in the 440
yard dash, won the 220 yard dash in
time. but one-fifth of a second short of
| the record, and ran the prettiest relay
| lap of the day.
Horace Heisen showed remarkable
speed in the half mile.
Among others who have acquitted
themselves with distinction on the
track are Walker Carl Calderwood,
Howard Sargent, Pete" Bangs and
Frank Millett.
Oakland in the last year has devel-
oped one of the fastest relay teams in
the state. They. have a record of
3:19 2-5 for this event
The following composed the team:
Leroy Morgans, short lap; Frank Mil
lett, Gordon Wagonett, James Todd,
Deming Maclise and Mike" Smith.
running laps in the order of their
names.
The Oakland team should be the
leading factor in the coming relay
race to be held at Palo Alto in the
spring as part of the big Stanford
interscholastic meet.
Something unusual was the strength
of Oakland high in the hammer throw
In the past this has generally been a
weak event, but this fall Ed Melvin
and All Cummings gathered eight
points from it. Ed Melvin will be the
blues only support in this event the
coming spring, as Cummings graduates
| Frank Boek coached the track team
/ this fall and deserves all the credit
due a coach of a successful and win
ming team
Coach Frank Boren should, under
/ better conditions, turn out champion
ship football team squad next fall.
Swimming, under the guidance OF
/ Captain Sumner Cahill and Manager
/ Ed Kitto, has been made a promising
! sport at Oakland high.