The San Francisco call., 1909-09-14
October Date
For Catholic
League Meet
Indoor Contests of the Par0-
chfai Schools to be Held on
Eve of Discovery Day
By WILL SCARLET

The second annual indoor meet un-
der.the auspices of the Catholic Schools
athletic league of California will be
held in San Francisco on the night of
M onday, October IL. The participants
VIII be made up of pupils belonging to
the parochia1 schools on both sides of
the bay. The meet will be held at the
Auditorium, Page and Fillmore streets.
Preparations for the meet, which is
the big event of the athletic year to
the boys of the Catholic Schools league,
have already begun in most of the
schools and the remaining institutions
will fall in line in the course of the
next few days. The success which at
tended the indoor meet of last March
mas undoubtedly a great deal to do
Win the enthusiasm about the coming
games which now prevails In every
league center All the schools have
profited by their experience of last
spring and intend to set about their
preparatory work systematically in or
ger tnat their chances for victory will
pnles are more enticing than ever.
BESIDES the Archbishops cup and the
oIher prizes contended for last Marcn.
nualtiopal nant OF trephies are offered for the
Inc night of October IL was selected
py the board of directors of the league
aiter considerable thought and discus
sion. 1t Is the eve of Discovery day.
the newest state holiday in California'
ana the league aims at creating the
custom of holding an athletic celebra-
Ton OF the discovery of America each
year, Some delegates who attended
tne iast meeting OF the board of direc-
Tors were in favor of having the meet
on, on the 18th. but their preference was
body being of the opinion that the pa
rochial school pupils should have free
dom to spend Discovery day free from
the care and responsibility incident to
The league insistssmore than ever on
regular, moderate and systematic
training. The better to accomplish this
end, John p. Doran, secretary general
or the league, has been commissioned
to visit the various schools and give
practicai pr Instructions to the aspirants
secretary will be assisted by a corps of
competent instructors.
The smaller schools are preparing
for the coming meet with even greater
spring for they they feel I that hat = since the he
abolition of the unlimited class they
have an equal chance with the nine
grade institutions. The Introduction
of the 20 pound class will afford the
midgets OF all the schools chance to
capture cup Or two and opens a field
of big possibilities to the sturdy ath-
ietes who tip the scales at 60 odd.
The high school department of the
league. which in its athletic affairs is
now quite distinct from the parochial
school section. plans to hold meet
some time in November. Among the
institutions likely TO take part in this
nee. ssared are t at, Marys AVE. santa cara and
will be represented by their academic
departments. and st. Joseph's academy.
college are not prepared to enter the
league this year. A relay race for
Catholic colleges will be a feature of
is expected that all the Catholic insti-
tutions of secondary education will
have representatives entered for the
event.
The affairs of the college and high
school sections of the league are in
the hands of committee consisting of
Brother Joseph, moderator in athletics
prefect of discipline at St Josephs S
academy. and Brother IT, Gregory, vice
president OF Sacred Heart college. All
ment of athletic affairs, and their re-
port to be read at the next meeting of
the board of directors is being looked
forward to with interest.
Since the formation of the high
school branch of the league st. Jo-
seph's academy and the grammar de-
partment of Sacred Heart college will
parochial school meets. Among the
San Francisco schools to take part in
the meet of October II are: St. James.
St Joseph's, ST. Peters. ST. Patrick's,
Sacred Heart, ST. Charles and ST.
Brigid's. Among the Oakland schools
st. Anthonyss, st. Patrick's and St.
Mary's have already expressed their
desire to take part, and the remaining
transbay institutions will be heard
from before the end of the week.
At the last meeting of the board of
directors of the league Brother Greg
ory was chosen to succeed Brother
ander was obliged to resign, owing to
his transfer to an eastern school. He
league since it's inception and distin-
guished himself repeatedly by his
splendid management of the athletic
squad of st. .IJames school, the winners
of the first indoor meet
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