The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30
Standing of Oakland Schools
By WILL SCARLET.

SeplS ScnOOl ana 81. FdlEtCh SChOOl
the local branch of the Catholic Schools
athletic league baseball tournament
came to an end. The Alameda county
series terminated Monday, when the
undefeated ST. AnthoEy's players de-
feated the game little Salesians. The
team from St .Josephs school. the win
ners of the local series, will meet the
Oakland champions in the near future
to decide the supremacy of the league
That over, the first tournament pulled
off under league auspices will be a
thing of the past.
From every point of view the tourna-
ment has been surprisingly successful.
Particularly in San Francisco the
games were we'll attended and as the
series progressed enthusiasm increased.
The committee in charge of the tourna-
ment went about its work in the right
spirit. leaving no detail unattended,
with the result that on both sides of
the bay the scheduled games were
played on scheduled time. Best of all,
no league team has the consciousness
of having been Disseminated against,
no league player is sore. Victors and
yanquished alike toss their caps in air
and then take firmer hold on their
bats in anticipation of next years sea-
son.
The st. James players are at the head
Of the local branch or the league and
they deserve to be at the head. They
have played consistently good ball and
have defeated all their rivals convinc-
ingly and decisively. Perhaps the
brightest star in the Jacobian constel-
lation is Smith, the first baseman. This
little tosser distinguished himself in
every game by the mastery way in
which he fielded his position.
So far as clean. snappy and clever
team work is concerned the palm must
be awarded the boys from st. An
thongs school. the winners of the Oak
land pennant. There is not a large boy
on the team. but those East Oakland
ers get along splendidly just the same.
Hogarty is easily the star pitcher of
the league. only u hits were secured
off his delivery during the five league
games played by the ST Anthony S
team He struck out 67 men, II OF
them in one game.
ST. Joseph's institute, West Oakland,
ranks second in the Oakland brancn,
defeating every team save the all con-
quering East Oaklanders. And right
here it is only fair to say that. outside
the official game, the institute boys
twice hung the Indian sign on Ho-
garty's champs.
The team from the grammar depart
ment of Sacred Heart college started
out we'll but it failed to finish in the
race for the pennant with the eclat
expected of it. The Fell street boys
pra ctically lost their chances for the
San Francisco pennant when the Ja-
], axrrlr <ft ia, hafr lr,
and the. loss of the game with the
Patricians deprived them absolutely of
the joys of the happy hunting ground.
The surprise of the Oakland branch
is the team from st. Francis de Sales
school The Salesians were for two
weeks tailenders, then they took a sud
den squirt and landed in second place,
which they retained until nosed out by
Bluhe Martins West Oakland sluggers.
The st. Francis de Sales boys put up
the best game of the league with St
Anthony's school last Monday, and
though defeated, gave their conquerors
fair reasons to remark with the eter-
nally quoted Pirus, another such vic
tory and we are undone." Big things
may be expected from the Salesians
next year.
The little fellows from ST. Charles
school are really little fellows. They
put up several game fights for the
4OSdl pChhctes oO] NCiS uaHllSelAy
outclassed by several of the city teams.
The Carolinians have given all the
other schools a fine example of pluck
and sticktoitiveness and next year ley
may give them a handsome drubbing
just by way of rubbing the lesson in.
The team from st. Patricks school
duplicated in a less sensational way
the phenomenal record of the Salesians
across the bay. Decisively shut out by
the st. Peters players and several
other league teams, they took a grip
on themselves toward the end and sue
ceeded in defeating the all but in
vincible Sacred Heart players.
Here are the highest batting and
fielding averages OF the Oakland play
ers as recorded by Louis lie Fevre, the
official scorer: