The San Francisco call., 1909-03-07
CATHOLIC LEAGUE
MEET COMES
THIS WEEK
ParOchiaI School Athletes in
Readiness for Contests of
Next THURSDAY
By WIN Scarief

ment OF Sacred Heart college are max
ing strenuous efforts to score a big svc-
cess in the indoor meet to be held by
the Catholic schools athletic league at
the Auditorium on the evening of
Thursday next Track work has no
terrors for these bright youngsters, and
they are on edge with eagerness to try
their skill and hsetness with boys of
their weight who attend the various
parochial schools.
The good work OF this junior track
team has won the notice and approval
Of several prominent citizens of this
city. Among them is 7. sIusgrave, who
has donated trophy, known as the
Musgrave & Co. cup. which goes to the
class making the best showing in the
semiannual field meet
Among the boys composing the junior
track team of Sacred Heart college are
the following: Aloysius Bray, John
Murphy, Daniel Flynn, George Gillin,
Richard Mclaughlin, Harold Albin,
( Paul 0Shaughnessy, Stanley Burns,
William Callaghan, Edward Remillard,
Robert Taffe Alphonse Cummings,
David Hunt, Conrad Kleber. Francis
Robinson, Leonard Lippert, Francis
Donahue. William Henneberry, Edward
Toner, Leo Kane. Boiling Chinn, Alloy
sius Mcguire, Arthur Angelo, Joseph
=
guello Robert Bragg. Joseph Dwyer,
Clarence Sullivan, John Stanton, Gabriel
Jochumsen, Shirley French, Reginald
Treacy, William Growers, Joseph Muir
ray, Harold Cain, Hilary Hayden, Will
liam Toner. Paul O'Dowd, Frederick
Burnett and Eugene Hoberg.
Brother Cyril, secretary OF the Catho-
lie schools. athletic league, announces a
meeting OF the board of directors TO be
held at Sacred Heart college this after
noon at 81 o'clock. Delegates from all
the schools, academies and colleges en-
rolled in the organization are expected
10 be present. as matters of unusual i'm
portance win come up for discussion.
The first meet TO be held under the aus
pices of the league is now only four
days in the future. and it is of supreme
importance that all details connected
with the event be known TO representa-
tives OF the various branches
Since the writing OF the notice con
corning St. Anthony's girls basket ball
team we have got wind of further ac-
tivity ca the part of the feminine ele-
ment IN the local parochiaI schools
They undoubtedly have a strong girls
quintet out at St Anthony's. but the
young ladies at st. Bonifaces school
want it understood there are others.
Basket ball has been usurpiDg the
girls attention at ST. Bonifaces for
several weeks. The students have got
into the game with characteristic
IHOLOuRUneSS ana Q6IeInllndllOH, anu
are waiting until after the big meet Of
March i, when they viii have an op-
portunity OF meeting some other
schools team in good natured rivalry
Although 1t might be supposed that
the 250 boys who are engaged in ath-
letie work down at St. Patriek's school
monopoliZe about all the athletic spirit
in the south Of Market atmosphere, the
pupils attending the girls department,
known as St. Nfncents school, have or
ganiZed a basket ball team and give
promise of doing things that viii make
the boys sit up and take notice. RMS
team win be certain TO put up a clever
and skillful contest with the st. Bon1-
faces team when they come together
Nor are the girls at st. Brigids idle.
They, too, have put together, q basket
ball team which looks Ike winner
and is possessed Of sufficient confidence
and enthusiasm TO wage strenuous
battle against any veteran i've Ac-
commodations for, practice are ample
at St Brigid's. and the girls have util-
ICED their opportunities TO the full
These four teams. all in good condi-
to engage the interest of the board of
directors of the Catholic Schools ath-
letic league. Already the board is con-
templating plans for the months fol-
night Let ii remember the girls. The
scope of the league should be as wide
as is the scope of the educational sys-
tenn Of which It forms a part So let us
hope for a girls basket ball tourna
nent to start before the echoes of the
first indoor meet have died away.
The plucky 1I5 pound track team
from st. Anthonys. East Oakland, has
suffered a setback I'm the illness of
William Brusher. one Of the fastest
and most popular sprinters of the
school He has recently undergone an
operation for appendicitis in an Oak
land hospital. and viii not be able to
return to class for several weeks.
The case of Master Brusher furnishes
another argument If further argument
were needed. in favor of the work Of
the Catholic Schools athletic league.
The surgeon who conducted the opera
tion is on record as declaring that, were
It not for the excellent physical condi-
tion of the patient, due to wisely regu-
lated track work, the operation would
Despite the illness of little Brusher
tie st. Anthony's lads are sanguine of
success. Even should the 115 pound
team fall 10 make good the members
feel confident that their relay team
entered in the unlimited class will take
first honors- This team is composed of
Thomas Griffin. Raymond Hogarty. Al
fred Henas and Anthony Sarment The
quartet is showing itself to good ad-
vantage in its daily practice work
Little Joe Maher. the track captain
of the Sacred Heart school squad, re-
ports favorably of the work being done
over in Father. Serdas parish. The
North Oakland lads, besides practicing
faithfully on their own field frequently
take advantage Of the stadium at st.
Mary's. IT is safe to say that they
viii be heard from on next Thursday
night