The San Francisco call., 1909-10-24
Catholic School
Athletes Enjoy
A Week OF Rest
Activities of the League Have,
However, Aroused an In
crease of Interest
By WILL SCARLET

The boys of the Catholic Schools
athletic league indulged in a we'll de-
served rest during Portola week. With
the exception of an interschool base
ball game at Freemans park. the pa
rochial school athletes did not attract
attention during the last eight days.
They justly concluded that the success
of the big meet of October Is was glory
enough for a while.
Meanwhile the schools that captured
trophies in the big indoor meet did
some celebrating on their own account
An informal program was presented at
Sacred Heart grammar school Sunday.
when the cups won in the meet were
installed in the beautiful glass case
prepared for them. The Portola holi-
days prevented the big demonstration
which otherwise would have taken
place. and which unquestionably will
turn to their classes this week.
Not even holidays, however, could
daunt the enthusiasm of the boys of
st. Peters school who had the good
fortune to annex three cups in the
meet They held school rally Mon
day. at which the Rev Peter S. Casey
present. Wednesday they had an auto
ride and a dinner in a downtown cafe
Among those present were E. McGlade
]: Hartnett, J. Connolly, G. Gallagher
II. 1lTOt, II. AfldIeWS. h. 1hOnaRnan, tS
Schweitzer. +. Ryan and F. Murphy.
The boys of st. Brigid's school are
elated over their retention of the pa
rade cup, and justly so. for they Ia
bored hard to win it. Incidentally the
wise ones among the league enthusi-
asts are guessing what original idea
year. The Broadway school takes the
cake as well as the cup, when it comes
to planning novelties in indoor meet
parades
In the Catholic schools athletic
league baseball never goes out of sea-
son. This fact received striking dem
onstration Thursday when the crack
Francisco. defeated their namesakes
from West Oakland by the big league
score of to 2. 1t was a snappy game,
too, and convinced both teams. that it
is tough work to down Josephites
The two teams intend to come to-
gether again in the near future. When
the second game is pulled off all the
league fans would do we'll to be on
hand for two more evenly matched
mines are difficult to find on either side
of the bay. There is no reason why
other fschools should not follow the
example of the San Francisco and Oak
land Josephites and pull off a few .un-
official games. Such a thing will fos-
ter school spirit and keep everybody in
trim for the big baseball tournament
of next spring:
Basket ball has taken such a strong
hold in most of the league schools that
it is very likely that the board Of
directors will soon announce an official
tournament. The proposition was voted
down last year owing to the lateness
of the season and the rush in prepara-
tion, for the March indoor meet. but
this year there Is plenty of time to
try out the experiment.
Basket ball has been shown to be one
of the sports best. adapted to the ath-
youngsters. 1t beats even handball in
the matter of exercise. and, while pos
sessing all the fascination of football
is without the liability to injury that
goes with either the American game or
Rugby. For these and other reasons
the various scnool authorities have
been partial to basket ball
For long time the parochial young
sters fought shy of basket ball. which
they classified as a girls game They
know better now. ihe Oakland boys
witnessed few games last year in St
Mary's gymnasium and were converted
on the spot In the same way the tour
nament held last spring in the audi
torium convinced the San Francisco
youths that basket ball. as played by
boys is a sport fit for kings.
The baskets are already in position
over at st. Josephs institute, West
Oakland, and the boys are ready to pull
OF an interclass series this week St
James school is another thriving basket
ball center, to say nothing of st. Peters
school. 1t is safe to say that ST. Eliza
beth's school, one of the newcomers in
the league, will likewise adopt basket
ball.
The league is to be congratulated son
the entrance of st. Ignatius grammar
school, not only because the Hayes
street contingent are a promising band
of athletes. but also because the board
of directors is strengthened by the adj
dition of Father Sullivan s. j. Father
S11Nivan Is a broad minded. enthusias-