The San Francisco call., 1909-04-29
Santa Clara Wins the Deciding Came
CLARA NINE
LAYS ST MARY'S
STARS LOW
Historic Mission College An
nexeS Intercollegiate Cham
pionstip of Coast
By William J. SIaftery


Santa Clara college carried the colors
Of that historic institution to glori
Gus victory over st. Mary's yesterday
afternoon on the San Jose field, and
won the intercollegiate championship
Of California,s by a score of to 1.
1t was as clean and as spirited a dia
mond triumph as the history of the
game in California ever boasted. The
better team won. and there was no
argument as to this at the finish. The
victors eutgeneraled their opponents
and showed the class necessary to lift
them upon the championship pedestal.
There is no nine left TO dispute their
supremacy now. They rank by them
selves.
The great lighting spirit which the
lads from st. Mary's have always dis
played was evident yesterday up to
the final moment. They were in the
game to win, and they overlooked no
opportunity. But the lucky start
which had won them so many games
Oakland could not hit when hit would
have meant the championship to them.
The great triumph of the Jesuit nine
was due more to the magnificent pitch
ing OF Charley Friene than any other
factor. Inning after inning the dar-
ing slabster bucked the best stickers
on the opposing team, and moved them
down like so many blades of grass.
They were absolutely helpless before
his great delivery, save in the fourth
inning. when they. gathered the tally
everlasting diamond disgrace.
In the field both teams played a
brand of baseball that can be com
pared to none other save the big league
the anxious rooters overlooked them
entirely The startling plays over
shadowed the slow ones to such a de-
gree that the crowd saw nothing
saf hn
baS. They could not help il.
Besides the championship of the
coast the Santa Clara victory carries
with it the handsome Kennedy cup.
donated by John A. Kennedy of this
city, a veteran of the class of 1881 and
a great admirer of college baseball
old college up to the last minute, but
he had grave fears until the game was
over.
More than 1000 rooters watched the
struggle with eager interest A special
train bearing the st. Mary's rooters
and headed by the dean of college
baseball. Brother Agnew, drew into the
Garden City an hour before the start
of the contest. Accompanying the
rooters was the little St. Vincent's or
phan asylum band, which did the best
IL could TO switch the tide of victory.
The Santa Clara rooters. headed by
Rev. Father Gleason, president of the
college; Father Stack and Father Bell.
occupied the first base section of the
grandstand and kept up a constant
Yolley of cheers to the tossers on the
field At the conclusion of the game
this joyous band took possession of
the field and performed the serpentine
dance.
The vanquished team scored its lone
tally in the fourth inning Wallace
was hit by one of Friene's shoots and
Wilkinson sacrificed him along. After
FitZsimmons had famed, Wilcox list
ed a fine two bagger into the right
garden and Wallace arrived with the
run.
But Santa Clara more than made up
for this. and took another one besides
in its half of the same inning. Dono-
van hit TO third and was safe on Leon
ards muff of the throw. McGovern
bunted and Hart's peg to second was
Jacobs scored Donovan with a drive
TO right. Reams single filled up the
sacks again, and here Hart lost his
control, passing Shafer and forcing
McGovern home when he should have
retired the side.
Neither team stood a chance to
final run across in the lucky seventh.
With one down, Dolling walked and
Salberg bunted him along. F'riene
famed. but Peters responded with the
necessary hit TO center and the third
run was a reality.
Try as they might, the St. Mary's
stars could not assail the offerings of
Friene to effect when an assault meant
victory. He pitched a grand game
of ball, and he was well supported by
his teammates. Hart was unfortunate
in punching all his wildness and bad
judgment in the fourth and also in
having shis felders fall down on him at
that critical stage. Outside of that in
ming he pitched magnificent baseball.
The game was well umpired by big
Bill Lange, once the king of all the
outfielders of America, and Bobby
gave satisfaction throughout. and their
decisions were never questioned.
The old mission town of Santa Clara
never knew such a time as the Joyous
students gave 1t after the game. From
evening until far into the night the
place resounded with the cheers of the
jubilant students. Fireworks were ex-
ploded, and the true college spirit pre-
vailed. IT was one of the happiest
nights that Santa Clara has ever
known, and everybody seemed to join
in the spirit of the occasion The vic
tory was the most important one that
the great college ever won. Score: