The San Francisco call., 1909-05-23
PLANNING DETAILS
OF FIRST BIG
CONTEST
Santa CIara-Sf. Mary's Board OF
Arbitration viii Hold Ses-
siOnS Today
By WILL SCARLET

The athletes of Santa Clara and St.
Mary's are making active preparations
for the intercollegiate meet TO be held
next Saturday in the stadium Of the
Oakland college This is the first time
that the two colleges. long friendly
competitors in baseball, have ever
planned to come together in track
events. and the experiment is being
watched with interest by the alumni
and friends of both institutions
Last Thursday was holiday in both
the Catholic colleges, and the students
availed themselves of the opportunity
by holding two series of track events
In the morning the Oaklanders mad an
to bring out the strong men and sprint
ers who will go up against the valley
.collegia8s next week. In the afternoon
the santa & Ciarans ans held meet "d,a Win the
The friendly contest between santa
Clara and St. Ignatius. the sister col
lege conducted by the Jesuit fathers.
gave. the southern collegians good
contest with all sorts of bright and
rosy. hopes. The Ignatians are for
midable men on the track, and the fact
that Santa Clara succeeded in besting
them is indeed a happy omen Andy
Glarner, who has been coaching the
Santa Clara track team for several
weeks, was present at Thursdays meet,
which was held in the Golden Gate park
stadium, and expressed himself well
pleased with the showing made by his
ambitious and hard working prOteges.
The St Mary's runners, on the other
hand, have no lack of confidence re-
garding the outcome of the meet, which
they feel assured will result in vic
tory for the Oakland cOllegians- They
have some fine material for the long
distance runs and in the field events
appear likely TO hold their own. They
apprehend, however. that Santa Clara
will push them hard in the dasheS
fiannCb xrith SnrinfarS ID ATr-
enay, D'Benedetti and Starrett they are
not, in their own opinion at least, in
great danger Of crushing defeat
The athletic agreement entered into
by the two Catholic colleges and
signed by the authorities at both Santa
Clara and st. Mary's regulates 10
meet which hereafter will be an annual
occurrence. Following is the order OF
events for Saturdays meet:
One mile run. 100 yard heats. 120
yard hurdle finals, 440 yard run, two
mile run. 220 yard hurdle heats. 220
yard dash heats. half mile run, 220
yard hurdle finals, go yard dash
finals. 220 yard dash finals, $50 yard re-
lay -four men to a team) pole vault,
16 pound hammer throw, running high
jump. shot put, running broad jump.
This order of events, agreed upon by
representatives of both colleges. will
be observed in all the meets held be-
tween st. Marys and Santa Clara dur
ing the five years covered in the ath-
letic agreement. The articles of agree
ment further ordain that not more than
six contestants from each college will
be allowed to participate in any event
Track work is. relatively speaking.
new to the students of both colleges. so
that it is not likely that any records
will be lowered at Saturdays meet
The Catholic coIlegians. however. have
the satisfaction of knowing that next
Saturday the winners in every event
will establish records which will serve
as a standard in all succeeding meets
between the two colleges
The 10 pound shot was officially
adopted only after considerable debate.
On one side. it was argued that the
athletes of both colleges would be able
to make a more satisfactory showing
with the 12-peund. shd used in high
school contests and in other amateur
tended that ST. Mary's and Santa Clara
are not in the high school class and
should accordingly adopt the 16-pound
shot used by California and Stanford.
The latter view prevailed.
The intercollegiate athletic relations
of Santa Clara and st. Marys are de-
termined by. board OF arbitration.
consisting of three St Mary's alumni.
three Santa Clara alumni and seventh
member chosen by the other six This
board of arbitration acts in co-Opera-
tfon with the athletic director of each
of the colleges.
The board of arbitration viii hold its
first meeting at ST. Mary'S college this
afternoon to decide upon certain de-
tails connected with the meet of next
Saturday. Beside the members of the
board Father Stack. athletic director
at Santa Clara. and Brother Joseph,
moderator in athletics al St Mary's
will be present. The following COM
pose the board of arbitration: Bernard
]. Flood. Peter j. Mccormick. John J.
Kennedy, Robert A. Mckenzie. Louis j.
Ward and William F. Humphreys. The
seventh member will be chosen al to-
DAYS meeting.