The San Francisco call., 1909-06-06
POOR MANAGEMENT
BL A M E D F OR
WITHDRAWAL
Oakland High School Athletes
Declare Academic Leagues
Committee 10 Blame
By HERBERT HAUSER

The withdrawal of Oakland high
school from the Academic league is
not pleasing bit of news 10 the Aca-
demic officials. and is regretted by all
the friends OF the league, but the stu
dents Of the school say that they have
not been treated right. The real cause
Of the actual withdrawal is the basket
ball squabble After Oakland had won
the tournament the league decided that
the game which Wilmerding had for
feited should be played. In the mean
time one of oakland's best players had
left school and another was i'll, so that
first class five could not have been
put in the field at that time. The
original team could undoubtedly have
defeated Wilmerding.
Poor management on the part of the
league committee was the cause of all
/ the trouble, so the league must stand
the brunt Of the criticisms and be the
sufferer There is no doubt that
the league viii get along without the
blue and white athletes. but it will be
a hard fight TO make the field days
financial success The last one did not
prove a success financially, though the
competition was excellent. The crowd
that always follows Oakland was no
ticeably absent. In other branches of
sport the loss viii not be felt. as in
late years Oakland has not been a
factor in either football or baseball.
The baseball tournament of the san
Francisco public schools athletic
league was brought TO successful
conclusion yesterday morning, and the
winning nine will have the honor of
holding the beautiful Spalding trophy,
Play Ball" Some excellent games
have been played by the youngsters.
and next years high school mines
should show the benefit of the new
/ leagues work
The basket ball tournament for The
Call trophy viii start early in the fall.
Owing 10 the fact that it was impos-
sible 10 have all the baskets put ND
and the courts outlined in time it was
deemed advisable TO put off the tour
nament until fall.
The action Of the registration com
mittee OF the Rocky mountain associ
alton OF the amateur athletic union in
suspending the team of Stanford ath
letes that is representing their college
ct the western conference meet has
brought the wrath OF many upon the
Denver authorities.
The A A L. rules are exceedingly
clear on the subject Of college ath-
letics and ] do not see how anv regis
tration committee could find a clause
under which they could suspend the
team Colleges and schools can plav
among themselves without either sane
/ tion or registration, no matter what
section OF the country they come from
and it is only when they coupete
against club or organization other
than an educational institution that
| II requires registration and sanction
The officials of the Pacific associa-
tion showed their appreciation of
Stanford's position by Immediately raj
lying to it's aid. The Colorado COM
mittee will no doubt soon discover the
error Of its ways and will rescind its
foolish action.
The indoor tournament of the Sun
day school athletic league which was
held at the Auditorium rink last Tues
day night was a great success and gave
the directors of that organization a
good idea as TO the great work they
have undertaken. In the future l
think the league should discontinue the
potato and sack races, as both take
a needless amount OF time. One no.
ticeable feature of the meet was the
fact that large number of the. point
winners were public school youngsters
and high school boys. Lunt of Mission
had things all his own way in the
mile, while SmelZer of Lowell was
easily the class in the 100, and had
he not been foolish and taken his
/ teammates (Potter) hand and as
sisted him would have been the win
ner in this event. This will undoubt-
edly prove a lesson TO him and had
he been an older athlete he would
undoubtedly be the recipient of a
greater penalty.
RacahaI1 Notes