The San Francisco call., 1910-07-24
FALL SEASON IN
ATHLETICS BUSY
Annual Championships of p. A
A. at Sacramento Top List
of Coming Events
By HERBERT HAUSER

The announcement from Sacramento
that the Dawn of Gold" committee
which is handling the state fair cele-
bration in September has appropriated
$500 for the handling of the annual
track and field championships of the
Pacific athletic association means much
for amateur athletics, not alone in the
great valley districts but the entire
state.
This meet will be the largest gather
ing of athletes that has ever been held
in the interior of the state, and every
prominent organization which is a mem
ber of the local associat ton will be
represented by its best athletes. Ac-
cording to adviees received from H NJ
McGregor of the Sacramento athletic
club the associations representative in
the capital city, the meet will undoubt-
edly be held on Sunday, September 4, as
the opening event of the fair or pos
sibly the 9TH, which is Labor day.
On account of this meet the annual
Dipsea race, which was set for Septem-
Der A, will undoubtedly be postponed
until September 1S. The Native Sons
meet will be held on Saturday after
noon, September 10, which will make
that month busy one for track ath-
letes.
The many obstacles that confronted
the amateur athletic governing body
during the last year have been grad
ually eliminated. The new registration
committee is meeting weekly and put
ting in good licks toward getting rid OF
number of athletic evils which have
marred many of the meets of the past
Next Thursdays meeting of the regis
tration committee will prove to be an
interesting session, for exactly 80 ath-
letes will have to furnish satisfactory
excuses for not competing in last Sun
days meet. One of the new rulings
to be enforced will be the one that in
meet must sign their own entrance
blanks.
The city schools will all open tomor-
row, but it is yet too early to predict
as to just how they will stand in re-
gard to their various athletic teams.
Apparently there are but four schools
that will play the old style football,
Polytechnic, Lick, Alameda and Stock
ton, and none of these will be as strong
as last year. 1t is rumored that Gill,
Polys crack halfback, will enter the
Hitchcock military academy this sea-
son, which is quite a loss to the local
school and big gain for the San Ra-
fael institution. OF course Hitchcock,
Belmont and st. Matthews will play
the old game. The Alameda IL will be
without the services of Butch Bruz-
zoni, the husky tackle Charlie Kiser.
it's strong halfback, and probably one
of the Mackie boys, three of its best
players. Ming" Bruzzoni is captain
of the team
Rugby will undoubtedly take more
this season with the high schools, as
there are a larger number of schools
playing the game.
The schools from across the bay open
within the next two weeks and all will
be considerably weakened in track
athletics. Oakland has lost its great
est point winners in Mike Smith and
Deming Maclise and several second and
third place men, but as the school will
not participate in track athletics dur
ing the fall. Physical Director Frank
Boek will undoubtedly get together his
usual formidable team for the spring
season.
The local playground commission is
putting forth every effort to complete
the various Fairgrounds that have been
under way for some time. There is
not more popular spot in the city
than the North beach Fairgrounds and
hundreds of children make merry there
all day long. Robert Lundie, who has
charge of the grounds, is popular with
the Youngsters and holds them to their
best behavior. Work is being rushed
on the swimming tank. The grounds
at Seventh and Harrison streets will
soon be completed and with its fine
cinder track will also prove to be a
pobuIar spot. The District public
school league championships will be
held there in the future.