The San Francisco call., 1910-01-19
NINE SCHOOLS HAVE
COMPLETE ENTRIES
Contest for Call Trophy BRINGS
Our Promising Array of
Basket Ball Teams
By HERBERT HAUsER

The first annual basket bail tourna-
neut OF the Public Schools athletic
league is commencing under the
Arfentest auspices. Although many of
.1be schools are as yet without either
scourts or apparatus the demand for the
game among The pupils is so insistent
-liist many of the principals are incor-
porating basket bali as a part of their
'regular playground work.
Nine schools have entered teams in
gan three classes. the 95 and 125 pound
boys teams and the unlimited girls
team. Those schools with fun repre-
seentation ia The tournament are as fol-
lows. Adams. Spring Valley, Franklin.
Hearst. Fremont. Richmond, Fairmount.
Pacific Heights and Horace Mann.
Everett. John SWEET and Washington
ave entered teams in the s5 and 125
pound class. while Bergerot viii have
zone 95 pound boys team and girls
team. Hancock and Hamilton each has
one team in the contest, the former a
80 pound team. The latter a 125 pound
team- This makes an entry list OF "A
5f lools and 3 teams who viii compete
= the trophies already presented to
I--a- league as prizes for the winners
The 125 pound team contests for The
Is handsome bronze and silver
~, while the girls have = handsome
li'Dhy presented by last years tag day
nmittee 10 compete for.
The Lick school basket ball team
;g feated the Sacred Heart college five
. sterday afternoon at the Pastime
a aletc club court in very closely
q infested game. Though numerous
uls were called on each team the goal
.1 r0wers seemed unable to hit the
skets. The first half was l3 to 6 IN
:. Vor OF the Tigers and the final score
10 p The contest was for the
lery Arms trophy. The teams lined
as follows
Lick-H. slcHenry and b. Woods.
wards H. Woods. center; L. Rust
sacred Heart-E. French and F.
@ieagher. forwards: j. Balzer. center:
~ Riordan and Z. Murphy, guards.
+. The Swsstika basket ball team Of
f1is city met it's first defeat Of the sea-
son on Saturday night a. Livermore by
company J. y. G. c. the score being
80 20 =. Despite the large score the
asane was a fast one The team work
~ the local team was excellent, but
---irermores guards. Waggoner and
j eunedy. managed 10 break-ft up. The
3 ..vermore team has yet TO meet defeat
fhis season, having won four straight
victories.
The University Of California has de-
T. ded to enter three basket ball tea ms
81 the approaching tournament OF the
aciic athletic associa tfon. The var
Erv team. which won the unlimited
s. smpionship last year. viii again be
~ tered in that class, though only three
frIt Of last years FIVE are at college
raul Bailey. the captain, and Prouty
md Mathews
There are still 2 number OF last
ears second team and some fast fresh
r7cn TO take the vacant positions.
among the most prominent Of these
ere Jackson Of the stockton All Stars
evelsnd Of Oakland Polytechnic. z
and n Jones Of the lone high school
zve. Jory. formerly of Berkeley high
Additional men who have signed UP
re Hardy. Bartlett, Nuheim, Jones'
5ughan. Solomon, Hubbard, Sweet, Gil
bert. Carpenter. Scott. Nodden. Gold
man. Redmsn. Alexander, Norton, Pot
ger. Shields and Fisher
The freshman team viii be in the
unlimited class and the third team viii
enter the under l45 pound class. Efforts
ere being made by the collegians to
fave some Of the games played in
Harmon gymnasium. The committee
81 charge or the tournament will dis
glss the matter at tonights meeting
T. An effort VIII be made to get Stan
10rd 10 enter the tournament. as there
gre q number OF fast high school play
e7s now attending the college who
would make first class team.