The San Francisco call., 1910-12-20
LEAGUE OF CROSS
CADETS in GAME
Three Basket Ball Elves Beiu0
Organized by Wen Known
Players

The League of the Cross Cadets is the
latest organization to break into the
basket ball game Three teams are
being organized.
Captain NJ. F. Kent of Company A
has been working on the scheme for
some weeks past and yesterday an
nounced that Private Stanley Kelly had
Deen appointed manager of the basket
ball department of the league.
The Cadets have a large number of
We'll known basket ballers in their
ranks Kelly was the captain of the
St lgnatius college team last season.
Z. Ryan, another st. Ignatius player.
and ". Garvin, NJ. JOY and w B. Ho-
burg, all of the Olympic club, will
form the nucleus of the team that will
start practice Immediately in prepara-
tion for the Pacific Athletic associa-
tion's coast championship tournament
Orno Tyler, the former Ponies player
and present coach of the st. Ignatius'
college team. has been asked to coach
the team. The Tamalpais club gym
nasium viii probably be engaged as
the practice court of the teams until a
hall can be secured.
Games have already been arranged
for the unlimited Cadet team, with st
Ignatius college. the Livermore ma
tional guard. the Nationals of this city,
Sacred Heart college and Hitchcock
military academy.
plan is under way to have every
company in the league take up the
game and as soon as this is accom-
plished intercompany games for the
championship of the order will be
played of.
When the Northwestern subleague
drafted the championship basket ball
schedule the team from the Hitchcock
military academy was not taken into
consideration at all. and the military
boys did not even get notice of the
meeting The school feels that it has
a grievance against the subleague and
a communication has been sent to the
officials protesting that as a member
Of the league the Hitchcock school
should have been notified of the league
meeting. and further stating that the
school intends to enter a, basket ball
team in the tournament.
This viii necessitate a change in the
schedule as already arranged, and it is
possible that an entirely new set of
games viii have to be drawn up
This is the first year that Hitchcock
has had basket ball team, but under
the coaching of Gill. the former Poly
technic high basket bauer and track
captain. the Hitchcock boys have made
a showing that was deemed sufficiently
encouraging to try for honors in the
league.
Santa Clara college has recently ac-
quired the warehouse near the depot
formerly occupied by the Morse seed
company at Santa Clara This fine
class a brick building is to be turned
into modern gymnasium and a basket
ball court is to be ore of its main
features. This will give the Santa
Clara teams one of the best courts in
that locality and spacious galleries will
be erected for the accommodation of
spectators.
The Centerville high school team de-
feated the st. Joseph's sodality team Of
Fruitvale by 80 points to 20 at Center
Vile The Centerville team has recent
ly been organized and averages 125
pounds.
The St. Helena high team won a hard
fought game with the Cloverdale high
at St Helena yesterday by "a to IA.
St. Helenas teamwork was too good
for the visitors, and Herdle and Vas
conf were the particular stars for the
St. Helena five. st. Helena has not
lost a game during the present season,
/ and Cloverdale has TO blame ST. Helena
for its first defeat yesterday.
Two games will be played at the
TanaaIpais club courts tonight. The
preliminary game will be between the
| club team known as the Imps and the
| sodality team from St. Joseph's college
/ in Fruitvale After this game the
Peerless five of the club will meet the
! PoTstechnic high school team.