The San Francisco call., 1910-08-14
SCHOOL ATHLETES
Line UP VETERANS
Academic League Preparing the
Rugby Schedules for the
- Fall Games
By HERBERT HAUsER

While the majority OF Academic
league schools are hard at work on
their Rugby schedules, the schools
playing the American game are busily
lining up their veterans to see Just
where they stand.
At present 1T looks as il Alameda
high will again have championship
eleven. for. with the exception of four
men. the team will be the same as last
year On the line Butch" Bruzzoni.
last years captain, will be missing.
while in the backfield Paul Mackie will
also be missed. but Kiser has returned
with Gay. Gale. Anthony Ming Bruz-
zoni (captain). Davis and James Mack
lie, which means Nthat a strong team
should be developed
The petty disputes that caused frie
tion last season regarding coaching
have been done away with The team
will be strengthened with the addi
ton of Eddie Haskins. the former
Fremont captain. who will play end
on the Alameda team. He will prove
a welcome addition TO the champions.
as ne Is a IdSJ ana HcdQy prayer. W
selection has been made OF a coach,
but Captain Bruzzoni is looking around
for an experisnc man.
The polytechnic team without the
services of Gill, Heastand and Adler Is
not expected to cut much Of figure.
Lick will have fair team, but il is
doubtful if il can come up TO the teams
Of three or four years ago.
Belmont, Hitehcock's and st. Mat
thew's schools do not open until next
week and it will take a couple of weeks
to find out just what they have to form
their teams.
A suggestion has been made to the
officials of the Academic athletic league
that will undoubtedly receive some con-
sideration at it's annual meeting which
will be held shortly. Professor Fred
Koch of Lowell high school. who is
deeply interested in all kinds of clean
sport, has started the idea of Lowell
high school advocating the league hold
ing a handicap meet in the fall of each
year instead of a championship as here
tofore. The idea is an excellent one
and will do much TO bring out new
men. There are always a large num-
Der of track men who would enter a
handicap meet, especially in the fall of
the year. Schools are just open and a
large amount of new material appears
which. il entered in a scratch meet.
would fail to show, whereas a handi-
cap meet would give some Of the
younger and more inexperienced ath-
letes an opportunity of winning medals
and honors for their school President
Cloud will do well if he takes the mat
ter up.
Many of the schools about the bay
have given or are to give UP fall track
work, but if handicap meets are decided
upon it will give those who care to in
dulge in fall training an excellent op-
portunity of working out.
The Pacific athletic association will
hold it's final meeting of the present
fiscal year next Wednesday evening.
/ The last year has been the most sue
! cessfuI one in the history Of the as
| sOciation. There have been more games
/ of all kinds the last year than in any
/ previous year in the history of local
| amateur athletics and the organization
! has put amateur sport on higher
\ plane than it has ever been In this
| state The handicap games have
brought out record breaking entry lists.
/ Many events are already being planned
! for next season. The annual meeting
| and election of the association will be
held the third Monday in September.