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£>®cidi<s>ii& ISSUEDEVERY SUNDAY FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS OF SAN FRANCISCO AND CALIFORNIA ALONZO Pup and the joke that failed The Marin County Baseball League W. JOINER Friday,' April 22, San Rafael^defeated Sausalito" bi' iscor^of '\u25a0•10 to"; 7. .The \u25a0 first half of the' game; 'was easy for vSan" Rafael, but Sausalito's pitcher gave out and they- put in. a better man: ; This second pitcher, good support from his \u25a0• team,' held the "San '. Rafael boys down a bit.' In; the last half of the eighth Inning Males', San Rafael's pitch er, got a cramp in his leg and was laid out forsorae time," but got around in time to finish that inning. In the next inning the San Rafael pitcher was dis abled again and a new man had to, be put in." After k thls the game was fin ished withthe above result. The league, standing is as follows: - Teams^- :v: / :v: v <W. , L. Pet. San Rafael ......'...... 2 0 1000 Mill Valley ... ..V. . 2 0 1000 San Anselmo ........... 21 ' 66G Corte Madera . . . . ..:.'.. 0 . ' 2 000 Sausalito .....:.:......., 0, 2 000 Baseball in Marin County LEOXARD KNITTEL • Friday, -April- 22. the^ San Rafael grammar school played the: Sausalito grammar school at Corte Madera. The San Rafael boys won. The score was 10 to 7. The. San Rafaels made three runs in the firstinning and six runs In the fifth/ while the last run was made in' the sixth. " : . ' Prospects at the Bergerot W. F. GAVIGAN The Bergerot school baseball team will" be 1 strengthened this year' by the pitching of D. .Heale-y \u0084and the sup port of a new. infield. Although tho outfielders" are small they are fast, and the' team hopes to win the district championship, whll« not heavy enough to carry off the' city; championship. Venetian "Poison" Glasses The little Island of .Murano, hidden away from the busy life of Venice, has a worldwide, reputation for Its glass worksi which existed as far back , as 1300, and which have ' produced specimens of glass, unique for their exquisite designs and beautiful color ings. Ono lovely make ls(known ns "Vitro dl trlna," and consists of a gold network pR clear glass. There Is a,lso tlio "Mllle fiorl," which has a dark blue j ground dotted with flowery spots, says Home Notes. •;\u25a0 : !>; *\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 • Most interesting of all tho drinking glasses connected with tho Murano glass works are. the famous opal gob lots, which were known as the "poison goblets." In pldendays, when Vene tian hospitality was wont to bo treach erous, it was the custom when a guest accepted»an Invitation to a banquet for him to .take his own drinking goblet, a specialty made at Murano, which had the power 6f detecting poisoned wine by chunglng color when poison was poured into it, ami then broke Into atoms. The San Francisco Call SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., MAY 8, 1910. Washington Defeats Hancock^ GUIDO FERROGGIANO . The Washington grammar school de feated the Hancock school by a score of 10 to 9. The game lasted 13 innings, breaking the record' of innings, at the children's playground, Tuesday i after noon, April 2C. The game was inter esting and was witnessed by a large crowd of rooters and teachers from both schools, The score would not have been so close If it liad not been for Charles Eitola, who got wild and gave them seven runs in four innings, and was finally taken , out of the box by S, Crespi, captain of the team. Purdy was put in the box and made a fine showing, allowing only three hits In nine Innings and only two runs were scored. Our other pitcher is at Sail Rafael, taking a rest. When he comes down ho will be in trim for tho opening of tho Public Schools baseball league. Tho whole team is practicing every day at the North Beach playgrounds with the Hancock grammar school. The team Is in good shape for the opening of the Public Schools baseball league. Our two pitchers are Pur*ly and Gav iati, who are in good shape. ATHLETIC NEWS SECTION Items of Interest From Everett Grammar WALTER BURKE The girls of Everett grammar have taken a great interest in basket ball, and are improving rapidly^.ln the play ing of tho game. Every Tuesday, after noon they go to Horace Mrinn and have a practice game . with the girls' team ofr that school. This has helped them much in developing a good team. . \u0084 In the near future the girls expect to have a practice game with Spring Val ley grammar. .' • What's Doing at Hamilton LEO LEVE Just at present basket ball is. not the leading sport. About two weeks ago the first team had a .game with the Wilmerdlng freshmen. We outplayed them entirely. The feataure was the . remarkable goal shooting of Basq. The score was 28 to 22. " . Baseball has" not yet taken a strong •hold 1 as one of. the leading sports. .A second team is organized. It will be a great help to the: fast team for prac-^ : tice. The last game that the first. team played was with Spring Valley/school at the big. recreation in Golden Gate park. Hamilton won by the score of 16 to 7. §@Cftfl®lfll Hearst Girls' Team Is Active BERT LEON The Hearst girls met the girls from the .Roosevelt school in the courts of the latter and they captured the hon ors from them by a Score of 7 to 5. As the score shows, | the game was hotly contested and full of excitement. From the beginning of the' first half until the final whistle .blew, each team was doing its. level best to establish a lead, and neither succeeded, for at the end of the first half the score stood 4 to .4. The second half netted but one point for each side, so with score lied and about two minutes to play, Miss May Brown of Hearst threw, a field;* the whistle blew and the game' was won. The final score ' was Hearst 7, Roosevelt ,5. • \u25a0 '< Previous to this game a practice game was played with, the girls from the -Everett school, Hearst winning by a score of 2C to 1. The Everett team has just been organized "and so were no 'match for their more experienced opponents. On this account the game can' not be counted against the girls from \u25a0Everett..' Events at St. Joseph's Waltorn V. GATELY The team of St. Joseph's is the cham pion of the city, proving beyond a doubt its right to that title last week, when it so decisively defeated the crack nine from St. Ignatius. .We held the game well in hand from X the Initial inning, the only: time when' > the result was at all doubtful being in the first, when our opponents secured two runs, which, coupled with the lone tally they made in the last of the ninth, netted them ( , three runs. "; , v Last Sunday Mr." Gantner, .formerly a "parishioner of St. 'Joseph's, .treated the boys to ay party! at which ice ,: cream "and cake were served." '; \u25a0 The Rev. ..Father Sullivan, the brothers" of the school and Mr.' Skqlly, the coach, .who has taken such an in terest in the welfare of the boys, were present, and all enjoyed themselves immensely. ' ' The track team of the school has been" constantly practicing, and will be in the best of form .when the time" for the outdoor meet arrives. , ;J . Athletics at St. Stephen's \\ EDWIJT SEELY The St. > Stephen's baseball team played Its first game 'n the Sun day School league, Saturday,' April 23, ' '\u25a0and succeeded in defeating Westmin- \u25a0 ster by. the' score . of .11 to 7. The game was hotly contested .throughout, ; : as St.. Stephen's had but seven men and Westminster had nine.' The fea tures of the game ',were the hitting of. Hlggins and the/pitching of Erskine, who walked "only .five men in .the nine innings. St. .Stephen's lineup was as follows:. .Marks, : catcher; Erskine, \u0084. pitcher; Rhine, first base; Higgins, sec ond 1 base; Oswald, third base; Mcßeth, left field and shortstop; Seely, short stop and left field. .• \u25a0 '\u25a0'•\u25a0'.' '