CALIFORNIA BOYS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXVII, Issue 139, 14 June 1909, Page 2

CALIFORNIA BOYS.

• Major Peixotto, of the National Guard of California, is on his way here with his 40 American boys. These boys are members of the 'Columbia Park Club, situated in the working men's district of San Francisco. For 15 years the Major has devoted his life to the education and upbringing of the city boy, who, without his influence, would not have had an opportunity of making much improvement. The boys under the Major's direction are taught to play a musical instrument, military discipline, gymnastic exercises, and some technical trade. During the 15 years the club has been started, over 4000 boys have passed through its ranks. Major Peixotto stands as the most forward authority on boys' work in America. In addition to his remarkable, success with his club, he has also made a name for himself in his great fight for amateurism in California. As president of the Pacific Amateur Athletic Association, he has had great difficulties to overcome, but during his two years of office he has succeeded in placing the word "amateur, ' us far as his own association is concerned, above reproach. The effect of the Major's work in this respect is doubly useful when it is supported by an active club of 400 boys, like the California boys.