The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-02-20
JFF And Blue.
.iHOU once MORE IICTORS
ON The FGOT BALL FIELD.
SIX HUNDRED PEOPLE PRE-
SENT TO WITNESS
THE GAME.
PdcifcS Make the First Point
Ever Scored on Puuahou
Score 26-6.

Saturday morning the foot ball boys
at Punahou were excused from their
regular mornings work. The man.
ager of the team thought the boys
ought to sleep for few hours so as 10
store up reserve fund of energy for
the contest. Some of the boys COM
planned of sIeeplessness; one boy
dreamed that he had the ball under
his arm, had clean field and was
fairly flying through the air for u
touch down when suddenly he was
tackled by one of his opponents. He
awoke and found that one of his COM
paniOns who was unable to sleep, had
paid him Il nocturnal visit to talk
over the game. Not being able to
wake the left tackle, by speaking he
gave "pelehu" 'sharp tackle and
down he went" "Hulloan says P,
''what do you WANT II want to
talk the game over" says J. ''I can't
sleep. How do you think the game
is going tomorrow 81 ''We are going
to win 6-4.i
Long before 80 the boys and girls
at Punahou were seen in groups of six
or twelve, eagerly specializing on the
outcome of the game. There was a
s'thats so ~ from them all, when
one young Miss brightly spoke up,
fiIf they do win, it VIII not be a team
composed entirely of Honolulu play
ers; / don't care, / think it Is just
mean for those Boston officers TO
play and she hurried away TO hide
little emotion which was just crop
ping out. 1t was really surprising
to note what an interest all the girls
took in the game. Some of the boys
had been coaching the fair ones on
the intricacies of foot ball during the
last week, so they were ready to shout
for good play when they saw ii.
One of the girls had about q dozen Of
her intimate friends about her Friday
afternoon; with pencil and paper in
hand she explained some of the points
stating that in case one side did not
advance the ball in three trials, they
had to retreat fifteen yards. So the
interest increased until every scholar,
with n few exceptions and all the
the outcome of the game.
THE PUNAHoU ELEVEN START FOR
THE GEOUNDS.
At $50 P. NJ. the team started for
the scene OF battle. Most all of the
eleven were on horseback. The pro-
cession was led by several of the play
ers who were seated III the blackboard
of C. NJ. Cooke. In the centre Of the
vehicle stood II. Waterhouse, the
mascot of the team, decorated in buff
and blue. When the team arrived it
was found that most of the Pacifics
were on the grounds. They had an
imitation of the Yale mascot, led
around by F. Roth. Before the game
both teams were photographed by
Prof. Brigham; and although he Is an
expert in physical culture, doubt if
he could have picked out the winning
team
THE AUDIENCE To WITNESS THE
GAME.
From o'clock until the time of the
game there was a string Of people
passing through the gates. Over 800
people paid their quarter or ten cents
TO see the contest. Many carriages
were seen along the fence which
bounds the field some were decorated
with buff and blue, others triumpantly
bore the crimson. President Hosmer
and wife were present TO spur on their
boys 10 victory, and it was stated that
he had rest0rativeSh in abundance
in case of accident Whenever any
thing happen Il on the battlefield the
President wa. seen running for the
wounded man at pace that would
lead one to think that he had been in
training with the boys. Quite large
party, of young ladies, evidently be-
longing to bicycle club, entered the
grand stand decorated with the GRIM
son, although some were impartial,
and wore both colors.
Perhaps half of the audience under
stood the game, but I doubt if three
quarters of the ladies understood the
difference between touchdown and
goal. Several young ladies were
cheering Justify for the crimsons; but
as soon as one of the boys of the Puma
hou Eleven was disabled and Smil-
ing JOan was called on the field, these
same young ladies began to cheer for
the other side. I think they must
have been like the charming young
woman who said "Mr. Arthur is
such handsome man, hope he will
be elected and Mr.. Hancock IS so
military in his bearing, 50 dignified
and ffne-looking, / trust that he VIII
ne elected too"
From what your correspondent was
able 10 gather the sympathies OF the
spectators were evenly divided al
though the noise made would lead
one to believe that it was a Punahou
audience. Many boy IS enjoying
sore throat to-day from the effect OF
too much lung power, and some OF the
girls haven't recovered from the ex-
element yet.
In the midst OF the play, one en-
thusiastic young lady exclaimed:
"Oh there is der old B, just
look at him play =" Altogether, it
was a good, large and appreciative
audience.
THE ELEvENS COMPARED.
The Pacific eleven is composed of
men Of excellent physique. They APP
peared to be ready for the conflict, and
many a voice was heard to say: st
pick them out as the winners People
seemed to think that the Punabou
team was madeup of mere schOolbOys,
but they are as strong and plucky q
set Of players as I have ever seen.
Their opponents outweighed them by
only few pounds, although there
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