The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-10-22
Active Work by Boys on the
Practice Field.
'ON THEORY AND PRACTICE.
Coach Robinson at Work With the
Teams-where the Boys are Weak
selections to be Made for Positions.
Enthusiastic Candidates. among Boys

During the past week the Town team
of foot ball players has been consider
ably strengthened by the addition Of
several new members, among whom
are Hayselden and Scott of Stanford,
Hitchcock of Cornell and Murray of
Honolulu. a second team is now CIV
ing daily practice to the town team in
field work, and twice each week foot
ball lectures are given at Y. NJ. G. A.
hall, in which both the theory and sci
ence of the game are explained to the
team.
Mr. Robinson is proving the truth of
his prediction that there is good ma
terial in Honolulu, and it is probable
that an All Honolulu team may visit
the coast in December.
Punahou is putting up good work on
the gridiron. French, ingalls,, How
ard and Rabbit form the kernal of
what may be a"hard nut to crack.
The Regiment team is developing
some strong players back of the line.
The work between the quarter and
halves is especially good. The boys are
weak, however, in team work as a
whole, though with such an able coach
as J. @. Wood they will undoubtedly
put up a strong game three weeks
hence, when they meet the Town team.
The Regiments and the Town Team
are hard at work practicing for the
coming season of football, and with
Wood and Robinson constantly at their
heels, they are doing conscientious
work.
Tuesday coach Robinson put in a
hard afternoon with the town eleven,
instructing them how to pass, receive
and run with the ball and mass their
interference, and before he had ceased
he had them fairly under way to &C
complish good work
He seemed greatly impressed with
the amount of local talent suitable for
positions behind the line and on the
! end. In the States good backs are hard
to find, while there is any number Of
| answerable line men. Here it is just
the reverse, and though men fitted for
the backs are in the majority, yet the
guards and center are much too light
In few weeks he expects to be able
to put up fast as we'll as an acurate
game, and it is hoped that there will
be a marked improvement in tackling
and interference. Every man outside
i
| dividual coaching to make him master
of his situation, and the line men es-
pecially shall be given every attention
as they are very weak on the defensive,
and there is room for much improve
ment in their offensive work.
OF course every team at the opening
of the season encounters numerous OBJ
stacles, which by practice and study
are later on overcome, and after all
when one stops to consider, Rome was
not built in day.
There seems to have been awakened
by the prospect of a trip to the coast
| no small amount of enthusiasm on the
part of the wearers of chrysantheum
hair, and one invariably notices new
faces at the daily practice, all of whom
are anxious to earn positions in the
advent of a team visiting the coast. If
the boys continue to show up every
evening for practice as they have been
| doing Of late, it is hoped that with the
assistance of Punahou a team could be
put in the field that Honolulu can be
proud of. The likely candidates for
positions on an all Honolulu team are
Tufft, who was the star guard on the
University of California eleven besides
achieving the distinction of being the
best guard on the coast. Sam Parker
will in all probability hold down the
remaining guard position. Who will
! play the tackles is yet matter of spec
ulation, but with such men in the fight
as Long, Spencer, Cupid and Kupihea,
! to say nothing of the Punahou talent,
the struggle promises to be an inter-
esting one.
| Damon and Angus will put up good
! game at ends as they are both fast and
/ hard to shake off, being almost per-
! feet tacklers. Messrs. Waterhouse,
! Johnson and Andrade Of Stanford will
/ be a trio hard to beat at quarter. Here
! Babbitt will be greatly missed, and
! there is some talk of Willie Wilder
training for the position; he is built
for back and his GOODNESS and quick
ness will argue strongly in his favor.
Fuller of Punahou and the Conradt
| boys will set the pace for halves, and
the remaining candidates will keep
them constantly on their mettle.
For full back there are three men