The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-10-13
FOOTBALL SEASON
DRAWING NEAR.
Enthusiastic Meeting at Y, M.
C. A. Hall Last Night.
6. H. ROBIysoY's PROPOSITION.
Wants 10 Take a Team 10 the Coast-Be-
Iieves Good Returns Could be Had and
the Boys Would Get Experience = His
Views Of Honolulu Boys as Players.


H. Robinson to take a foot ball eleven
picked from the best players of this
city to San Francisco, to play at least
three games there and one at Los
Angeles.
Mr. Robinson was assistant manager |
OF the Olympic foot ball eleven of San
Francisco last year, and is a personal
friend of Jack Sheehan, the present
manager of the Olympics, and Col.
Ewing, the present manager of the
Reliance Athletic Club Mr. Robin
sons idea is to take twenty men from
here on the steamer that leaves here
December 18th, and play the first game
with the Olympic Club on Christmas
day. On New Years day the next game
will be played with the Reliance Club.
The one great difficulty will be as to
whether the men from here can get off
from their work for such long time
as the trip will take. The boys all
seemed pleased with the idea and they
thought that arrangements could be
made whereby they could do so. A
very strong team could be formed, as
many of the men have formerly played
in the States.
1t is expected that the men will go
into severe training and practice daily
after the season on Thanksgiving day
is closed, and be coached by the three
coachers of the teams now practicing.
Mr.. Cross of Yale, who is now coaching
the Stanford team, will be here in the
early part of December, and probably
arrangements can be made with him
by the management so that he will be
able to give the boys the finishing
touches that they may need. Mr..
Whitehouse, who is considered the
best tackle and half back on the Pa
cific coast, will be here very shortly to
take up his residence, and he VIII
also prove valuable addition to the
Honolulu team.
II is expected that the clubs there
will guarantee the Honolulu team at
least go per cent of the gate receipts.
On last Christmas day, when the Butte,
Mont, team played the Olympics, it
was before $4,000 audience. A team
from these Islands would draw at least
that crowd, and without doubt the
trip would be a financial success. Mr..
Robinson may leave on the Monowai
on the 18th to secure dates with the
San Francisco clubs for Christmas and
New Years day if it can be settled that
a team from here could get off from
their work.
The activity of the young men in
terested in football at this time shows
that the season is on with a vengence.
With such teams in the field as Puma
hou, Regiments and the Town Team
the outlook is favorable
J. Q. Wood, late of Harvard, will Of
fciate as coach of the Regiments. while
Bahbitt of Williams, will handle the
Punahou colts, and Robinson of Stan
ford will give his attention to the town
talent Both Wood and Rabbit are
players of note and have great conf
dence in their respective teams and
promise that the struggle for suprema-
cy will be close one.
Robinson, when seen at the Hawai-
ian hotel last night, stated that in his
opinion the town boys have both talent
and physique which, if well applied,
would lead to a successful outcome
He seemed greatly surprised when told
that the game excited very little atten-
ton here. The supporters of football
here are enthusiastic, but in numbers
they are few.
In the States" said Mr. Robinson.
football is the one sport in which the
people enthuse over and all classes
have adopted and supported it. Soci-
ETY. people yearn for football more than
for tennis which formerly led in select
circles 1t is very common to have a
crowd of ten thousand people attend a
scheduled game and the excitement
some times reaches fever heat"
When asked how the Honolulu boys
compared with the average teams in
California, Mr. Robinson said:
Il can hardly answer that as l have
seen the boys line up but once. I am
not familiar with their style of play.
have no doubt that with hard training
they would fix things so that the Coast
boys would have to rustic TO win over
an eleven picked from the teams here.
Endurance and strength are strong
factors on the gridiron; your boys here
are favored in both these requisites. ]
nave nCdlu II Sdlu incil Tic Il4lHdlC
here interferes with the players doing
hard work. must dispute this; have
felt the effects of the warm climate.
but it is not so great that men who
have been raised here, or resided on
the islands long enough to be accli-
mated should object to the support
simply because it made them perspire.
''The boys at the Coast often encoun-
ter warm weather at the beginning of
the season. Except that the nights are
cool the temperature in California is
not very different from that of Hawaii.
For my part / would prefer Hawaii
because one is less apt to catch cold
When asked how he proposed train
ing his team he remarked that he
would follow out almost to the letter
the rules laid down by Walter Cramp,
the football expert who coached Yale
and Stamford. This plan consists of
plenty of gymnasium work and out