The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-10-13
Enthusiastic Meeting at Y. M.
G. A. Hall Last Night.
G. H. ROBINSON'S PROPOSITION.
Wants TO Take Team TO the COaSt-Be-
lieveS Good Returns Could be Had and
the Boys Would Get Experience - His
Views of Honolulu Boys as Players.

There was quite large attendance
last evening at the Y. M. G. A. hall
to listen to proposition by George
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 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
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.
It 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 a valuable addition to the
Honolulu team.
1t 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
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. O. Wood, late of Harvard, will of
ficiate as coach of the Regiments, while
Babbitt of Williams, will handle the
Punahou colts, and Robinson of Stan
ford will give his attention TO the town
talent. Both Wood and Babbitt are
players of note and have great conf
dence in their respective teams and
promise that the struggle for suprema-
cy will be a close one.
Robinson, when seen at the Hawai-
ian hotel last night, stated that in his
opinion the town boys have both talent