The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-20
lOLANl COLLEGE
STRIVING HARD
The Iolani College Association
Football Club to Hold its
First Meeting This Afternoon.

The Iolani College Association Football
Club plays it's first match of the season
this afternoon on the cricket ground at
Makiki at o'clock. The opposing team
contains the names OF many wen-known
cNronents of the game and closely con-
tested struggle is expected. The Iolani
team is light but speedy one. 1t has
b, en- praeticing regularly for about SIX
weeks, but the limited number of players
has not permitted more than seven or
eight on each side. Today's game will
therefore be the first time the fun eleven
has worked together and the complete
combination is still to be tested This is
necessarily a source of weakness to the
team, but q few games should bring the
individual units into a homogeneous
whole.
An effort is being made 10 arrange reg
ular practice evenings at Makih and to
set aside an afternoon weekly for
matches. AS the season advahees it il
confidently expected that many players
beth old and ne-will be attracted to the
Seeker" standard as the game is quick
~ acquired and is far more suitable to
the climate than other games of so-cailed
q u,
is the only game which has any right to
the term football the other develop
ments have long made the appellation a
misnomer.
The full teams for this afternoon are
as follows:
HONOLULU.
r. Anderson, goal; p. Bradmore, w.
Soper. backs; j. Lennot, Mclean, F. Sey-
mour. halfbacks; Cation, Churton, Lans-
Ia forx rf7c
IOLANI
Chris. Willis. goal: VI. Andersen. All
Hun. backs: Blackman, Andrews. X.
Fook. halfbacks; All Sang. Bolster. An
dersen. Smithies. Lendin, forwards.
Mr.. V. II. Kitcat will referee
Our representatives at the athletic
meeting OF last Saturday did not. as was
anticipated, show very prominently. Still.
although beaten, contest on the lines
o. the last, cannot be considered in any
way a conclusive test of the relative mer-
its of the different institutions. Iolani
Guild welcome an intercollegiate meet
ing conducted In the same manner as
similar fixtures in the States and else
" here. Such contest would obviate the
difficulty of handicapping, which Is a
manifest impossibiliiy when dealing with
a large number OF athletes whose record
is not readily available. 1t would also at
fC I'd final test of the merits of the COM
petitors which is utterly defeated by any
system of handicapping.
It was an unfortunate arrangement.
which made IT possible for two events to
take place simultaneously. In one case
one of our men who was engaged In the
high jump competition was totally discon-
certed to find that the half mile. for
which he had also entered, was being
run. This misfortune disheartened his
mind from jumping and consequently he
failed at about 4 feet 6 inches, although
as rule quite reliable as high as feet
l 3 or 4. Thus not only was he unable TO
take part IN the half-mile but his chances
in the high jump were seriously discount
Cd.
such disabilities and misfortunes are
not offered as an excuse for the positions
cur boys took, though in some way af-
ifccting 1t.
| The next number of the Iolani Maya
zine will appear on November I'd and will
contain, among other articles of general
interest. a biography of Mr.. Armstrong
Smith, who was formerly a master at To-
lsri, and an account of the trip of tbs
| Iroouos to Midway Island by Mr.. G
Willis. 1t is gratifying to be able to re-
ctrc that the sales of Number 2 were wei
lin advance of the first number and tina
the list of annual subscribers is steadils
Increasing. Number 4 will contain pho
telegraph of the football team, which vii
lave played several matches by that time
1 L. G. BLACkMAN.