The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-30
TWO C|PHERS
Neither HoOt Mons nor
World Score.
Hotly-Contested Game of Association
Football at Makiki Satur-
day Afternoon.

When the announcement was made
that the experiment OF introducing
football under Association rules In Ho-
nolulu was to be made there were many
to be found who were siepticaI as to
the outcome, and many tongue wag-
ged wisely to the end that the attempt
would be a fizzle. Among the various
reasons produced. perhaps the most
plausible one was that local climate
was such as TO make the exertion &C.
casioned by the game unbearable. An
other theory was that baseball. cricket
and the intercollegiate same Ianguish-
ed more or less down here, and, fgur-
ING on these lines. IT would be impos-
sible TO arouse the enthusiasm neces-
sary to form two full elevens. Judged
by the history OF Saturdays game at
Makiki, the skeptics have had to take
water, while the voices of the erst-
while doubling Thomases are no longer
neard I'm the and.
Long before o'clock the players be-
gan to assemble. and when the time
scheduled for the game arrived. not
only we've the necessary men on hand.
but a number OF others who had been
attracted TO the rendezvous in the hope
ci getting a chance to participate In
their favorite pastime.
Many and picturesque were the cos
tunes affected by the players. Here
was TO be seen an attenuated siy-footer
clad in track drawers and a shirt that
vas purchased in Picadilly; and there
lounged an American college man with
a wondrously striped sweater and
Iadded pants, while elsewhere might
be observed an English public school
ran. faultlessly attired for football.
and sporting his house colors
Naturally, the condition OF the men
left something to be desired. but when
the previously arranged twenty-minute
halves had been played. by universal
assent. ten minutes more spirited kick
ing was INDUCED in. and the work done
therein was Of noticeably better quail
{. than In the game proper
Considering the lapse OF time since
practice, the standard OF the play was
very fair, though there was n lack OF
combination, due TO the desire to keep
the ball when possession was obtained.
Instead OF passing IL to fellow player
I'm position TO use II TO better advant-
age. The men. with some exceptions.
seemed to have lost the knack of get
ting into the game. and 60 the players
OF the American system the tempta-
ton to handle the ball was very strong.
These defects will. however. be speedily
eradicated when more practice has
been INDUCED in. and the prospects are
brilliant for the formation of a team
which shall honofably uphold the ira
ditions OF Hawaiian athletics.
The game itself was hotly contested
from the sound OF the referees whistle.
The skipper of the Scots was success
full in the spin of the coin, and the
Worlders were set to face the suns
rays. Notwithstanding this disadyant-
age, they pressed from the very start,
and kept up a not attack throuS hout
the first half. They showed good foot
ball and were much heavier and stron-
ger than their rivals. Their shooting
was weak, however. and this. together
with Cations Bookkeeping. alone pre-.
vented the Scots from having a big
score piled up against them. There
was no scoring before the interval
whlch saw the sheet
The World o, Scotland o.
The second half had been in progress
but a few minutes when the play be-
came fast and furious. When the ball
was well up in Scotland's territory.
Cockburn fell and in doing SO struck
the ball with his arm. Hands" was
claimed against the World and allowed
by the referee. but the ball continued
i'm play and Blackman beat Cation
with beautiful curling shot. The
Scots protested strongly. and as the
whistle had sounded distinctly when
Cockburn touched the ball. the goal
was disallowed. Scotland made deter
mined efforts to secure a point. but In
vain: they got near the mark on several
occasions. but Seymour was In good
form and cleared time after time. bril-
liantly. The contest waxed strenuous
to the finish. but neither side scored
and a large and interesting game
ended