The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-08

have control OF all club property in
common and should be governed by a
committee composed of the captains of
the four teams. Subscriptions should
be paid to the league. and not to the
club, and the members place of resi-
dence should determine for which club
he should play. A membership Of fifty
would provide the three new teams
with sufficient playing members to
commences. Each team would have its
own officers and colors, but would in all
other things be under the control of
the league of which it would form an
integral part.
l would propose that all teams prac-
tice together on a common ground, and
that an hour, twice a week, be devoted
to this purpose. League members
should all be required to promise to
appear once week at practice, except
a written excuse be mailed to their cap
tain. Saturday afternoon, or some 9TH
er regular day, should be set aside for
matches.
If four clubs were thus started Zone
OF which is already in existence) each
team would have three opponents
1 This, on the league system of each club
playing each other twice, gives six
matches for each team. With four
teams playing, a series of twelve
matches could thus be arranged. Teams
would easily be ready to commence
matches. by the middle of October if
start were made soon. The list OF
matches would work out something as
follows: q have called the four teams
4, Il, g and d.
First Saturday, October ia VS.. b
and & VS. u.
4 Second Saturday, october 2O-A VS.. c,
and Il VS.. ID.
Third Saturday, October 27--No
matches.
Fourth Saturday, November S-B VS..
G, and A VS.. ID.
Fifth Saturday, November 1O-A VS.
b, and c VS.. d.
sixth Saturday, November 17-No
matches.
Seventh Saturday, November IA
vs. G, and Is VS.. d.
Eighth Saturday, November PA
VS.. II, and Il VS.. G..
The matches would therefore extend
over eight weeks, with two intervals of
one week. Each team would play six
matches. and would play one match per
week, except the third and sixth weeks.
BY beginning the first match at four
each Saturday and playing for an hour
the second match would be over soon
after six.
After playing through this sequence
} Of matches every one should have a fail
knowledge of the game. 1 would sug-
gest making from November oath tc
about the middle of January a close
season for league matches, and to play
scratch games and ships crews during
that time. After the middle of January
the league program could be worked
through again. The team securing the
highest number of points during the
season in league matches (that is. IL
the twelve scheduled matches) woult
{ be considered head of the league.
There are plenty of young men II
J Honolulu who would easily learn tn,
few elementary points of Association
; football in two or three practice games
Many have been deferred from playins
football because the game in vogu,
! here is too violent for the climate Thi
is not the case with the Association
, game. If a start can only be made
believe Ii to be the fall game of tn,
future, for these Islands. From
{, spectacular point of view it has N
/, equal.
! I should be glad If you would Civ,
publicity TO my letter through the me
dunn of your paper, and would ask tina
:. all those interested in athletics give tn
: matter their serious thought. If gen
u eral meeting were called to consider TIL
matter at an early date l see no reason
why Association football matche
. should not be being played by the mid
d die of October.
: No doubt many points in my schem
would require modification. but 1 be
: lieve in the main that it is practical.
u The action of the Honolulu Cricke
= Club early this year in declaring a clos
y season for cricket from October / t
- May 1 will set free a great numbe
: anxious to find some other recreation
- The present is therefore the time I
consider the game to take It's place n
= game is so easily picked up as Associa
= ton football, and we not only want {
- attract old players to our standard, bu
=. every one DESTROYS of learning a goo
and healthful recreation.
i, The rules Of Association football wi
: appear on September 18th in No. {
= the Iolani College Magazine
= LEOPOLD G.. BLACKMAN.