Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-12-02
Play A GOOD GAME
ARTILLERYMEN SURPRISE
MAlLE.lLlMA PLAYERS
Were Ahead In First half Of Game
80 Lost Best Player and
Then Weakened
Perceptibly,

The game of football between tn,
Artillery and Maile-Ilima teams or
Saturday afternoon was certainly q
surpriser in many respects and Il
demonstrated what hard and con-
scientious practicing will do for Q
team. When the game between the
two teams mentioned was announced
II was the general impression all over
town that the Artillerymen would
prove very much of an easy thing fol
the wearers of the Orange and green
In place of this, the soldier boys nat
only had the Maile-Ilimas bail,
frightened but they came very neal
winning the same. It is believed b!
many that. had il not been for the
fact that. during the latter part Of the
first half, Bennett, the right half bach
for the ARTILLERY team was laid out
the soldier boys would surely aava
Lcen victorious.
There were In he neighbolhood y!
seven or eight hundred people out tc
see Saturdays game. w. w. william.
son of Oahu College. was chosen af
referee and John II. Wise as umpire
Both men attended to their work In
fine shape and were voted successes
Only once during the game did Mr.
Wise speak and when he did, a Male.
lima player who had craw'ed with
the ball after down had been declar.
ed, felt somewhat squelched.
The game was very clean one
throughout. each team doing its bes,
to win by fair means and resorting tc
none Of the smuggling tactics Of som,
of the games played earlier in the sea.
son. At the beginning OF the game
the soldiers from Camp Mckinley
who were on hand In large numbers
unfurled an American flag and, In or
der to intensity the color, an army
blanket was also unfurled and carried
around the field, opposite to positions
taken up by the players. The banner
Of the Maile-Ilimas was also very con.
spicuous.
The first half OF the game was by
far the better of the two. The Artil-
lery team played an astonishing game,
making all manner of fast moves and
going through the line of the Male
Ilimas In fine style. The latter team.
expecting a walk-over, began to get
nervous over the result and they show
ed 1t. However, they took brace and
played with desperation. The Males
made the first touchdown. with F.
Wright carrying the ball over the line.
McCorriston kicked goal. The Artil-
lerymen played faster than ever and
Hector soon made touchdown. There
was failure to kick goal and the score
stood to in favor of the Males.
The Artillerymen went into the fray
again amidst the cheers of the soldiers
who had rallied around the American
flag and they rushed at the line Of the
Males with irresistible force. In a
very few minutes, Bennett carried the
ball over the line for another touch
down. There was another failure on
the part of the Artillerymen to kick
goal. The score stood 10 to in favor
OF the soldiers and the crowd went
wild. The Males went In again with
n grim determination to win and they
rushed the ball to within ten yards OF
the Artillery goal. At this moment.
the whistle, announcing the finish Of
the first half, was blown.
Early in the beginning of the second
half, Bennett, the crack player of the