The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-12-06
PUNAHOUS
AND H. A, c.
Football for the League
Second Place
Today.

With the game of football today at
the Oahu College campus there will be
decided either the second place in the
league, or that the battle for the wind
up will be for blood. The Punahous,
the champions, will be in the game
against the n. A. c. team, and the play
will be as fast and hard as any that
characterized the beginning of the sea-
son.
The H. A. c. team will be somewhat
different in its personnel from that
which has played under the red and
white in the preceding games. There
has been Encouragement, owing to the
illness and absence of some of the play
ers, and the men will have the advan-
taSe of a deal of fresh blood in the
team, though it is an open question if
it can be expected to come up in form
to that which Capt. Chillingworth led
on the field the first time, this season.
The absence of Isaac Cockett from
guard will mean the shifting of John
Z. Lane to that place. Kauhane who
showed we'll in the last game as a SUBJ
stftute guard, will play at center, and
should prove hard man for Robinson
to handle. He is shorter than Hough-
failing and an earnest player combin-
ing weight with quickneSs. Houghtail-
ing goes out to tackle and will try to
take care of the blue and white cap
tain. Waterhouse is in good form, some
little below the weight at which he
opened the season, but withal a very
hard man to handle. The H. A. c. team
will differ from the published lineup
further only in the substitution of An
drews at end for Jarrett. This team
will be fast, it is expected, for Blais-
dell, one of the very best backs in the
city will move UP to quarter from full,
and Antonino Long, who was expected
to go in as one of the half backs at the
beginning of the season will cover the
back field. Cummings will be the sub
stitute half.
Against this team the Punahous will
show up with their regular eleven, Iau-
kea taking the place of Henry Judd at
guard. Judd has been put out of the
game by his surgeon. In every other
particular the team will be the same
which won the championship, and judg-
ing from the practice of last evening
the men will put up as snappy game
as they played when the season was
young.
The Males are not taking any chan
ces of the Honolulu Athletics being
beaten this afternoon and so losing
the chance of tie for second place, but
have got down to work for shape for
next weeks game. The team will be
about the same as that which lost on
Thanksgiving Day, and the men seem
to have got over their stiffness and to
be fast and strong. Coach Benson says
he will be able to turn out combina-
ton for the last game which will be as
good as that which first responded to
the whistle of the referee.
The season has not been the best
known here, but it has been productive
of much good. The quality OF the play
has been as high as ever reached in a
series and in spots there has been foot
ball which has been better than any
before seen. The Punahou team has
shown during it's series the value of
condition None of the players of the
| league taken as teams at least, have
been so faithful in their training for
the games, and in the hard game OF
Thanksgiving Day, the condition of the
men told and the collegians won. The
men have been very strict in keeping
the training rules in general, and their
victories are the reward
On the other hand the danger of not
keeping in the very best condition has
been apparent to some of the others.
Individual players have found that
more severe training alone will give
them the wind and speed that they
must have, and it is fair to argue that
the next season will find the men work
ing harder for their form.
The H. A. c. team has shown excel
lently though beaten thus far. There
nave been close games and as we'll con-
tests which indicated the very best va
riety of play, an understanding of the
good points of the game and a general
Improvement in the shape of the men.
There promises to be no falling OH IN
the interest of the men and the next
season will find many more players IN
form than We're out in the canvas this
year.