Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-11-10
SEASONS FIRST GAME
FOOTBALL AT PUNAH0U
ATTRACTED HUNDREDS
FEATURE OF GAME WAS SPLEEN.
DID RUN BY BEN CLARK OF
THE MAlLEIllMA
TEAM.

ed OH Dy RUPEES. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the
good work of Lieut.. Leslie and his men
on horseback, the crowd persisted in
crowding over the boundary lines and
crowding right up to the chalk lines
that marked off the gridiron. This
was due in part to the fact that the
ropes were of very rickety order and
were easily pushed over by the eager
crowd.
The large crowd in attendance at
the first game of the season showed
that football is certain to hold the in
terest Of the sport loving people of tn,
city throughout the season and that the
league at the end of the series Of games
will have a handsome sum in their
treasury.
The game of Saturday afternoon
showed the strength of the Punahou
men and their familiarity with the
game They played like veterans and
with the exception of few fumbles
and off-side playes, carried out their
liene of procedure just as they had
mapped II out during their practice
games.
The Maile-Ilimas fell down badly on
their interference, leaving most Of thei;
work to individual play. They did
not seem to be able to carry out the
program which they had formulated
and they did not obey the injunction to
get down low" when lined up for a
play. Their line was somewhat weak
as could be seen by continual plays
OF the Punahou men through the line,
On the other hand, when they tried to
get through. the Punahou line was like
a stone wall.
However, since tie game Saturday.
considering the fact that It was tho
first Of the season, was very good in
deed. Now that the men have seen
the work fairly started, they will prar-
tice with much more energy than
heretofore and before the season is
over. the Male boys will show the
people that they can profit by expert
ence.
II was a noticeable fact that with
tire exception of few on each side,
the men were rather soft" There
were countless calls for time out"
and this never has a good effect on the
crowd. People like to see a fast game
right through from the start but they
are impatient when men are constantly
howled over by little bump here or
there. In a few weeks this will be
changed for the men will have had
loo calculated In lya thnt, I'D
The feature of the afternoons play
was an eighty-yard run by Ben Clark,
the gritty quarterback of the Males
who. snatching the ball when IL had
rolled out from the midst of a scrim-
mage, made for the Punahou goal like
u whirlwind. He lodged one player
who had managed to get out of the
miX-up and before the others could ex-
tricate themselves from the hopeless
tangle of legs and arms, he was half
way on his journey toward the goal.
Two of the Punahou men succeeded in
getting close to him but that was all.
Having performed this feat amid the
wild cheering of the crowd, Clarl;
rolled over on his back and for fully
three minutes writhed with the pain
from muscular cramp In the region
of the groin.
In the first half the Punahous scored
one touchdown, Watdrhouse securing
the ball from Clark of the Males who
dropped it upon being tackled hard by
Armstrong and making the space be-
hind the goal after a good run. Full
J Ter kicked goal, thus making the score
6 to 0 in favor of the Punahous, after
seven minutes play.
The remainder of the play in the
first half was hard and the ball kept
going back and forth. Be 1t said to
the credit of the Males that they kept
the Punahous from scoring when II
seemed inevitable that they must do so
In the second half Clark made the
touchdown that has already been re.
ferred to and towards the very end OF
the game the Punahous scored another
touchdown which placed the score at
II to 6 and gave them the game. There
was no score after that.
This last goal was vigorously con-
tested by the Males. After James had
kicked the goal for the Males on
Clark's touchdown, the teams lined up
again at the center Of the field and Full
Ter for the Punahous, kicked off. The
ball was secured by Fred Wright oil
the Males who advanced about twenty
yards A little later, the Punahous
forced punt. Marcallno secured tho
ball and ran 1t back, but was forced
over the side line. Warehouse had
secured the ball. After a short wait
he walked into the field preceded by
the others and suddenly touching the
ball down, punted II toward goal. This
Males were not looking for such play
> and they were upprepared. Clark was
. the only man of the Male team who
was near the ball and II is claimed by
many that he touched It, However, tbs
ball bounded over the line close to the
goal and Robinson fell on 1t. Water,
house punted out and Fuller kicked
goal, making the final score OF the day
Some of the very best men were
bowled over during the game so that
the substitute list was frequently
drawn on. Morse of the Punahou team
was tackled low and falling prone, his
head came in contact with the earth
with very hard bump. He lay on