The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-12-15
MALES WIN
LAST GAME
Beat HonoluIus by
Five Points to
None.
SEASON CLOSES
| IN THE RAIN
Some fine Plays Despite the Poor
Footing Honolulu Gets
Within a Yard.


Club, 0.
| With this score there was closed on
Saturday afternoon the season of foot
| ball, the game being one which was
marked by brilliant and stupid plays
alike and was played in a driving rain,
which made things uncomfortable for
both players and spectators. The last
contest of the season brought out sew
eral hundred people, who despite wealth
er conditions seemed to enjoy the play
and certainly showed their enthusiasm
| by cheering each good play and also
the successful players.
| 1t was a game of casualties. Many
players were laid out, some receiving
| injuries which for the moment seemed
very serious Fernandez, who played
the star game for the H. A. C.'s, was
carried from the field and Mannis, the
dashing Male end, had his shoulder
thrown out by hard fall. Others were
more or less hurt and changes in the
H A C. line were frequent and brought
out the element of uncertainty in the
play, as the team lacked many of those
! who trained for the first league games, |
and was nearly second team in effect.
The game, played on field which
was almost sloppy and lacked the ele-
ment of footing for the men, was not
without it's brilliant plays. OF these
Blaisdell, Johnson, James and Fernan-
dez furnished the greater part and they
made excellent showings. James pulled
off the most sensational run Of the day
though it netted only some twenty
yards, but he was in fine form, holding
ming away from his men and making
a dash for the goah, until stopped by
Blaisdell. Blaisdell got in the longest
! gain of ground, when he took punt
and running away from his interference
gained forty hard yards. The others
made fine bucking plays and Johnson
especially made one dash through tao
kle which was as pretty an eight yards
as could be wished. Fernandez was the
tower of strength of the Honolulus,
gaining ground generally at viii, when
his line held at all, though Wright was
more than once able TO get through and
stop the runner. Houghtailing usually
gained needed yards
There was some fine playing on both
sides, giving promise that the young
men will be seen next year in the games
and with promise that they will make
it hard for any team to beat them.
, For the Honolulus Jarrett played an
end which was good; Andrews weak
ness being in that he seemingly could
not start on punts and was often beaten
down field. Grace, who went in at the
skill and should make a good player
, with experience. Sullivan too made
] some good gains with the ball, and
backed up the line with a deal of grit
and force.
4 Wright, Allen and Jarrett played the
better game for the Males, though as a
| team the Zebras We're able to make
showing which was gratifying to their
4 9COo
sion and Vida was able to make stops
| which were in his old form.
| 1t took the Males seven and a quar-
ter minutes to make their first and only
| touchdown. The kickoff was not good
one, but Crook fumbled it and the ball
was down on the H. A. c. twenty-five
yard line. The Male line held and
there was no kicking so the ball went
to the Zebras. The bucking was hard
and fast, good gains being made all
along the line by the three backs until
finally James went hurdling over line
for touchdown He failed to kick the
goal.
/ The kickoff was run in ten yards by
Johnson and carried by bucks to the
center of the field Honolulu took it
on holding fast and then went right
! down felds The Males could not hold
' them unfit the last yard was reached
when the line stuck but it was right
under the goal and James could not
kick out. The Males with two min
utes TO play tried bucking and were not
making much impression when just as
| the whistle blew there was tumble and
Crook got the ball on the five yard line.
There was no scoring in the second
half There were a number of kicks
but neither goal was seriously threat
ened at any time.
The game showed the material which
is really in the H. A. C. and though
J, the team quits without a game to its
credit it has made the best impression
that Red aggregation has yet been
able to make. and gives promise of an
excellent aggregation next season. The
receipts will probably more than pay
the expenses of the seasons play for
the clubs.