The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-10-13
FOOTBALL MEN
ARRANGE PLANS

An important meeting of the Foot
| ball Association was held at the Y. M.
C. A. last evening when the principal
| matters necessary to start play were
| brought up. All these were salts
| factorily settled with the exception of
| the vexed question of grounds. This
still remains in statu quo owing to
close inspection not having been yet
carried out and also from the lack of
definite bid from the baseball trus-
tees.
President Rabbit called the meeting
to order, there being present, Manager
Fuller and Captain Anderson of the
| Punahous, Manager Lucas, also secre-
tary and treasurer of the Association,
with Captain James of the Male lii
| mas, Manager Lieutenant Behr and
Captain Greenwaldt of the Artilleries
| and Acting Manager Pat Gleason and
| Coach Woods of the Honolulu Athlet-
| les. The meeting, with it's open dis
cussion and general good fellowship
| displayed by the managers and cap
| tains presages successful and har-
monious season.
| Mr. Babbitt in a neat speech Of ac-
ceptance, thanked those present for his
election and promised fair chance to
all. The evident belief in his fairness
was endorsed later on by his selection
as an official in the games from g, long
list of proposed names.
The bid of the Boys Brigade for the
grounds, promising the keeping Of
grounds in order, roping and the erec-
ton of bleachers for a percentage was
read. This bid bars practice on the
grounds, a. stipulation which is a boon
rather than a drawback to good foot
ball. Jess Woods stated that he eX-
pected the appearance OF Z. +. Chill
lingworth at the meeting to make a
more definite bid regarding the base
ball grounds than had so far been
made Mr. ChillingWorth however did
not arrive and Woods explained that
he had said that the baseball authorl-
ties would accept any bid that would
see them clearly out without losing
money. This proposition was not
deemed satisfactory by the league ana
the matter has been deferred pending
a visit to the grounds of Messrs. Bah
| bitt and Lucas who constitute a COM
mittee with power to act.
| Discussion of the merits of the two
grounds raised the point as to whether
the baseball grounds could be put into
satisfactory shape in the two weeks
| elapsing between the end of the extra
baseball season and the start Of the
football season. The grounds are re-
ported as containing many stones with
a substratum of hard coral that pro-
iected in places and would necessitate
a top dressing of several inches of dirt
1t was feared that this superficial COW
ering could not be sufficiently packed
down in the limited time at disposal
but would result in either a dusty des'
| ert or a quagnire as the weather
proved wet or dry.
BOYS BRIGADE GROUNDS.
If the Boys Brigade grounds in the
opinion of the committee will be suffi
GENTLY turfed over by the opening o.
the season, they will be chosen. Aside
:, from the standpoint of players contac
the turf will allow of the proper check
IS ering of the gridiron, impossible or
| dirt. One drawback to the Boys Bri
. gade grounds which is in favor of thu
baseball tract lies in the fact thai
there are no buildings on the former
where damages could be repaired OF
IS the players sheltered. President Bah
bitt will insist on the roping of the
grounds being performed in thor
oughly satisfactory manner according
to drawn up specifications.
Bids for supplying footballs for the
games were opened. The sense of the
meeting was that all such trade should
be given to Whitman & Co, in view
of the fact that that firm was giving
an expensive banner to the Associa.
ton as trophy. The Spalding off1cia
ball will be used.
The question of those to be admitte,
within the side lines was then takel
up. Vigorous methods will be used t,
enforce the rules in this respect and NJ
one not wearing a badge will be al
lowed under any circumstances within
the limits except such medical aid a
may, but it is trusted will not, be need
ed. The captains, coaches, manager
and officials of the Association will b.
permitted within the lines as will ais
the substitutes of each side, in uniform
the number not to exceed eleven 70
each team. All these will be confined t
a space in the center of the lines. I
badge will be given to one representa-
tive of the Advertiser, Star Independ
ent and Bulletin and these, who will
also be allowed free admission, will
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