The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-11-24
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TALE OF THE MODERN THANKSGIVING.
ny LEONARD WILMINGTON.

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Tt was hot and stuffy in the dressing
loom and the odor of football suits.
long unwashed, was not pleasant TO
the nostrils, especially as both win
doWs and doors had to be kept tightly
closed to prevent the curious throng
outside from breaking in and tramp
ling the players to death Men in all
stages of dress sat on the floor and on
the benches pulling on football suits
and adjusting shin guards. Here and
there an underclassman in jersey and
overalls was rubbing liniment on a
stiff shoulder or kneading weak
the room, his hair disheveled and his
arms wildly gesticulating stood the
wiry little coach giving his last in
structions to his men.
You fellows are a bum lot" he
shouted. you haven't been doing a
darn thing but loaf this whole last
week L never saw a team that had
less life and ambition. Why L came
mighty near putting the second team
in your places today-the scrubs, they
outplayed you every day last week
If you don't ginger up U. 5. G. VIII
walk all over you They've got a
heavy line and corking good backs and
if you line men don't get into the game
there won't be enough of you to pay
carrying back to C1aremont. And you
backs / mean you too! You have got
to get down and dig for you're going
up against stiff proposition-the stiff
est you ever went up against We
can't do much with their line so we
are going to try kicking and end run
ming. Pay attention to your signals
and play the game. Now We'll listen to
Mr.. Carter of ga
There was something of a stir as
the Honorable James Carter, "a who
had incidentally held the position of
Governor of California but who was
chiefly famous as being Little Red
Cart the auburn haired quarter OF
the famous 9S team that walloped the
University of Southern California SO
to 0. moved to the center of the room
to continue the old custom of having
some one of the heroes Of bygone days
speak to the team on the eve of the
great game. The Honorable RED" did
not speak long but he spoke eloquent
" of the loyalty to old Pomona ana
the Blue and White that should make
each man do his best. The old hands
sat quite impassiyely throughout the
recital it was an old story to them
But to the newer men it opened the
leor of a devotion to alma mater that
had been closed before and they
elenched their hands and imagined
themselves doing wonderful deeds or
ya1or and receiving the adulatfon of
cheering college mates.
The Honorable Red had hardly fin
shed speaking when the door opened
md a youth bawled out IAN ready,
ret your team out" A parting worn
rom the coach and the door was flung
,pen and twenty men in padded khaki !,
PANTS and great navy blue sweaters ,
With big white block Fps" on their
'reasts trotted out into the arena. The
icene was one to inspire the most un-
On either side of the
white lined field rose the bleachers,
Ter on tier of closely packed human
ty, all eyes centered on that gate
through which the teams must enter.
On this side the bleachers were a
lot of red and gold. At the summit :
# the mass Haunted a crimson banner :
Inscribed in letters of gold, ~. S. c.
The piercing squawk of hundreds of :
tin horns rent the air while thousands ;
Of voices roared the university yells :
n unison. Across the gridiron rose a )
solid mass of blue and white. n
thousand banners, beribboned canes i
md megaphones added to the be- !
wildering effect and made the bleach E,
ars an ever moving. undulating ka- +
eidoscope of color. AS the team trot-
ted out on the white lined field the {
mass arose as one man and rent the :
ornament with the barking ''Rah, rah $
rah. zip, boom. ah, vive la. vive Ia,
Po-mo-nai" The college band burst '
nut with strains of FGhost Dance as $
he enthusiasm seemed about to sub t
,ide ana thousand voices Joined in /
lhe old college song. hats went into
he air and the b'eachers became once S
more a. mass of blue and white.
In a few minutes the university men {
anne in and the opposite bleachers had