The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-03-20
MALES ACCORDED
THE CHAMplO NSHIP

The Punahous won fine victory
over the Iolanis on the Association
| football field at Makiki grounds yes
terday. It was a most inglorious de-
feat for the Iolanis for the score at
| the end of the second half was 8 to 1
in favor of the Punahous. The game
was important in many respects, being
the last league game of the season, and
by the victory of the Punahous, the
| championship went to the Male Ilimas,
] Punahous third place, and last years
| champions, the Pacifics, came in trail
| ing at the foot of the list.
Yesterdays game was one of many
| surprises. The Iolanis were expected
| to put up a much better game, their
failure being largely. due to a lack of
defense, which was especially strong
with the Punahous. The Iolanis prov
ed the most aggressive with their for
wards, the Punahous not doing so well,
but in the main, as results indicate,
the Punahous played a better all
around game. 1t was fast game dur
irg the first half, especially for the
first ten minutes. The Iolanis were so
aggressive and pressed SO hard on the
Punahous that score was looked for
at any time, but the defense of the
Punahous gathered in strength as time
went on, and the Ioianis found few
opportunities to shoot for a goal
The Punahous We're happy in having
such determined players as Birkmyre,
Cation and Cockburn, for forwards and
goalkeeper Cation. Their work
through 1T was of the best, despite the
fact ths.c Cockburn received a wrench
in the second half which crippled his
efforts Birkmyre, as usual, played
a very steady, heady game, toeing the
ball in a clever manner.
Cockburn and Birkmyre were giants
in courage and intrepidity and often
outwitted some equally clever oppo
nents. OF the Iolanis, the two Chinese
players, Woo and En- Sui were re-
doubtable players, Woo showing the
steadiest head and displaying clever /,
passing, while En- Sui's ability as a !
sprinter, helped out his side in many ,
critical plays.
Another player who gave the Iolanis
a Waterloo at many critical stage
was Soper, whose strong punts many
times decided the efforts of the Iolanis
to goal. .
The first half opened fast with the |
Iolanis playing all over the Punahous' |
territory. Woo missed a fine oppor- |
tunity to shoot for goal not passing the
ball to center before the posts. A sec +,
ond attempt was cleverly blocked by !,
Soper. Greek Anderson stole the
ball from Campbell and passed it back
again toward the Punahou goal and En-
Sui took it and shot, but punted too
hard, narrowly missing the space be- !
tween the uprights. The Iolanis kept
the ball much of the time in Punahou
territory and their punting for goal
was formidable but not fatal t
The Punahous then made a concerted
attack on the Iolani defense and long
shot for goal by Cation flew over all
heads but unfortunately struck the up
per side of the goal horizontal, and
failed of its purpose.
Then followed a series of passes from
Woo to En- Sui of the Iolanis as the bail
was forced to Punahou. and Simpson
picked a lucky punt directly in front of
goal as Cation was endeavoring to
block, the Iolanis scoring.
This raised the Iolani's spirits, but
not for long for in a short time the Pu-
ndnOuS mace determined attack, lOIc-
ing in the Iolani forwards and halves.
In a pass to Cation (elder) the way
was opened for him to punt and the +
ball went hurting against an IoIani
side post, bounding through and even
ing up the score. Shortly afterward
of the Iolanis failed to {
block McCorriston, who passed to
Thayer CP) who worked it closer to To-
lanf's goal. In the melee Cockburn
made a lucky shot, and scored a goal.
The half. when time was called, stood: Y
Punahou. 2: Iolani, / '
In the second half Macfarlane of the )
Iolanis was retired from the field ow- c