The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-21
lOLANIS AND
PUNAnOUS TIE

| Another tie game was scored yester-
| day by the Iolani and Punahou Asso-
citation football teams on the MakilSi
field. The Punahous scored in the first
half, and it seemed as though this team
| would take the lead for the day, but the
doughty Iolanis braced up in the sec
| ond half, made one goal, and the gart4
ended with one goal for each team. The
Iolanis have been lucky during the sea-
sons playing either by drawing or .scor-
ing, and this has kept them we'll in tho
lead in the league. Hard practice gives
them an advantage over the other
teams.
The game began in a sort of feature
less manner and when the Punahous
scored a goal, the Iolanis seemed to
lose heart. There was a lack of tenn
work in the first half, and the specta-
tors thought the game would continue
as it had begun. But the inspiration
came in the opening of the second halt,
and the Punahous- had all they could
Go to keep the ball from staying in their
OMt leIIItOEy the latter ndI1.
A large crowd was present to witness
the game. AS the popularity of the
game grows, the feminine lovers of ath
letics are more in evidence. In fact, |
the gentler sex can witness no mere |
sportsmanlike game than Association |
football, for there is lacking every ele- |
ment of savagery. smuggling and dis
agreeable field tactics. Association
football is a gentlemanly game, full IF
athletic endeavor, and the points are SO
clear that the most primitive layma n /
can readily understand them.
The first half evidenced little more
than the ability of each team to keen
the ball in the air, travelling from eud
to end. Finally a penalty foul of the
Iolanis gave the Punahous the right 20
kick the ball from the circle directly in
'front.' of the goal, which in this instance
was defended by the Iolanis. The Pu-
lahous kicked the pigskin squarely be-
.ween the posts, scoring first goal.
In the second half the Iolanis We're
1oticed to have taken a brace, and ey-
cry play was contested by them, so
hat the Punahous had their hands, or
eet, full There We're numbers of spec
acular plays, in which Woo, the Chi
lese player of the Iolanis showed 20
advantage. Birkmyre of the Punahous,
is usual showed to advantage in ms
lever toeing and passing, and it is cer~
ain. had he the proper support at the
light time, he would have scored goals
vice.
During this half the scrimmages were
numerous and the spectators along the /
Tide lines were wrought up to high I
bitch of excitement. Thayer, for the ]
ounahous, and one or two other play !
RS, were luckless enough to receive the
,aIl full against their stomachs, which ]
disabled them. The impact {
# the ball, kicked by sturdy players, ]
vas almost equal to a knockout blow {
nd for minute or two the players {
vrithed in pain upon the ground en- !
eavoring to regain the wind so sud ]
emily knocked out of them. {
The IoIanis, after carrying the ball Y
traight for the Punahou's goal, showed +
desperate front and finally Simpson T
oed the pigskin in ana out of the yell |
,w-backs and finally shot the ball for 7
goal. Cation being about two feet too T
hort to stop the sphere as it whizzed \
etWeen the posts. Y