Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-03-13


urday to witness the Association foot.
ball game between the Males and Pu.
nahous and speculation was rife as to
who would be the champions of 190i-5.
On paper 1t certainly looked all Wall
Street to the proyerbial Chinese Orange
that Punahous would emerge victors
but the Males upset calculations In
this respect by succeeding in retain
ing the cup for another year, defeating
their rivals 20. after a stubborn con.
test. Although handicapped by the un.
avoidable absence of Harwood and
Munro the Males succeeded in per.
suading Laird and Cumming to take
the field and do yeoman service for
them.
The teams lined up as follows under
the watchful eye of Waldron, the Ma.
lies having donned white shirts to
avoid similarity of colors:
Punahous-Goal, Cation; backs, W.
Soper and G.. Judd; halves, McCorris.
ton, Clark, Blackman; forwards, Cock.
burn. Warehouse, J. Cation, Camp.
bell and Cation.
Mailes-Goal, McRitchie: backs.
Greig, McGill; halves, Center, Ander.
son. Guild: forwards, Cumming, Laird.
Catterall, Beardmore and Chuyton.
Punahous kicked off against the
breeze and invaded but We're repulsed
and the ball carried to their own ter.
ritory where first Churton and then
Beardmore tested Cation but without
result. Shaking off the attack the
Bluffs moved smartly down the field
fusillade of shots on the Whites citadel
and kept their backs well employed In
clearing dangerous shots. Fairly equal
play then ensued and the game for q
time ranged midfield until the Males
initiating beautiful concerted move.
ment pierced the Bluffs lines. Chur.
ton passing OPPORTUNITY to Catterall.
the latter with a swift low shot beat
the custodian who had no earthly
chance of saving. owing to the close
and persistent attention paid to him
by Cumming in the goalmouth. Net.
tied by this reverse the Punahous re.
taliated strongly and play began to be
fast and exciting. the one side giving
and taking hard knocks with equal
relish. A fancy byplay between Cat
ton of the Punahous and Greig of the
Males tickled the risible faculties OF
the crowd, the latter player being none
too gentle in his treatment OF the man
from Dollar and Cation found he had
a hot cup of tea to deal with In the
enthusiastic although eXctable back.
\ misunderstanding between the Ma
! lie backs resulted in the ball being
skied and X. Cation had a meritorious
try for the equaliser but Anderson.
who, as an onlooker remarked. was
always there or there about" saved the
situation by timeous head work and as
soon as possible transferred play mid.
field.
The Male left wingers secured pos
session of the sphere and by judicious
passing bore down on the Bluffs de.
fence but Clark opportunely blocked
laird's parting effort and also was in.
strumental in stopping hot one from
the foot of Cumming Immediately aft.
erwards.
Sustained pressure by the Whites at
this stage Of the game showed they
were the better team. the Bluffs de-
fence being stretched to its utmost.
Soper and Judd however kicked out
steadily and were splendidly support
ed by their halves.
Raising the siege the Punahous grad
uallv beat back their rivals and q Sc
quence of corners fell to them as Q
consolation but were eventually clear.
ed through the instrumentality Of Nc
Gill, who at this stage was tireless In
breaking up tactics and judicious feed.
ing Of the ball to his forwards.
Even play followed after this up to
the interval although the Punahous
made strenuous and well deserved ef-
forts to get on equal terms but the
Whites defence prevailed on every oc-
casion. The shots of the Buff quin-
tette lacked sting when In front Of
McRitchie's charge and were thus east.
ly negotiated Half time arrived with
the Males pressing and the score read
ing: Male /, Punahous 0.
With the resumption there came o
change Of play on the part Of the
Males, their back division lying well
hack and indulging in defensive opera.
lions while the forwards lay on the op,
posing backs for any possible chances
that might materialize and by their
harassing tactics keeping their oppo.
nents on the qui vive.
From a free kick Greig placed the
leather in the goalmouth and Center
securing, placed timeously to Churton
who ratified the rigging with number
two.
Keeping up prolonged pressure on
the Bluffs defence the Males practical.
ly confined the former to their own
quarters and corner after corner was
conceded by Cation to avert the fur.
ther downfall Of his charge.