The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-12-03
HIGH SCHOOLS
CHAMPIONS

And Ellen Won the game That is
| the epitome of yesterdays basketball
game. A field throw and a free throw
| in the first half and four free throws
/ and three field throws in the second
teen points that the High Schools made,
were scored by this little dart. Back
| handed, sideways, anyway at all, SEEM
ed to be about the same to her. The
Normals had the High Schools beaten
(score 10 to 12) when Ellen Dwight
landed the ball in the basket from the
side, after having just added a two
spot to the High School score a few
moments before. That put the High
Schools just as far ahead of the Nor
mails as they had been behind the mo-
ment before and the field was wild
with shouts of applause. Shouts of
applause for the feat which was a
feat indeed. Cries of encouragement
for the Normals only temporarily
eclipsed $50 their supporters thought)
and yells of approval for the team
now in the lead-and the minute hand
almost on the stopping point. When
the ball came through the basket and
went to the referee the Normals got
ratified and on a foul it went to Ellen
again for a free throw. And with the
full weight of the responsibility of
that throw on her mind, she measured
the distance carefully with her train
ed eye and slowly let the ball out of
her hands into the air.
The whole field stood in suspense
and held its breath. The spectators
looked on the flight of that ball as if
the future of Russia was hanging in
the balance. If Ellen missed. the Nor
mails would probably get the ball and
Speckman would surely not miss the
chance to score if she once captured
the rawhide. If Ellen landed in the
basket it would give High Schools a
lead of two points which would be
very hard to overcome so close to the
referees stop whistle. Well, after ages,
it seemed, the ball landed right in the
net and before it had a chance to get
out of the resultant Scrimmage, the
referees shrill whistle sounded ere
treat and the championship game was
over with a score of Is for the Nor /
mails and Is for the High Schools. The |
High Schools had won the champion |
ship cup put up by coach Ben Clark |
of the Highs. Immediately the Y. NJ. |
c. A. boys had the winning girls COW |
cred with carnation leis hardly a shade |
redder than the cheeks of the victors. |
And Coach Stewart of the Normals, |
like good sport, was in the midst of |
the congratulating ones. 1--WE put up |
= cI,o
ashamed to lose. We would have liked |
to win, but we are glad that you won
And Miss Stewart was right. The |
Normals did put up a good game. When
the first half was finished, Speckman |
and Amelia Akeo had dropped in two |
more fields, making the score to the
High Schools, 5.
OF the High Schools S. Ala Smith had
a fielder. But the forwards
we're well backed up by the centers and |
the guards attended very strictly to |
heir knitting also. It was a pretty |
game, there being little disparity in !
weight or height in any of the op-
posing groups and the game had to be !
played by hard work and science. The
cams had fewer fouls than We're Scor-
ed the week before. There was none |
If the roughness to the game, though |
he bail was kept whisking away from
,ne corner to the other in a manner |
Vhicl: made it absolutely impossible to |
always follow 1t. Team play was es-
oecially strong, the Normals doing
some very neat work in the first half, |
md both teams doing themselves
proud in the last half. The centers |
,ept strictly within their lines and not
forward or guard stepped into the
pace reserved for the centers. 1t was
imply beautiful game all through
nd any way you looked at it.
This finishes the champion set. with
he ranks of the team as follows: High |
choois (champions). Normals, Kane
amehas and Punahous. There was
ONE criticism of the Punahous not
laying the final game with the Rams,
ut what would have been the use?
he people wanted to see the cham
1onship fight and would have cared
cry little for who was going to capture
he BOBBY.
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