The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-10-08
TO WALK
ONE MILE
Novel Feature at Com.
ing Y. N. {. A.
Sports.

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big field day on December End.
The mana cement of the Football
League have kindly left this day
vacant in their schedule for the above
event
Good prizes will be offered to the
winners as we'll as a prize TO the club
winning the most points.
The athletic field of Y NJ c. A is
being put in condition for practising
and no doubt some of the former rec
ords will be broken. One of the new
features will be a mile walk.
The Y. NJ C. A have their tennis
court in fine condition and players will
soon be busy getting in shape for the
/ tennis tournament to be held on De-
cember 18th.
| The basketball court ia being grass
ed for the games to be played by the
/ Ladies' League. Their first game will
be played on Thanksgiving Day, Mo-
vember Both :
Several teams have already entered
for the Indoor Baseball League.
winners
The Y NJ. C. A. is very fortunate in
getting such a man as DR.. Hobby as
medical examiner.
The mile walk is already attracting
a great deal of interest for there are
lots of people who can walk a fast
mile and yet are not able to run fast
enough to justify their competing in
open sports.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
hardening the men so thoroughly that
/ the danger of injury is minimized. By
| this time the most promising men have
| been picked out and tentative '"varsi-
| ty" and scrub" teams may be form
ed. From this point the work pro-
crosses rapidly. Plays are worked out,
each man being shown his place, and
signals are practiced until one could
run through them In his sleep. AS
soon as the signals are mastered the
varsity and scrub are ready to line up
for the first practice scrimmage. With
the scrimmage defensive work is be-
/ gun, the ScTuUS are given the Ddii anu
each varsity man is shown just what
| part he must take in stopping their
| onslaughts. In some formations he
must hurl himself into the interference,
| in others he must wait for the runner,
| to insure perfect team work he must
be drilled until he knows ilstinctively
and instantly what is expected of him
| in every case. This is equally true in
| the play when his side has the ball; he
must leap into his place in the inter-
ference without a seconds hesitation
| The scrimmage increases in length
, and fierceness as the players become
hardened. In them the coach expert
ments with his lineup. shifting men
! from position to position and from
team to team. A few days before the
first game he has settled pretty well in
his own mind on whom and what he
will play during the season. There is,
however, no real hurry about deciding
doubtful cases, for by a simple ar
angement-remarkable for the mutual
satisfaction it affords-both large COLI
1eges and small may continue to ex-
pertinent during the first month of
play During this time the small coll
! leges try their luck against the large
ones: they take a good beating for the
4 experience gained, while the universe
! ties gladly avail themselves of an OPP
portunity to try things on the dog
without risk of disaster. Therefore
as the season approaches it's climax
natural rivals are thrown together to
fight it out with veteran teams.
/ After the first game work begins in
earnest. From that time there is
a game each Saturday, with perhaps
a midweek game as well The coach
sees the faults and weaknesses brought
out in the games and strives during
/ the weeks practice to eliminate them.
/ Every day, rain or shine, finds the men
/ hard at work new plays are tried old
signals practiced, overturned men are
/ rested and soft men are worked. The
coach strains every nerve to have his
team show constant improvement with
every game. so that on the great No
vember day he will send onto the field
a fighting machine so powerful and
smooth running that it will reserve the
support of the cheering thousands
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