The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-11-08
BY Jack Densharn.

Just how it was done 1 don't know,
and don't think anybody really
knows. They have been talking it
over and everybody has had some
thing to say about it. but none of the
different versions agree. After a
cafeful study of my impressions of the
g4me and my notes, have came to
the conclusion that it was interference
that did the trick.
lit was good football, it was clean
football and it was clever football
There were fumbles, but in every case
there was a reason for the slip. When
Rice fell over his own line and
dropped the ball so that De Brette-
Vile fell on it and scored, it brought
TO my mind an almost similar case in
a Rugby game. when, by some lucky
chance, | got the ball on the line and
fell over, only to drop the ball and
have a husky Stanford man fall on it.
/ was trying to score, and Rice was
trying to save. But I know what /
felt like and everybody who has eyer
played football knows how easy it is
to be ierked loose from the ball when
a gigantic forward hugs your knees
and topples You over till the ground
rises and hits you a terrible whack on
the head.
The Punahou boys had charge of the
High School territory most of the
time. but there were times when the
Mckinley boys were very dangerous.
If only they had known how to pro-
feet their runners the score might
have been very different. Time and
again Rice got away alone. only to
be downed bv horde of rushing Pu-
nahous. who would have been helpless
If the swift youngster from Thomas
Square had only had a couple of his
ywn side in front of him.
Very Few Mistakes.
There were wonderfully few mis-
takes of generalship made on either
side. The right signal was given at
the right time in almost every in
stance. The High School took a kick
when there were only two yards to
gain, it is true. 1t looked like an
error of Judgment, but the result jus
titled the means.
The quarterbacks on both sides were
there with the ready brain and the
cool signal work. Both King and Bill
Desha were in superb condition and
each coached and jollied his team to
perfection. So far as knowledge Of
PLAYS and correct attempt to carry
them out, there was nothing to
choose between the two teams.
The game differed from that between
the second elevens on Friday in that
1t was more omen. There was more
kicking and more forward passing,
more end runs and more open tackling.
When either side resorted TO straight
or cross bucks. il was a case of Greek
meet Greek, and attack and defense
were both so strong that there was
always a deadlock with the bueking
side losing the ball.
No Serious Accidents.
Considering the gentle methods usual |
" employed in intercollegiate football, |
there was a wonderful absence of in F,
Jury. Not a single player was carried
off the field. and the only calls for
time out were on account of players !
having the wind knocked out of them. |!
Austin White played well at center. I
He showed inexperience in his throw |
backs for kicks by not always gauging /
the wind Alright and Sometimes throw /
ing too high, but he soon got onto /
that. and it was a pleasure to see the |
wav in which he sent the ball off for !
the correct answer to the signal and /,
then set himself like human rock for
the. charge of the equally husky Henry
Hind opposite to him.
Henry Chillingworth also did good
work for the High School. Many of
the quick get-throughs and tackles
were made by him and he was
Johnnv-on-the-spot in many a crisis.
Aehieu also shoue when he took Rick
ards place at right guard. Richard
got a nasty one that put him hors de
combat. and Aehieu took new life
into the team during the second half.
Rice and Andrews both did bully
work for the school. They were very
much in the limelight on account of
their open positions, but some of the
eleverest PLAYS of the game were made
bv these two. Andrews kept up his
kicking reputation and took off his
right shoe once or twice when there
was call for high one and long {
one.
Lyman Clever Dodger.
For the winners, Lyman, as might
be expected. was there with very sill
very chime of bells. He had splendid
interference to aid him and made some
center gains that were truly wonder
full It was a sight worth seeing
when. his men acting as a protecting
shield. this clever dodger simply
twisted his way through the opposing
line only to be downed after good
gain.
LOta was a verv sure fullbacky His
kicking was steady and well placed, 1
and some of bis rushes We're very val i
uable in the way of gaining ground. D
Bill DeSha was very wiry and teapa.
bic quarter The few times he took
the ball himself he never failed to
make gain. and it seemed to met that
be should have been given more work
70 do in that line. He made one beau ;
tful right-end run from halfway s
down 10 the tnentv-fve-vard line inst