The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-06
By Jack Densham.

By Jack Densham.
N fWhO is that little man?' they ask
- The one with lion s name,
Who rushes down the field as fast
AS any special train
That is not Kubelik; ah, no,
Another kind of crack;
He plays the ball, not violin
His name is Tommy Black.
Now see the red shirts make a rush
With Tommy to the fore;
He dribbles round the half-backs till
1t IS certain he must score.
He passes once across the field,
So easy, it s a shame;
The ball comes back, he kicks L
through
And Tom has won the game.
And that is just about how it was.
For the first time in four years the
victorious standard of the Males was
lowered and a Draw little Scotchman
by the name of Black was the man
who put the bah through the goal for
the only score of the game.
That goal was the result of com
bination of team work and condition
that justified the winners in taking the
victory after the hardest and fastest
game of soccer ever seen in Honolulu,
according to many highly-exeited spec
tators.
The first half of the game, the
Males had the wind with them and
threatened the red goal so often that
they seemed bound to score; but Rick
ard, and Dickinson, who dropped back
a trifle to aid him, made magnificent
defense and dozens of seemingly sure
shots were sent spinning back over the
Males heads.
In the second half the reds had the
wind with them in two senses. The
breeze was blowing towards their OPP
ponents goal and they were in better
condition than the Males. This COM
bination soon began to tell, and, ex-
cept for a few rushes by the Male
forwards, the ball was constantly in
front of the latter's goal.
How Black Scored.
The run that ended in the one goal
of the game came about five minutes
before time was called. Black got
away from forty yards in front of
the goal and went rushing down the
field ike a thunderbolt. He passed
across to Macaulay, when he was
threatened by Greig and it was one
of the neatest passes of the day.
Maeaulay nursed for a few seconds
and then eentered beautifully almost
on the goal line. Black stopped with
his left foot, and, almost with the
same movement, sent through low and
hard with his right. Belser stopped a
second too late, and the Y. NJ. c. As.
had scored and defeated the Males.
Then did the bleachers make much
noise. There was very good crowd,
considering the other attractions that
were on in town, and as the game pro-
crossed the spectators became more
and more excited. Time and again it
was only the splendid defense of the
Males that prevented the reds from
scoring. and the crowd was worked up
to frenzy of excitement when the
score was finally made.
Unsatisfactory Game.
The first game was very unsatisfac-
tory on account of the weakness of
the Punahou team. Most of their best
men did not turn up, and their de
tense was so poor that the Diamond
Heads scored almost at WILL Occa-
sional flashes of excitement came in
when Jock Cation and his really good
string of forwards got away, but the
sparkler defense was too much for
them, and as they had always to run
the length of the field before shooting,
they were '.hors d 'haleine' and the
fresh backs had no trouble in clearing.
What the Punahous need is large
wad of enthusiasm chopped up and
distributed round among the players.
They have plenty of ;ndividual mate
rial if it would only turn up, but it
is miserablv disappointing to pick out
q fine team and then have TO fill in
with two orr three subs. One poor
plaver can leaven a soccer team more
thoroughly and quickly than In any
other kind of game, and the Puma
bors can hardly be blamed for losing,
and certainly deserve unstinted praise
for the game fight they put up against
great odds
Pilikia Explained.
There was a little goal pIllkIa IN
the second half of the last game which .
should be explained, as many OF the
spectators seemed not to understand
il. The Males threatened with con- /
eerted rush. and Richard, in order 20 !
clear ran several steps before he punt |
ed. This gave free kick to the
Males directly in front of the \. NJ. (
e.. \. goal. The reds lined up on their /
goal line but on two occasions
charged before the whistle blew. so the /
kick had to be repeated in each case.
That is what caused the apparent .
meaningless mixup in the goal.
Excellent Soccer.
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