The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-29
WON TROPHY
SIX TIMES
Record of Male lima Seeker
Team Is a Remarkable
One.

The Male Ilimas have just won the
Honolulu Association Football League
cup for the sixth time since the league
was instituted and for the fifth time
in succession. This team has a very
remarkable record, as the following
facts will show:
The cup was fiE9t played for in
1901, when 1t was won very easily
by the Scottish Amateur Athletic As
ISOLATION, with eight points (they
scored twenty-one goals and had only
four scored against them). The Eng
lish team had three points, while the
Iolanis pluckily played right through
very disastrous season without get
ting single point.
The IoIanis had at this time just
started to play under the coaching< of
L. G. Blackman, who has done SO
much for the Association game here.
and all the players, except Mr.. Black
man himself, were absolutely new to
socker. Such players as John Woo.
Mon Yin and John Anderson are evil
dences of the excellence of their To-
lani training.
1t was felt that the Scottish team
was too heavy metal for the others,
and accordingly that team was dis
banded and it's members Joined or
formed other clubs. 1t is interesting
to note that, of the 1901 Scottish
team, only three players are still TAX
ing part in the game, viz: j. G. Nc
Gill, r. Anderson and ]. II. Cation.
McGill and Anderson have played
together at full back for eight seasons
and are the only remaining playing
members of the first Male team, while
Jock Cation has played successive
ly for the Wanderers, the Honoluius,
and, for the last five years. for the
Punahous, for whom he shas done yeo-
man service at outside left. The first
Scottish team was as follows: ID. w.
Anderson, ]. L. Coclkburn, ]. c. Nc
Gill, ]. Lennox. A. w. T. Bottomley.
r. Anderson (captain). j. L. Fen
wick. J. II. Cation, e. G., Munro, n.
Kay, w. Goudie, j. H. Ffddes.
In 1912 the Males won the cham
pionship after very tough fight with
the Honolulus, and in 1923 the
Males, for the first and only time
so far, had to play second fiddle, los
ing to the Pacifics, who won with nine
points to six. The Honolulus had~the
wooden spoon. with three points. In
that year of defeat the Males goal
record was six for and six against.
In the following year the Males
again got possession of the coveted
trophy and have held 1t ever sincs-
The following are the records from
f.r ha
tanned:
1sO3-4-Mailes. 8; Iolanis. z; Puma
hous. 5: Pacifics, 4. Males goal rec
ord For, 8; against, 4.
19O4-5-Mailes tied with Punahous
for the championship. and won on a
play off by goals to nil.
19O5-6-Mailes, 10: Diamond Heads.
9: Punahous, Q. Males goal record:
For, IS; against. 4.
1906-7-Mailes, ID; Diamond Heads.
II; Y. M. c. A., 3; Punahous, 4; In
fantry, 2. Males goal recotd, which
includes the game in which they beat
the Rest of the League by 2 goals to
nil. was: For, IA; against, 1.
190s-Mailes. IL; Punahous, 6; Dia-
mond Heads. 4; Y. M. c. A., 3. Males
goal record: For, IA; against, s.
For the good Of the game 1t wUuIn
be well for one of the other teams
to lower the Males colors, but it
can't be done without lots of hard
work. The Males have always prac-
tised hard and seem to put their
whole souls into the games. These
qualities, together with a knack OF
rising to critical occasions and splen-
did powers Of fighting logged. uphill
games, with perhaps an occasional
streak of the proverbial MALE luck"
are probably the chief reasons for
their phenomenal success
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