The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-27
TYROS TRY RUGBY GAME AND
SURPRISE THE OLDTIMERS
The Alameda Team Challenges Honolulu to a
Match Next Month---PIayers Show
Speed and CIeverness.

The Rugby game would soon commence,
Excitement was not very tense).
Upon the field they punt the ball,
(They catch it, sometimes let it fall).
But bark! What is that burst of sound
Zone player is lying on the ground).
sEThe ball is bust, - they cry aloud,
IA grOan of anguish from the erowd).
GLOW did it happeni" someone cried,
Original and trite beside).
The answer came both quick and
straight,
(In fact it bore woeful weight).
"Upon the bali big Kellett sat, ;"
(That ball was very, very hat).
1t would be a gross exaggeration to
say that large and enthusiastic crowd
of Rugl yites turned out to take part
in the first big practise game and teach
the young idea how to serum and pass.
But it is no exaggeration to say that
a bunch of very enthusiastic learners
did come out and played for over an
hour with keen zest, getting better with
every play and putting to shame the
jeering of small gang of scoffers who
started by laughing and ended by be-
ing interested.
BY three o'cloek a struggling bunch
of lockers on, most of whom were super
animated players, was scattered over
the bleaehers while on the field and in
the dressing rooms were score or more
of High School, Punahou and Aliiolani
boys.
There was no sign of the Alameda
team but Jerome turned up by the next
ear and stated that, the day before
having been holiday, the rest of the
team had to work and so could not
possibly manage to come out.
About half time Bob Cation came
on the field and played in the back
line. He is an adept three-quarter and
his skill in running straight, tackling,
Tending off and passing neatly was a
splendid object lesson.
Elisha Andrews and Richard picked
up and they each started with twelve
men, which number was augmented to
the full fifteen before the game was
over First the forwards were put
through serum practise and then lined
up for regular game.
About half of them had played be-
fore and one would think that an at
tempt at a game would be a very
straggly affair. Strangely enough this
was not so. 1t was not Rugby of the
county variety but it was Rugby and
there were little flashes of keen play
ing that were admirable.
Henry ChiIlingworth was one of the
tyros who played in the back line and
he very soon got jerry. He and Elisha
with Bob Cation and a very fast run
ner in blue sh 'rt, name unknown, be-
gan a series of runs that soon had the
ball in Richard s territory Andrews
made the usual mistake of beginners in
running sideways instead of forwards. |
but he lost. this habit towards the end
and some of the passing bouts between
him and Henry were of the get there
variety.
An admirable piece of work was
done by Egan. an old PLAYER, and En-
Pue, on Richard side. The ball had
been carried down to the Andrews
line, not by concerted passing. but hy
clever following up and dribblinJ nv
the forwards, and was finally kicked I
over the sidelines bv an Andrews back
TO save a score. Egan ran up, took /
the ball and threw it out at right /
angles in the, proper way. right into .
the hands of En- Pue,whO romped over
for a try (touchdown). Meanwhile, !
the forwards on the other side we're
standing round getting their breath. /
The oldtimers on the bleaehers roared /
with delight ard were keenly appre-
eiative of as clever a piece of work /
as one could want to see anywhere.
The serum was stumbling block for 4
the forwards They, of course. could /
not divine the inner consciousness of .
il all at once. and the ball was not 4
heeled out very sharply. The front +
row seemed a tri1e reluctant to get /
their heads down and burrOw, but they |
got on to this later and Richard s side !
did some excellent work in their own /
territory by keeping the bali in and /
rushing, il down Ia dribble.
Andrews side had the better team