The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-12-08
Standing of the league:
By Jack Densha,n.

Who PUSHES down the field as fast
As any special train.
That is not Kubelik; ali, no,
Another kind of crack;
He plays the ball. not violin
His name is Tommy Black.
Now see the red shirts make rush,
With Tommy to the fore;
He dribbles round the half-backs till
It's certain he must score.
He passes once across the field,
So easy, it's a shame;
The ball comes back, he kicks IL
through A,a E
And Tom has won the game.
! And that is just about how It was.
For the first time in f6Uf years the
victorious standard Of the Males was
lowered and Bra@ little Scotchman
by the name Of Black was the man
who put the bali through the goal for
the only score of the game.
T4at goal was the result Of com,
bfhi&tion 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 highlseeSeited 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 Dickenson, who dropped back
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 coht-
bihation soon began to tell, and Ss-
cept for IA few rushes by the sSalie
/ forwards, the, ball was constantfy in
front of The latter's goal.
How Black Scored.
!; THE run that ended in the one goal
of the game came abetit five minutes
4 before time was called. Black got
away from forty yards in front OF
the goal and went rushing down the
/ field like thunderbolt. He passed
across to Macahlay, when he was
threatened by 'Greig and it was one
i of the neatest passes of the day
Maeaulay mursed for a few seconds
and then eentered beautifully almost
q on the goal line. Black stopped witt
his left foot, and, almost with thu
same movement, sent through low an'
hard with his right, Belser stopped
1 second too late, and the Y. M. z. AS
had scored and defeated the Males.
Then did the bleachers make mucl
noise. There was a very good crowa
considering the other attractions tina
a were on in town, and as the game pro
crossed the spectators became NOR
and more excited. Time and again
was only the splendid defense OF IN
Males that prevented the reds iroI
q scoring. and the crowd was worked u
to frenzy of excitement when Tn
score was finally made.
Unsatisfactory Game.
j The first game was very unsatisfa'
tory ON account of the weakness c
the Prnahou team. Most of their bel
men did not turn up, and their d.
Tense was so poor that the damon
Heads scored almost at will. occi
sional flashes of excitement came
4 when Jock Cation and his really goo
string of forwards got away, but Il
sparkler defense was too much II
them, and as they had always to III
the length of the field before shootin
they were hors d 'haleine" and u
fresh backs had no trouble in clearin
What the Punahons need is lari
wad of enthusiasm chopped up al
distributed round among the player
They have plenty of Individual mat
rial if 1T would only turn up, but
is miserably disappointing to pick o
a fine team and then have to fill
with two or three subs, One pc
player can leaven soccer team mo
thoroughly and quickly than in a.
other kind of game, and the Pun
nous can hardly be blamed for losiI
and certainly deserve unstinted prai
for the game fight they put up again
great odds.
,Pilikia Explained.
There was a little goal pilikia
the second half of the last game viii
should be explained, as many of I
spectators seemed not to understa
lit. The Males threatened with acc
.eerted rush; and Richard, in order
clear. ran several steps before he pun
ed. This gave free kick to I
Males directly in front of the Y. Z
20. A. goal The reds lined up on tn
goal line, but on two oeeasic
charged before the whistle blew, so
Kick had to be repeated in each ca
THAT is what caused the appars
meaningless mixup in the goal.
Excellent Soccer.
The class Of soccer that the t
teams put up in the second game v
Al in every way. The team work
both sides was superb and the defer
both in goal and by the backs was
y mirable. The halfbaeks ON both 81,
cleared splendidly with long kicks 8
also fed beautifully. Henry Chilli
worth WAS moved into the forwi
line and his back experience stood !