The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-12-22

Standing Of the Soccer League:
By Jack Densham.

BY Jack Densham.
Yes, thank you, everything came out
the way / said it would, and you may
forgive me for growing about it
trifie. The Punahous gave magnii-
cent exhibition of soccer and ought to
have beaten the Males, if only, yea,
il only, Jock Cation had shot two
inches to the right. AS it was, they
tied with the magnifcently- muscled
ones and produced game that was
worth walking twenty miles to see.
Also the Diamond Heads put it all
over the Young Men and put the fin
ishing touch on the soccer situation.
Just why more people don't 60 out
to watch the games gets me. Yester.
day afternoon there were two exhibit
tions of the game that were every bit
as fast and as scientific as one could
see anywhere, not excepting the Crys-
tai Palace finals. Being more or less
of rnalihini 1 realize something that
the public here won t wake up to
that the soccer played here is of
class that is probably seen nowhere
outside of England and professional
teams.
Although the attendance was VICE.
fully small, there was a something on
the field yesterday afternoon that has
been lacking heretofore. 1t was en-
thusiasm and plenty of noise. During
the first game there was much Male
roofing in small way. l thought
that was not quite fair, so did little
in the way of getting the Punahou
supporters going, and we soon had two
rival roofing squads going in great
shape During the second game the
Male and Punahou players all turn
ed out to root for the Diamond Heads,
as il was to the interest of both of
them that the Young Men should lose.
And maybe there wasn't some good
yelling. Kellett acted the human
monograph and led the yells while a
crowd of at least thirty leather-lung-
ed noise-makers surged round him and
cheered each player by name as soon
as he did anything that could be con-
strued as fine piece of playing.
1t was, in fact, different crowd
that watched the games from that
which is generally seen there. Every.
body was smiling and cheering, and
Kellett's clever verbal pyrotechmcs
were received with genuine laughter
and appreciation. Players and spec
fafors alike were keyed mp to the high
est pitch, and healthy excitement and
merriment combined to make the at
ternoon whole.hearted good time for
everybody concerned.
Two Penalty Goals.
The feature of the game was pre-
yided by remarkable coincidence III
that two goals in the second game
were scored off penalty kicks WIN
clear goal Had Bob Chillingworth
ont of
with his hands when the Diamond
Head goal was threatened, the red
shirts would not have scored, and II
Johnnie Anderson had not been .prac
Using Rugby and caught the balF with
his hands inside the goal penalty line
the Diamond Heads would have made
one goal less.
Davis was more or less responsible
for the Males not winning, for ne
failed to wear his mascot hat. ina
hat is big and black and carries
wonderful virtue with it, but the own
err set it to one side yesterday after
noon. and there is no doubt that th'
( genius of the hat has received morta
insult, so that it may absent itself II
future games. A,
Punahous7 None other than our CRANE
old Bill Desha. He played outsid
right. and that curly pate of his flash
ed over the field at immense speed
He was great acquisition to tn
team. and the way he conferred at tn
right moment and fed Wilmington an
Mon Yin was sight for sore eyes.
The two Chillingworths,. as nsna
covered themselves with glory. Bob
goal defense for the sparklers was Tn
Simon pure article in every way, an
in the first half of the game, VINE
he blocked Macconel's grand shot
the only rush that the reds MADE, y
displayed veritable genius LOT goa
keeping. Henry was the origlna
halfbaek for the Males, and tina
.useen shirt of his was nothing but
streak of color over his territory. Nc
once did he miss the ball on the rusl
and his clearing against the wind wa
an object lesson.
Male Forwards Good.
Both winning teams had wonderf'
combination in the forward line, OF
II must be said that the Males ha
ii over all of them in this respec
During the latter part OF the mr.
game it was only the magnificent d
Tense of the backs and Fraser in go
that prevented thc iuoHS
wards from scoring time after time.
The. Young Men were crippled an
suffered accordingly. They were NJ
by any means the same team th'
wrested victory from the Males
N.he second game of the second day
The season. Maceonel PLAYED his usi
brilliant game, but he had poor bac
ing. Blackman. on the other win
was an Improvement on himself d
Saturday before and did some We
clever work. He is a very heady pla
err. and. while lacking the great spe'
of some of the other forwards. is
eure with his feet that he, more tn;
makes M for his lack of speed
Guy Rothwell again decorated I
sideIines and was led to wonder vi
this spry little forward was not Civ
a chance either this time or during I
Instf rYa,,ta rsha very fact that