The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1908-11-06

, The first of the series of football
games between the High School and
Punahou College will be played on
Alexander field this afternoon at $3.50,
This time the game is really nothing
but a curtainraiser as it is the second
teams that will play each other. The
main event will be tomorrow when the
first elevens go up against each other
on the new gridiron above Oahu Col
lege.
The match is just like the freshman
ford. While the supporters of each side
take a deep interest in the outcome
of the game, it is looked upon more
as a preliminary to the big meeting
than anything else.
All players in today's match have
chance to be chosen to represent the
first team if they make good. Here is
where the youngsters are keen. They
recognize the chance of their lives and
they one and all mean to grasp it.
1t has been arranged between the
athletic authorities of the two institu-
tiOns that players in the second teams
may play with the first elevens so long
as they do not play full half. That
is, if man plays for one full half time
on the first team, he is barred from
again playing with the seconds.
The idea of this ruling is, of course,
to prevent either side strengthening
their junior teams with levies from the
senior sides. Should a player in the
first eleven fail to make good after he
has played in one game and a second
eleven man is considered good enough
to take his place, the captain and coach
have a perfect right to make this
change. But the man who is taken out
of the first team may not play with
the second team until there has been
a conference between the two schools
and a mutual agreement is arrived at.
The two officials will be, appropri-
ately enough, captains Lyman and Rice
of the first teams. They will each serve
one-half as umpire and referee. Both
boys know the game from A to q and
there will be no chance of a kick on
their decisions. Since each captains
one of the senior teams, partiality will
be impossible and the youngster play
ers will go on the field with the cer-
tain knowledge that they are to get
square deal in every way.
Nearly every position has more than
one name to it. In most instances these
are also aspirants for first team honors.
In the important positions more than
one man will be given a chance and
the one to make the better showing will
be in that position tomorrow when the
whistle blows for the opening of the
big game.
Every Friday and Saturday until
November 81 the second and first teams
will do battle on the same field. This
means that they will each play three
games and the winner of two games
will be declared the inter scholastic
champion of Honolulu.
Alexander field is an ideal place for
a football game. The sloping bank,
where the side of the hill was cut away
to make room for the level space of
the field, is a natural bleacher and all
Honolulu could witness a game on the
field with. perfect comfort and a good
view for everybody.
This afternoon after the game the
first teams will be weighed and meas
ured and on Saturday morning we shall
be able to make a paper comparison
of the two teams. There seems little
doubt that the Punahous will outweight
the High School team, but the latter
are very speedy aggregation and there
is no reliable forecast of the result of
the game to be obtained from a COM
parison of the weights.
Coaches and captains have had their
heads together for some days and the
following list of names represents a
very thoughtful and careful selection.
Here is the way the boys will line up:
Punahou-Willfong, left end; Mon
Yin, left end; Vincent Genoves, left |
tackle; Goo On, left guard; Wilmington, |