The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-11-01
MARINES WIN BY
one TOUCHDOWN
T0Wnies Make Big Hit With Big
Crowd by Holding Down
the fieaVies.
Half-wets, 5; one touchdown.
ToWnies, 0.

The heavyweights of the Marines
were not so awfully heavy after all,
at the league grounds yesterday after
noon. They put up a great game of
football, but the Townies did likewise
and there resulted one of the greatest
exhibitions of the real American foot
ball game as it is played.
The crowd was quite large and enthu-
siastic. The bleachers filed up and
then emptied themselves on to the side
lines and the spectators were several
feet deep along each line during the
game. There was some good roofing,
especially by the Marines, led by
windy Reed who turned on his
megaphone voice so hard that F'Meg"
Kellett, he of the foghorn voice, want
ed to run off the field Of play and take
Reed S job.
All the way through it was the good
old game of straight buck, cross buck,
skin tackle and get there through the
ruck. Forward passes and trick plays
~were tried only by the Marines. These
worked to good effect but when man
got away, he was invariably downed
by some husky, before he had gone
very far.
story of the Game.
The Townies kicked off to within
three yards of the Marine line and
Corey was downed by Sumner before
lo5 do ,,,oro fban ton words
The Marines were penalized for
fumbling a forward pass after a sue
cessful gain and che Townies took pos
session on the thirty yard line. From
then on until nearly the end of the
first half the ball was in the Marine
territory. Straight bucks and trick
plays were all broken up by the clever
Townies who seemed to be able to make
mp for what they lacked in weight by
eIeverness.
Then the Marines took brace to
themselves and forced the bali down
in Townie ground. Thirty yards from
the town line the ball was in possession
of the Marines, about ten yards from
the left side lines.
Three Finger Split.
Then the Half-wets came through
with their great ''Three finger split -
play. Nothing to do with Red Raven,
but a great split at that The outside
men on each side moved over at the
first numbers of the signal. oGaw was
protected by Nelson and Makins, who
made great interference. He took
the bali on a long side pass from Hotf-
man and romped for twenty five yards
to the three-yard line.
After that there was a straight buck
and the ball was down on the one yard
line. Finally Cav took a signal and
fell over for the only score of the game.
The goal was not kicked and the first
half ended with the score 5 to for
the Marines.
The Second Half
The second half was an even thing.
The Half-wets kicked off and Sumner
got wei away. slipping the ball to
Bob Chillingworth in neat play and
allowing Bob to make considerable
gain before he was downed.
There were at least two return punts
and a great many single ones during
this period The Townies seemed to
have the better of the more open work
and gradually worked the leather down
in Marine territory. Time was called
with the Townies threatening and max
ing good gains on end runs.
The second game will be played
week from next Sunday, November IA
Tn the meantime the Townies will prac
tise hard and make preparations tt
win the next game. In putting III
such a remarkable showing against 6
heavier team and a practised one, the
Townies have made big hit for them
selves. The next game should be ever
more worth watching.
The lineups were:
Marines. Position. IoWhies