The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-02-16

High School, /; Kamehameha, 1.
Punahou, 2; Aliiolani, o.

against the Kams' seven, the High
championship yesterday afternoon on
Alexander field by tying with the rum
ners-up. This gave them ten points to
the Kams' eight, and also the cham
pionship.
The series has been a very successful
one all the way through. The High
School has shown that their team is
superior in shooting and general de,
Tense, while the Rams have run them a
close second in all other departments
of the game, especially in threatening.
If the Kams shooting were only equal
to their heading and goal threatening,
they would have won the championship
with ease.
The Punahou team has played con-
sistent game throughout without any
especial brilliance to mark the series.
The loss of Mon Yin was a very grave
one for them, and they have ended the
series remarkably well considering all
things.
A very interesting feature of the
games has been the playing of the Ali
olani youngsters. They have much
smaller institution and, consequently, a
much smaller number of players to
choose from than the other schools
| also their players are younger.
From the first it was conceded that
they had little chance for the cham
pionship and were in the series purely
and simply for love of the sport. They
made admirers of all who watched
them play by the keen grit they show
ed in never backing up, no matter how
things were going against them.
In many of the games, notably in thai
of last Saturday, when the Hams only
| just beat them in a hot tussle by / t,
0, they would have been swamped b.
a terrible score if the players haC
shown the least signs of the whit,
feather. They bueked up all the tim
with no chance of winning and nothin,
to gain by winning, and that is an ex
hibition of craftsmanship of which al
Honolulu should be proud. Goodness
knows that this town needs more of ii
The First Game.
The first game was between the Higl
School and Hams, and it was hot on
from start to finish. The ball was KEEP
well near the center of the field mos
of the time, but both sides mad
threatening rushes, at times, that mad
a score seem certain.
Kalimapehu scored for the Hams il
the first half from corner kick. Thi
was the second of two corners in quicl
succession. The first attempt made tn
High backs save by sending the bal
over their own goal line and then tn
Rams took another kickout.
The ball fell neatly in front of tn
goal from the kick, and then there wa
a general melee to score or clear. TIL
bali rose from the ruck and Kalimapeh
headed neatly through.
This goal put heart of grace into tn
Hams, and they went after the schoc
players as hard as they knew how. I
the second half Elisha Andrews, VIII
was playing after illness, began to fin
himself, and took the bali down for
threaten several times, with neat pass
ing by all the other forwards.
Finally there was penalty kick /
front of the Kan goal, and Elisha too
the kick, scoring neatly. This tied tn
score, and the rest of the game was
bitter struggle on the part of the Kan
to score and by the High School to pre-
vent score, as they knew that the
had the championship should the Kan
not make another goal. The Hig
School s efforts were successful, and th
game ended in a tie, to l.
The Second Game.
The second game was the usual kee
exhibition that one may always be SUI
of when the Aliiolani boys play. Pun;
hou had no easy time of it during tn
first half, but scored twice in the Sc
ond half through clever work on til
part of Akina, who headed throug
once and barged the goalkeeper bac
legitimately the first time.
Richard played in goal during I'll