The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-10-17
Town Team, 0; High School, O..

Town Team, o; High School, 0.
For the first ten minutes it was fas
and clever football that was played be
tween the town team and The High
School at the league grounds yesterday
afternoon. The balance Of the play
was good, but the team dwindled triht
in the gauge and the play was slower
later on.
But it was good, honest football all
the way through and there were enough
exciting moments to have enthused a
very much larger crowd than turned
out to see the first game Of American
football, in which alumni or town play
ers took part for three years.
A few of the players were very bril-
liant All of them played the game
for all it was worth and did their ut
most. The man who did the most bril-
liant playing, and this without any
lapse at any time, was undoubtedly
Sing Hoon, of the High School team.
His taekling was great and the way he
caught the forward passes and then
lodged ON ahead with the ball for con-
siderable gains, was more than worth
going out to the game to see
The ball was only once dangerously
near either goal line, except when it
was punted over or dropped over in
attempts at goal kicking from the field.
This was in the first half when the
town team forced the High players
right back to their own goal and were
stopped from scoring only by clever de-
Tense and final long punt by Henry
Chillingworth, after the school had
gained possession.
Townies' Skin Tackle Play,
The Townies made most of their gains
with play between left tackle and
end. 1t was not exactly skin tackle
play nor was it cross buck. Both
Clark and Dave Sherwood were very
successful in this during the first half.
One or other of them would take the
ball and make as though for skin
tackle, then would swerve outside of
tackle and get through somehow. One
might call it skin tackle buck
In the second half. when Plunkett
took Clark s place at right half, the
same play was tried without quite so |
much success. Plunkett was there like |
a shot from a gun but it might be sug-
gested that he would have done better
with straighter bucks When .Irish'
did get start at the line, however,
he invariably made big gains
Crowds on the Line.
The management of the grounds was
not by any means something to pirate
about The crowd was small and there
was all kinds of room on the bleachers
and benches, but people were allowed
to crowd along the sidelines so that
those who were content to stay on the
benches could not see anything. This
made it necessary for the ladies' es-
ccrts to conduct their fair charges TO
the lines and soon everybody was
standing on the edge of the gridiron.
1t did not matter so much with
small and orderly crowd but, in the
coming ipterseholastic games when
huge crowd may be expected, the side
lines must be kept clear or else cause
great deal of dissatisfaction among
those spectators who stay in their seats.
The Game Starts.
IVdl " S1pCh the tcttnS were itutu
up ready for the kickoff Benny Clark
was referee, Sergeant Corey, umpire; |
Johnny MarcalIino was head linesman
and Bob MeCorriston and Bill Dixon his
assistants.
The High School kicked off and
Dave Sherwood was downed on the
twenty yard line. Kekila captured the
ball for the High on, tumble and the
signal was given for a forward pass.
Henry Chillingworth threw trif1e too
far and the school was set back if
teen yards for a tumble
They punted to clear and Campbell |
received. only to be dewned in a most |
spectacular tackle bYsiShort, right on |
the town twenty yard line. The town
failed to make the gain and the school /
again tried a forward pass. again to /
be reduced fifteen yards for another
mizzle.
Then there was an attempt at an end |
run by the school which failed and |
the townies took the ball With three