The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-12-19

the Males beating the High SchOOl Dy
two goals to one and the Iron Works
and Punahou playing a draw The
ground was in wretched condition;
the grass was a foot long in places,
there were a number of bare spots
and occasional hillocks to be met
with. The grass was so long that
when the ball lodged in one of the
many extra heavy patches it hardly
bounced a yard. Naturally this made
the play very slow, but much harder
on the players and although all four
teams started off at a very fast pace,
towards the end of each game they
slowed down perceptibly.
All teams exhibited the same faults;
it was kick and follow on from start
to finish, excepting once in a while,
when a short passing bout would pc
| initiated, only to fail through the
players being out of position.
On the whole, however, the games
were interesting, and with an improv-
ed ground and more attention paid to
passing from foot to foot, the ploy
should attract far greater amount of
interest than was manifested on Sat
urday. There were then only a few
spectators, and these remained very
quiet, the "barracking" so dear to the
players heart being noticeable by it's
absence.
There was some considerable delay
in starting the early match, which
was set down for 1870 but which did
not commence until two o'clock. The
field was not marked out when the
teams arrived, but this was soon rec
tilted. The opening stages of the game
between the Males and the High
School were slightly in favor of the
High School, but there was so much
loose and aimless kicking that first
one side and then the other was rae
ing up field after the ball.
A dozen chances of scoring were
missed by both teams, corner kicks
being wasted times out of number
almost. In defending the backs on
both sides were lavish in conceding
corner kicks, but as these were un-
productive it did not matter a great
deal. Corner kicks should only be
conceded as last resort, for with a
good half and nippy forwards a cor
ner kick is a constant source of dam
ger and often decides a hard match
The first score came towards the end
of the first half when the High School
left forwards carried the ball up the
wing, and J. Ball beat McGill and put
in splendid shot, which scored.
The game was hardly in motion the
second spell when the Males were at
lacking strongly and playing better
football than they had shown earlier
in the game. Dwight made an excel
lent run up field, but his kick into the
center was mulled by McNicoll. Then
three corners We're awarded to the
Males in quick success and it was
from the third that the score was
equalized, f. Bailey heading the ball
into the net. Yeaman displayed ov-
er anxiety to charge the ball when the
whistle was blown for the kick out
again, but the opposing center forward
allowed Yeaman to charge, knowing
that he would be sent back, and this
was done, such a charge being illeg-
al. The second goal and the winning
one came as a surprise to both teams,
and was due to a spectacular run up
4 field by H. Bailey, who took the bail
to within fifteen or twenty feet of the
/ goal before he passed it to Yeaman,
who had only the goal keeper to beat,
and this he did, putting the ball in the
net, while all the rest of the teams
We're standing. still scattered all over
the field.
Play ended with the score two-one
in favor of the Males.
In the second game play was of an
even more level character and both
teams settled down to their play from
the kickoff. The Iron Works team
pressed at the start, but though they
kept the ball in the Punahous terri
tory the shooting at goal was very
weak, long punts going well over the
goal line instead of the ball being
passed to the forwards to give them a
chance of scoring. Once in a while
a long kick scores, but it is very sell
dom indeed. More often success comes
by the halves feeding the forwards
who are in front of the halves for thai
purpose This particular point was il.
Illustrated early in the game by tn,
success which attended a passing rusl
by the Punahous, Cation getting thu
ball when near goal and putting in ;
singing shot from close quarters
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