The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-12-27


Works and the High School were char
acterized by fast play. The ground
had been vastly improved during the
past week, the grass moved close, and
in other respects the conditions were
more favorable Than when the soccer
league opened the season. The rain
of the morning had softened the
ground nicely, but it was not heavy
The attendance was better than it
was on the opening day and those pre-
sent were worked up into enthusiasm
by che keeness of the play and the
variety of interesting situations which
developed. Among the spectators
were many ladies and the spacious
grand stand provided plenty of accom-
mediation. If the play continues to
improve as it has already done it will
not be long before Association foot
ball will attract far greater attention
from the general public than it now
does, if it does not rival inter-colle-
giate football for first place in public
favor.
The games were faster and better in
every respect than on the opening Sa-
turday; corner kicks were rather in
frequent than otherwise, for the de-
Tending backs were surer on the tao
kle and cleared the attack without
having to conced many corner kicks
The forwards all round exhibited a
great improvement, and particularly
was this noticeable in the Iron Works
team, whose outside left, ]. Greig,
played remarkably fine game but he
lacked support, the inside left and
center forwards failing to take the
passes which Greig sent in. The first
game, that between the Iron Works
and the High School was an interest
ing encounter. The High School
pressed in the first few minutes of the
game, but the Iron Works drove them
back and for almost the entire first
half they had all the better of the
play. An amusing incident happened
about midway through this half. The
High Schools goal keeper was furried
by the Iron WORKS forwards who
swooped down field upon him and all
but rushed the ball through the net.
The goal keeper managed to seize it
but as he could not get the ball away
he folded it to his chest and lay face
downwards on the ground. The play
ers sWarmed round him, pushed and
pulled at each other until finally Chill
ton threw the ball behind the line.
Chiffon should have been penalized
for holding the ball, but almost every
other player in the melee also broke
one or other of the rules. On sew
eral occasions the Iron Works goal
was in danger but Pong Pong, who
plays barefooted, saved each time,
putting in some good work as a Gus
todian. 1t was well on in the second
half before any score was notched
and then it was due to splendid work
on the wing by ]. Greig, whose cen.
ter was we'll taken by the inside right,
Bolster, and a goal scored. This was
the only score of the match.
In the second encounter the Males
met last seasons champions, the Pu-
nahous, between whom the greatest
rivalry exists. Consequently, the
game was a very hard one, and at
times it became rather rougher than
it should have been, but both sides
were equally the offenders in this res
pect. The Males were the first to
score, and in the early stages of the
game seemed like winning, but when
the Punahous made several concerted
rushes the Males backs paid too
much attention to appealing to the
referee for off-side than to defending
their goal and in consequence three
goals were rushed through, while the
Males only added one more and thus
lost by the odd goal in five. Play in
this game was even faster than that
in the first and the men infused plenty
of vigor into it though occasionally
this exceeded the requirements of
football. The Males forwards took
the ball down field we'll but in front
of goal they were weak in shooting,
there being a strong tendency to wait
until all the opposition had stepped
aside before shot was taken. II
Bailey did good work and he was well
assisted by Dwight and F. Bailey, but
McNicoh and Yeaman were not up tc
the same standard. The Punahou for
wards combined much better than
they did during the match against the
Iron Works the previous week, ant
the combination told in their favor il
che second half of the game. Tn,
outside men kept well up field, lyin
on side of course and were there Il
take any long passes sent out by tn