The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-03-24
SPOR T S
EFFORT TO BOOM RUGBY HERE;
HOW THE CAME IS PLAYED


which was played between the sailors
from the British sloop Algorine aud a
team made nap locally from association
and oN-ugby players was not In any
sense of the word "a good one, il GER.
wn'y achieved it's purpose, which was,
briefly 10 attract the attention of
sports t1 the English game. Rugby is
a game which has taken a very firm
hold I'm California and which bids fair
to outsuip the intercollegiate game i'm
the race for public favor particularly
along the Pacific slope.
Honolulu with close relations with
the Coast and particularly with Cali
fOrnia. must to q certain extent be
influenced by the changes which take
place there i'm sport as we'll as along
other lines, and it is only reasonable
To- expect that as the preference for
rugby grows more and more pronounc-
cd throughout the western states, so
must the attention of Honolulu sports
be moro and more drawn to the game.
Rugby is played throughout the
length and breadth Of England, Scot.
land, ireland and Wales, in South
Africa, Canada New Zealand and
throughout the vast eXpanses Of Aus.
ralia, i'm France and in Belgium. In
the next few years it is only reason.
able to expect that either American or
Australian teams will pass through
Honolulu. EN- route to Australia or
America, for so strong a hold has the
game taken around San Francisco
that it is only a question of time be.
fore we viii have more Of these in
iernational matches.
There is nothing 10 prevent Homo
lulu taking part in these series of
matches All that is needed to get
rugby started here is the playing of
a couple Of exhibition games and it
is hoped that at least two games will
be pulled off before very long. The
game against the Algerine has started
sports talking and when the British
cruiser Kent returns here in June a
match will be arranged with the men
on board. To get the game going
thoroughly in Honolulu needs the sup
port of the colleges and an effort is to
be made to get the leading educational
establishments here to take up the
game, following the example set by
the Californian Universities.
In view Of the questions raised by
the recent game here, the following
is given concerning rugby.
Though rugby has something in
common with the intercollegiate
game as played here, there are essen
tial differences in the games. The
ball used is similar and the field is ap
proXmately the same in size but diff
ferent in marking, there being only
the side-lineG and goal-lines marked
on a rugby field, none of the five
yards gridirOn marking of the inter
collegiate game. The scoring in done
in almost the same manner: a touch
down in the intercollegiate game cor
responds with a try" in the rugby;
safety in the intercollegiate game
equals a touchdown in the rugby
game, with the exception that nc
points are counted for a touchdown
in rugby; a goal from a touchdown
is the equivalent of a goal from a
try" in rugby; and a goal from the
field is the same in both games.
Though the methods of scoring are
similar the points are counted diff
ferently: In rugby a try" equals
three points, a goal from a try twc
points, field goal four points, and q
goal from a penalty three points, nc
points being added for safeties.
Another essential difference be
tween the two games is that no inter
ference, as it is understood in the
intercollegiate game, is permitted il
rugby, and players must keep BE
HIND the ball or be penalized; nc
holding of the ball when tackled is
permitted and no piling of one upor
! another is allowed. These and othel
| differences render the two games al
most totally distinct; in the intercol
legiate game the mass plays hide {
| great deal of the good work done b!
the forwards, while the open play il
the rugby game permits of Individual
doing brilliant work and receiving
every credit for it.
The rugby game is played by tw
teams of fifteen men each, as agains
two teams Of eleven men each in tn
| intercollegiate game. The rugby fol
nation is, as a rule, eight forwards
two halves, four three-quarters an
one full back, but from this formatio
there may be departures according t
the wishes of the captain of the team
there being no hard and fast rul
governing this phase of the team, TIL
forwards do all the hard, bullockin