Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-12-29
FOOTBALL FANS
EXPECT SPORT
Second Meeting Between Town
and Maryland Elevens
Looked Forward To.

That tie game Of a week ago be-
tween the crack Maryland eleven and
town football team, IL to be played OF
New Years Day. and it's safe bet
that the entire football contingent OF
Honolulu will be on the side lines. The
dope sheet can be manipulated In sew
cral ways for the coming game. but,
as a matter of fact, the two teams
haven't played often enough to give a
line on the individual and the combi-
nation work, and when you've said
that there isn't much to choose be-
tween the two. and that the game will
probably he both close and interest
ing. you've laid down the situation In
"a sentence.
one thing seems probable. and that
IL that luck viii not play such an i'm
portant part In the coming local con-
test as II has In some Of the big East
son This for the reason that the
town team sticks to the old fashioned
brand OF football almost exclusively,
and that the Marylands haven't shown
either.
Princeton lueky7
why not admit the prcdominance
Of luck In football this season." Is
the question asked frequently after u
supposedly "huky" beating admins
tered team by another eleven
Throughout the East there seems al
inclination to regard the victories OF
this season as due merely To luck and
the expression of the Yale men tina,
1 princeton IN the luckiest team which
ever played on an Eastern gridiron'
IL being echoed by followers Of all
schools which feel they have been
beaten by so-callcd f,ukcs.
In an attempt to tabuiate all game:
In the East and West that might III
Included In "a list of "nuke" Victories
four stand out head and shoulders ovcl
the rest-Princeton's three victories
first over Harvard. s to &; second owe
Dartmouth. . to o. and third over Yale
8 to .: and Harvard's victory owe
Dartmouth. 5 to 3.
With four such close contests de
cided apparently by luck, EastcrI
coaches seem about ready to NOV,
heaven and earth In an effort tn Sc
cure revision of rules which viii d.
away with such breaks In luck In fu
ture contests.
Princeton's victory over Dartmouth
undoubtedly was n great piece Of iucl
and the rule under which this wa
possible ought to he amended, hut 4
blame II to the new rules Is ridiculou,
especially when one considers tina
this particular clause was In force q
the code previous to 1906.
Victories Earned.
Disposing Of the Princeton Dart
mouth contest by an admission tina
the victory Of the Tigers was luc
pure and simple. many experts wi
/. deny that the other two victories q
the Tigers were similarly hukey. r
tnc CTWICUi OENeINeT u WOulu HppeH
that Princeton won against Yale an
Harvard simply because the Tige
players were eternally vigilant an
quick to take advantage OF every mis-
play Of their opponents. However ar
I dent n champion he might be Of III
rules In force previous to 1906. no on
with regard to his reputation for We
rscity would declare that both play
by which Princeton scored her onl
touchdowns against Yale and Harvar
would have been impossible under tn,
code
Princeton's touchdown against Har
ward came as the result Of biockt
kick, recovered by white Of Princeto
who carried II the length OF the fie
for "A touchdown. In the Yale gan
the blue backs missed signals and Il
pass from center went rolling alor
the ground was recovered by Whit
who raced sixty yards for a touci
down. Harvard scored her only touci
down against Dartmouth on IA block,
punt