Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-11-26
Punahou,s Fast Football Squad
IHTERSC HOLASTlC
.> 3 TITLE HINGES ON
I. T.. !. +. RESULT OF CONTEST
BY HOWARD D. CASE.


Thanksgiving Day in any live city
on the mainland is not considered
complete unless two football teams,
the cream ef the seasons output,
have battled for supremacy. This
custom, which runs back for years,
has gradually broadened its scope I'm.
til 4 now includes Honolulu. and to-
morrow afternoon, In keeping with
both custom and schedule, the Oahu
College team, under Captain William
-1nmans and the Kamehameha School
eleven, under Captain George Mano-
ha, will meet on Alexander Field, Pu.i
nahoii, to decide the championship of
the 1s13s lnterschoIastic series, the
game being scheduled to commence
sharp at 3 o'clock. 8
Football In Honolulu has this year.
received the biggest boost ever.
known; every school which boosted
of any sort of worthy material, put a
team In the. field and the games have
been far above , the average. The
game has received excellent support
from the fans throughout, and the
contest tomorrow afternoon, besides
deciding who shall take the laurels,
will be fitting close to a practically
perfect interscholastic season. From
the fact that both teams are evenly
matched, both in weight and speed,
the final contest will undoubtedly be
hard fought one, and one, which
should TEEN with the keenest of in.
terest. Both elevens are eager to Sc
cure the championship, and 1t is now
evident that a score will be made
only through the eleverest of gridiron
tactics and the highest standard Of?
field generalship. During the last
four days. practise has been the
watchword of both elevens, and, un-
DER the direction of their respective
coaches, they have gone after it in
a manner which should make things
hum. Every man will be in the best
of, condition, and from the initial
blast of the referees whistle it will
be a touch and go to see who wins.
Hard to Pick.
There would be little use in trying
to. pick the winner of tomorrow's
contest, for 1t is nip and tuck which
aggregation will take the laurels.
Both captains are confident, however,
of coming out the winner. and such
confidence will only serve to make
the game more interesting. There
may be some little disappointment
among the fans from the fact that
the High school was forced to with
Graw from the series to give place.
to Kamehameha, but the hard and
fast rules laid down by a committee
composed OF representatives of the
different teams, setting forth which
team should play the collegianS on |
were lived up to by
the cadets, and they won their right
to play the contest.
The line-ups of both aggregations
have been completed, and, as there
have been no Vital changes made, |
they remain the same as used in the
contests last Saturday. Both Puma
hou and Kamehameha have large
squads, and in the game tomorrow
only the best players will be used.
Both elevens realize that it is going |
to be hardfought contest, and only
the best available material will be |
seen IN action.
The biggest crowd that has ever |
a football game in Honolulu
should be out at Alexander field to- !
morrow afternoon, weather conditions I
permitting The game is scheduled to |
commence at o'clock and the admis !
sion to the field will be 35 cents. |
There promises to be considerable |
noise from the mauka side of the grid |
iron, for Cheer Leader Emory of Pun |
ahou has been drilling his tin-panners |
in the fine art of yelling and they !