The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-03-24
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CLEAN ATHLETICS
I. lN'.t|lHUE EVENTS
Soccer Games and Basketball
Contest Close Succession
Season For Students

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| LIIIUE, March Done Of the most
enthusiastic athistis meets hcfda6iony
tthe schools q Kaaap'was enjoyed Ito.
DAY when soccer teams ron EIeele
Kalaheo, K6ioa and tlfe Lime govern.
ihefs schools met on NE High school
lgrsunds. Three nBost exciting seecer
eanss were played Ind one baskctball
game between the High sei7ool girls
team and q teanitof The school teachers.
The first game scheduled was iibe,
TWEEN Kalaheo and the. second High
School teams The former boys have
notiplayed or fractited as much; as
the boys Of the other schools In the
tmterseholnstic Ldague, but they put
up SO strong fight that they held
the score down TO DC. l3s1 NJ =
az I he second game was victory for
the Lihue government school in a
hard fought contest with the Eleele
School. Both teams played good roc
Ger and several times il looked as
though the Eleele team would score,
but in the end L.hue won with score
of 90. ,ns5 u, So ,y..rl..
. The soccer season eliminated in the
game between the first High School
Team and the Koloa school. in which
| the High School VOL. 4 o. - After some
discussion concerning a. score made
early in the first half; the game proved
an exciting one. The ball was kept
in the center of the field much Of the
time and during the second half Koloa
nearly made several goals, but the ball
was always driven back to the center.
Some excellent team work and hard
kicking by both teams made the game
an unusually Interesting one.
The High School has won the league
pennant having scored in every game
but the two tie games with Kalaheo
and Lihue> schools.
The boys of the High School team
have therefore won the cup which was
offered as o trophy to all the schools.
They won the cup last year in the in.
ter-scholastic soccer gaIaes and have
again proved Themselves the champ
ions. 1t has been rumored that some
outside teams are planning to chal-
lenge the High School but nothing de-
finite has been done as yet. The first
team has played only in the one game,
boys of the lower grades: having been
put in in, every other game. The Lii
hue Government School comes next N
the league for this $ ason
The basket ball game proved to be
TOO easy a, victory for the High School
girls team to- be very exciting. The
teachers had never before practised
together and were weak on basket
throwing while the High School played
strong game The teachers changed
positions during the second half and
held the girls down much more success
fully. but the final score was eleven to
two in favor of the girls. This teachers
however are not discouraged and have
challenged the High School to another
game in the future. ... = Poo ~
During and after the gam"s, ice.
cream was served, to the contestants
and their guests and the afternoon was
most successful one. The principals
of the various schools are anxious to
keep up the enthusiasm of the boys in
athletics and have done much to make
the season as interesting as it has
proved School spirit and friendly ri
valry are the aims held by those pro
noting the sports and their ideals have
been realized far more this year than
ever before.