Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-11-30
Town Team Wins From Y. M.
InFour Round Bout Thursday
Roruues Takes Forward Pass From Schuman and Runs 40
Yards for TouchdoWr-Dick Whitcomb Makes Best snow
ina During Game-"Chuck' Smith Proves to Be Bear on
Offense-SChuman Good Plot-Suggng Barred IN CIC'es


football players properly upset the
big dope sheet yesterday afternoon
at Moiliili field when the Town Team
trampled on the Y. M. G. A. aggrega
ton by a score of Z to 0. The y
team entered the ring faVorite"oVer
the Townies, but a run for touch
down in the third round gave the
Town Team the necessary punch.
More than 5000 football fans were
present when the battle started ano
had Battling Levinsky, One Houno
Hogan or Knockout Kelly been pres
ent, the trio would have sneaked un'
der the stand in sorrow. 1t was no
place for a youngster with a weak
heart. and as far as true tootoall
went. it wasn't much of an exhibition
but if one has leaning toward inc
SQUARED circle, plenty of entertain
ment could have been obtained.
Not SO Gentle
To begin the game the Town Team
uppercutted their way through lof
big gains and then the Y. NJ. Z. A. soi-
ar plexused their way along for FUR
Their gains. Necktie tackles, shin
kicking exercises and other features
were INDUCED in by the young men
who were present at yesterday Don-
nybrooR Fair.
During the game after one man mao
been sent to the ropes and announcer
had been making an effort to recover
from a haymaker, one OF the peace
able spectators was asked whether
or not the battling tactics would In
IN hn II.
That's what makes the rivalry. Ana
1t was hard to locate anyone VINO was
not perfectly satisfied with the
melee.
Schuman Makes Good
"Scotty" Schuman plotted the Town
Team to victory and his play during
the game was a feature. He eIelleo
Davis in pulling off plays, and al
though the Town Team did not snow
the teamwork of their opponents they
took every advantage of the Oppor'
tunities presented.
Davis played a spectacular game:
At times he played good football, out
then on the other hand he playen
moor football. When his team had an
opportunity to score on the five yard
line during the game, he tried end
runs which we're fatal. Had ne ham,
mered away with Whitcomb back ON
line plunges. the Y. NJ. c. A. might
have scored.
But II Wasn't Football =
Davis is an excellent football play
er, and will at least give Lewis OF
the Coast Defense a run for honors,
but a real coach would not have
sanctioned the style of play which
was staged yesterday. 1t was true
that he electrified the crowd time
and again by lodging runs from one
end of the line to the other, but wher
the linesman moved his stick, the ~
speedster usually gained but few
yards, or lost.
On the other hand, CHUCK" Smith,
the big full back Of the Town Team,
gained more yardage than Davis, but
his gains were not made through;
spectacular playing He hit the hne
and kept going, many times for gains
of Is yards. If Davis will get over the
habit of running back, he may do bet
ter work for his team. The little quar-
ter has excellent speed and whether
he gained an inch or not would make
a hit with any crowd, but it isn't good
football when one plays like that OF
yesterday.
Whiteomb Big Star
From a purely football standpoint
the bright star of the game was DICK
Whitcomb of the Y. NJ. c. A. team
Without Whitcomb, the Y. NJ. c. A.
team might have lost by bigger
score. The big tackle did not receive
the cheers from the crowd, but he did
Dlay a remarkable game of football.
nerhaps one of the best that has ever
been seen on q local gridiron, and not
only his teammates but the Town
Team players as we'll will say this. 1t
was noticed that the Town Team did
not gain an inch through his side OF
the line. Time and again Whitcomb
and Kampert threw the Townies
back. and had Whitcomb been used
more on defense there might have
been a different story to tell.
Rodriaues Scores
There were other stars in the game
yesterday. Smith, Kahikina, Schu-
man, Gilman, Patty and Rodrigues
played football from start to finish.
, Il was little Rodrigues who sneaked
away out on the sidelines and grabbed
a pass from. Schuman which gave the
Town Team their one score. This lit
tie fellow has a happy faculty of do
ing these things, and made good with
q vengeance.