Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-07
M'kINLEY OUT
TO Win TITLE
INBASKETbALL
High School Players Stage In.
terCIass Contests; Many New
Stars in Game This Year

Basketball is on at Mckinley High
school The practise season commenc'
ed with a turnout OF over a score who
responded to the call Of Captain Nc
Taggart. McTaggart is unable to play
early in the season on account OF
football injury to his knee, but he Is
confident of turning out squad thai
will give st. Louis a good run for
their money, and his motto is Second
place this year, but the championship
next year." In other words, Mckinley
is out for blood, and If it is not spill
ed this season, she will be ready for
the Saints another year. 1t is not to
be denied that the st. Louis boys
have everything their own way in bas-
ketball, If in nothing else. and Nc
Kinley cannot hope to take fall out
of them with the green material she
has on her hands.
Johnny Thompson, Cooper and Nc
Taggart we're on last years squad,
but none of them figured In the scor.
ing to a great extent, being occupied
with the guarding end of basketball
They will be towers Of strength In
cutting off shots at the basket, ana
the Mckinley coach is slapping him.
self on the back at this good start
Some of the other men have played
on "Y" teams, and one man halls
from Hilo boarding school, which has
one Of the best fives on the Big Is
land. This man, Wikander, was kept
out of football all season on account
Of a cracked shoulder blade, but he Is
back in harness again and will try to
GUST one of the trio Of veterans from
his guard position.
Practise Monday
The first practise was held on Mon
day, but examinations have cut into
further training, and the next prac.
tise will be held this coming Monday.
For the week before vacation inter.
class games will give the coach a line
on rhis material, beginning Tuesday.
The Seniors and Freshmen will mix
on Tuesday. This will bring out the
cream of the entering Class, including
Jones, the football find of the season,
and Holt, who played hard game on
the Midgets at center. He will make a
good man at the same position on the
basketball quintet for the Frosh. For
the Seniors, Thompson and Cooper
will star. Wednesday afternoon the
Sophomores and Juniors will battle
for the right to play the winners OF
the Frosh.Senior game, There is sup
posed to be a wealth OF material IN
the two middle classes. This game
will show just how verdant or veteran
tits.
. s. Drawn W. 2
The championship struggle will be
staged Thursday at 2:30, when the
winners of the two previous games
VIII decide who has the right to the
interclass championship. But the big
game of the week will come on the
following afternoon. This will be a
conflict Of Drawn against brain, for
the Seniors will attempt to make the
Faculty look foolish, and the pedago-
CUES will try to outwit the fourth
year men. It is reported that Cunning
OF the Faculty team has figured 1t all
out that the chances Of the seniors
add up to about naught, and Mac
Caughey has discovered parabola
for the ball to follow that never falls
to put It in the basket. Greenly has
been at work on the arm action neces.
sary to tip off the ball at center. and
says that he can reach several inches
higher than any Of the Seniors can
Jump. Be that as 1t may, Joseph, the
janitor of the school, has them all
guessing, and is reported to have been
INDUCING in night practise at bomb
throwing with the basket as a target,
He will be used on the faculty team,
as there is a shortage Of men at the
high school. Brier will also play, pair.
ing off with MacCaughey at the for
ward positions.
There will be no admission charged
at this game, and fund is being, con.
templated to hire mourners for the
event. The mourners will also take
care of the corpses OF the Seniors af
ter the struggle. A high class of bali
Is assured, the only question being
whether It Is to be basketball or foot
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