Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-08

A fleet-footed gridirou star, the
smallest player on the Held a. Scho-
field SATURDAY, emerged from q crowd
OF Army piaysrs, on the fouryard line
with 4 pigslin tucked under his arm,
forced MS way through two heayy.
weights and fplied across The goal
line for the only score OF the game.
This vas Shorty Ross. the crack end
~ TIE Entional 0N1lf IN He
great play gave tbs madonna Giiard 4
victory over the SlronE Army team By
3 score Of J 70 9. e Nliteomb later
Kicked goal.
More than 5000 spectators gathered
on the plains Of Leilehua 10 watch
the banner gridiron contest Of the
season. II was the Army-Hayy and
Yale Harvard games welded into one
for Hawaii Two hours before the
first whistle blew to announce the
game the right stands were packed
and when the two teams trotted onto.
tie field there was aot one seat va
cant ~ the stands
NotnbIto Present
Automobiles gathered around the
field and line Of spectators was
banked IN front Of the stands. Seated
IN the special box were Governor
Pinkham, Gen. Strong and Gen. Treat
and many others That they were
real fans was evidenced as they
watched the play back and forth
across the battlefield
Hundreds Of football fans journeyed
from Honolulu n automobiles and the
road 10 the game was one long line
Of machines hurrytng out to the fea-
tufe clash Of the year Il was the big
event OF the football year and Scho-
tleld did herself proud" on this coca
sion.
one thing that was forcibiy Inn
pressed upo1 the fans who gathered
10 wstch the farewell battle Of the
season was the part that Schofield
played IN the feature. Schofield pre-
pared 10 take care Of the vast crowd
which joufneyed TO the game and the
seating Arrangements were ideal One
side Of the field showed a mass of
khaki-cIad soldiers, thousands Of them,
with the band stationed in the center,
Real Footbail Spirit
That the soldiers have caught the
football spirit Is certain. They we're
real ro0ters and IN addition they have
real cheer leaders, who waved their
Wands back and forth as the Army
plowed It's way down the field. The
roofing was not that Of 1000 university
students at one Of the big games, but
Army 70 win thai, game and the cheers
that reached back across the field as.
the army plowed the way TO the 10
yard line was worthy OF the efforts Of
the student rooters Of the larger col
leges L.
It has often been said that the en-.
listed men were fond Of boxing and
thay would miss 4 meal TO see base
ban game. but many followers of attn
letics predicted that the men did NOT
car for the gridiron game These
critics were silenced on Saturday
afternoon. Fully 80 per cent Of the
soldiers NJ the post were present, and
they were more than that--they we're
present with voices that showed that
they were backing their team in every
way possible z1s..s-,....
Major Sport - .....
Football may be the major sport for
university and high school students,
but the exhibition OF Saturday has
done more for the game than any one
other thing this season. II has
stamped the gridiron game as q ma.
jor sport at Schotield and hereafter
there win be NJ claims that the men
Of the service do rot care to support
football. - ~
Eext year the 5000 enlisted men
who were present wfll have their
cheer leaders, according 10 present re-
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