The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1917-05-08
Kauai Grammar School
Wins Championship
Noses Out A Victory In Final
Game. KoIOa Finishes
Second
Lihue Wins At Kapaa

The last games of the season in
the Iuterscholastic Soccer league
were played off Friday and Satur-
dav, Nav As.
AT Kapaa on Friday afternoon
the Lihue school team defeated
Kapaa bv the score of 20. The
Kapaa players kept the visitors
hustlinR every minute of the plav
but superior playing by the Lihue
forwards made the scores possible
Kapaa has developed wandcrful-
! lv for 4 new team and next year
can be counted on to stand up nigh
in the list.
Lihue school has also played a
fast and exceptionally clean game
and deserves every point it has
won.
Koloa performed as expected and
sent the kalaheo team down to de-
feat at Koloa on Friday afternoon.
A large and enthusiastic crowd
turned out to see the final game
and cheered and Cheered as the
scores were made.
Manuel Joaquin was again the
star kalaheO performer and was
well backed up in the attack by
Palama and Nokomoto,
The Koloa kicking was eXcep-
tionallv strong and the ball was
passed almost the length of the
field on scrne of the plays. Con
salves ard Hamauku carried the
bulk of the battle for Koloa but
were finally supported by their
team mates. The final score was
20 in favor of koloa.
Kauai Grammar Defeats Eleele
The crucial contest of the series
was that PLAYED between Eleele
and the Kauai Grammar school at
the High school grounds at Lihue
on Saturday afternoon,
A win meant victory for the
series for Grammar school while
a draw would have left the team
= tied with Koloa !or first place. Had
the game been lost the cup would
have gone to Koloa.
With this incentive the Gram
mar school went into the game to
win and they played with all the
energy and snap that they could
commend. Eleele was also right
0 edge and played a brilliant
game throughout.
Eleele won the toss and chose to
kick with the wind. The game
waged hotlv from one end of the
field to the other, and the most
spectacular kicking was shown.
Eleele has some powerful boost,
ers and they drove the ball again
and again down the field. Sam
Kaeo, the Gramma school fullback
showed that he is the strongest
kicker in the league bv returning
the kicks to his forwards some 90
or 10 wards at time,
In the first half Grammar scored
one goal but fouled on the PLAY
and it was not allowed. The half
showed the score 90.
The second period of play start
ed with Grammar determined to
score and they carried the ball
through the field to a score by brill
liant team work and accurate pass
ing. Maui Ouye, the Grammar
captain, put the ball through with
a fine drive taken at full speed
Ouve has been the most consis-
tent scorer in the league and has
played the positionof center for
ward brilliantly, as we'll as managed
his team with Judgment and skill.
There was no further scoring
during the game although Cram
maj tried a peualty kick
Eleele is going at top speed now
and the last three weeks has been
making a fine showing, They
should nave higher place in the
, league standing Tanaka, the Elc-
ele goalkeeper, is one of the best
PLAYERS in the league, while Eddie
All MIN and Wong Buug are both
star PLAYERS and kick the ball splen-
didlv.
The final score was Eleele 0
. Grammar school !
IOhn FcrnandeS, the star St.