Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-10-05
mckinley AND
KAMEHAMEHA TO
CLASH SATURDAY
Contest Will Be Announced
Play BY Play Tomorrow
Morning From Office

Tomorrow afternoon at $3.50 on the
Kamehameha field in Kalihi the first
game for the 1917 interscholastic foot
ball championship will be played be-
tween the Kamehameha school and the
Mckinley high school. Primed by
three weeks of hard practise, the two
teams will meet each other with the
advantage of weight belonging to IA
mehameha and the advantage OF speed
to Mckinley.
Although their team this year is
even lighter than usual Kamehameha
still boasts of several heavy men, chief
of them being the two Clark brothers,
Mckinley has an exceptionally light
and inexperienced team, has suffered
several reverses of late, but is prepar.
ing to fight a Correspondingly hard
battle.
Kamenameha lost to Company D,
second infantry, by the score of IL to
day before yesterday, but then they
learned where the weak spots of their
team are Coleman. who replaced
Crabbe at quarter, showed up excep-
tionally we'll, while Richmond, who re-
nlaced Fuller at end, gave much prom
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the other end tomorrow. Just what
lineup will be used, however, is unde-
cided.
Mckinley Ready.
The Mckinley team seems all on
edge for the game tomorrow. The line
and backs have been working hard,
with very little encouragement from
the showing already made against the
College of Hawaii, but vast improve
ment in speed and teamwork. Since
Whitcomb took charge of the squad
three weeks ago there has been fully
100 per cent improvement in the way
the boys handle the ball
Walter Akana, who used to drone
out signals. is as snappy as Thompson
or Peter Chang now. Chang, though a
young player and light, is fast at get
ting the ball to the backs and lets no
gross flourish about his feet. He
looks like the logical successor of
Captain Thompson on next years
squad.
Thompson At Quarter.
Thompson needs no introduction as
q quarter. His work last year was of
the highest order. He is good at the
sending end of forward passes which
makes him one of Whitcomb's valuable
players. s.r .--1.
The fuliback position is still IN
doubt It is almost impossible to say
Just who will be found there Saturday,
hut Chiffon Jones, John Nua and a few
others have had their fling at it, and
look about equally good. For the
other backs, Tsukiyama at left half is
the one best bet OF the Makikiites. To-
kioka, Heile and Ching are possibilities
for right half, but again the question
arises as to who will start the Kan
game there. .-.
In the Line, ~.. -
In the line Murray Heminger looks
good at center, with Chang on one
side and Oliveria on the other. They
make stonewall defense when the
ball is in Murray's hands. 1t is the one
firm thing about the Mckinley line.
so far as assuredness Of position
counts. Dick Whitcomb and goodness
: only knows who will be in the remain.
der Of the line positions, and they will
not tell. -. -. III :
At one end TTokioKa, a new man, is
to be seen. while the other end is well
taken care of by Walter Akana, when
he Is not running the team at quarter.
But here as in the backfield there are
others, any of whom may be found in
place of the two men mentioned when
the referees whistle blows
Dunn, Jacobson, McTaggart, Sato.
Gehring and Davis are all doing we'll
at line positions, and Whitcomb is
shifting them about still to find out
their greatest effectiveness. Some of
William Chang, Chong Ching, Chow
Chun, Edward Kan, Kaneichi Kodani,
Kuni. Joe Leong and David zap.
The officials will be chosen from the
following whom the league selected at
its first meeting. Lieutenant Britton,
Zimmerman and McAndrews.
Akana Injured. - ~
In a practise scrimmage the team
got another blow yesterday afternoon
when Akana, who was running the
team, had his ankle badly wrenched.
He may be forced to keep a place on
the sidelines with Tsukiyama and
Wickander. The game in which Akana
was hurt was with the Honolulu Mill
tary Academy eleven. The playing
was featured by the running of Thomp-
son and the consistent work of the
Searie brothers for the academy.
May Enter Series. ~
1t is possible that Darnelrs team
may enter the second series of the in.
terscholastic league. They have the
same plugging backfield that they
have had for the past two years. and
the smaller Searie looks good at quar-.
ter with the added weight he has put
on during the summer
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