The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1920-04-20
L|HUE WINS FIRST
GAME Of CHAMP
SOCCER SERIES

Three goals in the first period for
Lihue to McBryde's nothing, proved
too big a handicap fer those good
sports to overcome, in the first game
Iof the championship soccer series at
Lihue park last Sunday afternoon.
Although greatly elated over the re-
suit of the game, Lihue is not taking
any undue credit to themselves, as
they realize that if the wind had not
been in their favor in the first half,
while they were fresh and had plenty
of pep, there would, very likely, have
been a different story to tell.
Lihue played fine game in the
first half, and outpointed their op-
ponents at every turn, with the ball
hardly ever in dangerous territory.
Their three points in this period were
spread out quite evenly as to time.
Makanani, receiving the ball from a
corner kick, made the first point,
which by the way was the prettiest
goal kick Of the day-being clean
shot Of about twenty yards. Manuel
Fernandez scored the other two
points.
McBryde went into the second Pc
riod with q rush and vim that show
ed they ment business, and soon made
Lihue realize that they did not have
the game sewed up in sack, for
hardly had the whistle blown before
McBryde had the ball in front of the
Lihue goal posts, and Main, with a
neat kick, shot it through.
Now the battle was on in ernest
with the ball in Lihue territory much
of the time, and the narrow margin
by which McBryde missed shot after
shot, was enough to give goal keeper
Christian nervous prostration for the
rest of his natural days. AS it was,
he was kept busier than one armed
paper hanger with the hives. Chris
tian is the best goal keeper in the
league, without doubt, and it is to his
excellent work in this position in the
second period that Lihue owes her
victory. Time after time he inter-
cepted goal shots and put the ball out
of dangerous territory.
After McBryde's goal at the begin
ming of the second period, there were
no more points made until nineteen
minutes Of play, when, by hard work,
Lihue got the ball into McBryde ter
ritory and Manuel Fernandez shot his
third goal for the day. This cinched
the game for Lihue, though immediate
ly after the ball was put into play,
after the Lihue goal, McBryde work
ed the ball down and Richter shot an
other goal, but that was the last. In
the last few minutes Of play Lihue
played defensive game and content,
ed themselves with keeping their op,
ponents from scoring.
In the second period McBryde Sc
cured two penalty kicks, both OF
which have been good for goals, but
they both went wide of their mark.
]. X. Carmichael. did excellent ser.
vice as referee.
During the second period McBryde
suffered two casualties. David Ka
maiopili gprained his knee, but he
came back into the game after rest
ing a bit. Oxbury and Lovel had a
collision in which the former came
out second best; in fact he was sc
severely Jared that he had to retire
from the game. Such accidents as
this are reggrettable, and take much
of the pleasure out of the game, from
the spectators standpoint, though II
must be admitted, that the players
who are most concerned. do not seem
to mind 1t and take 1t all as matter
of course.
The second game of the champion
ship series will be played at Eleele
at 8 P. NJ, next Sunday. This game
will be worth coming miles to see
and a record crowd should be in at
tendance.
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