The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-22
The GREAT
POLO GAME
Describes
the Contest in
Detail.
Especial Correspondence

| Friday, the 18th, was unlucky
day for the Makawao Polo Club, for
/ they were not only beaten by the Oahu
I boys. but entirely shut off from scor-
I ing, the record of the afternoons con-
test being II to against Makawao.
/ The weather was delightful for field
sports, and between 500 and 1000 peo-
pie from Wailuku. Waikapu, Spreck-
! elsville. Honolulu and Makawao. wit
| polo supremacy.
/ The scene in the vicinity of the
grandstand was especially gay and at
tractive. On either side were masses
of people in carriages and on horses,
and the clubhouse in the center was
profusely decked with the four popu
lar colors of the day-the blue and
white of Oahu. and the orange and
black of Maui At either end of the
building were tall poles from which
huttered the flags of the two clubs.
The game opened at $3.50 p. M, on
the Makawao Polo Club, grounds, un-
der most suspicious circumstances.
The weather was ideal. the crowd of
spectators numbered several hundred,
and all were enthusiastic; the grounds
We're in excellent condition.
Ii. A Baldwin acted as umpire; w.
O. Aiken and Sam Baldwin We're lines
men; Allison Jordan and Lawrence
Judd We're goal judges, and w. d.
Baldwin and G. w. Dickey We're time
keepers.
The two teams lined up as follows:
Oahu-Charles Judd. captain and No
3; Garrett Judd fultback; Henry Da
mon, No g. and Ed Damon, No l.
Maui-F'rank Baldwin, captain and No.
Copp No. ., and David Flemming,
No. L.
The game was divided into three pc
RODS of twenty minutes. and two of
fifteen minutes. each period being di-
vided into two halves, with four min
utes between for changing horses
The ball was forced into Maui ter
ritory as soon as the play commenced,
and after a series of brilliant rushes,
checked in the nick of time by Bald
win or Copp, the first goal was made
by Charles Judd just three minutes
and twelve seconds after the ball was
first thrown in. The Maui men Won
dered how 1t had happened, but re-
turned to the center OF the field de-
minute and twenty-five seconds Oahu
had a second goal, followed in seven
teen seconds by third. and in four
teen seconds more by a fourth. The
exhortations of Maui captain to his
men became decidedly picturesque, and
they made a desperate stand, with the
result that they forced the ball across
Oahu's back line just before time was
called for a change of horses.
The dist iDplliShinp feature this
half was the brilliant work of Charles
Judd, who repeatedly made long runs
which ended in unerring goals. He
set a magnificent example to his team,
and they backed him up In a way to
warm his heart. His method of turn
ing defensive game into an agrees
sive one by quick side stroke close
ly followed up, was worthy of notice
This play was later repeated again and
again by all the members Of the Oahu
team.
Bailey went to pieces early in the
| game, and Baldwin had to play the
double role of No. and No. 4. Both
Copp and Baldwin did some excellent
driving.
The second half of the first period
| opened with Oahu knocking off from
their back line. The ball was carried
straight down the field and across
Maui's back line in few seconds. For
ten minutes it lowered near their goal,
while they conducted desperate de-
Tense, and finally forced it back to the
| Oahu line just as time was called.
| Nobody scored
1t was an interesting half, and de-
veloped some beautiful polo Ed Da-
mon came to the front and made a
pretty run from the center of the field.
The Oahu team played uniformly well.
| but Bailey. of the Maui team, was a
| ~ Il T
not hit the ball. The Oahu men were
noticeably quicker al getting on the
/ ball, and quicker in hitting than the
Maui players.
The second period proved something
! like the first. In the first half Oahu
scored four times. and in the second
half twice, making the score 1910
During this period Henry Damon,
who had played a good game from the
start surprised all his friends by his
brilliant work. 1t was the game of
| his life. Bailey and Flemming walked
up for few moments, but left most
of the game to Baldwin and Copp.
| Tbs third period was a desperate
I fight On the part of the Maui team to
retria-'e their fortunes Baldwin was
leveryw, ere at once, and Flemming
made "a GOOD run. Copp hit hard,
and tn hau was in Oahu territory
more tha7 irmerly. Again and again
Baldwin ara Copp made excellent runs
and bare y Kissed making goals. Had
they bees ~operly supported the re-
suit might nave been different.
| The ma' feature of this half was
a brilliant run by Ed Damon, who
carried the ball two-thirds the length
of the field at break-neck speed,
knocked a beautiful goal, with the
other sevenp layers at his heels.
| This left the final score II TO 0. Each
team gave the other rousing cheer
and the game was over.
| One reason for the great superiority
of the Oahu tam may be found In the
fact that they have had excellent prac-
| tice against cry strong second team,
composed Of alter Dillingham;, John
| Flemming, Carries Rice and Robert
! Atkinson. The games between these
| two teams have taken place twice a
week, and have been very holly con-
| tested. In fact, the second team has