The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-12-31
THE BIG POLO MATCH
REDS AND BLUES FIGHT FOR
MYRTLE BENEFIT
Will be a Social Event-Teams Evenly
Matched and Ground in Splendid
Condition.

The big event in amusements tomor-
row will be the deferred polo match
between two picked teams for the bene-
fit OF the Myrtle Boat club. The match
is scheduled for three o'clock at Ka-
piolani Park, the ground is I'm good con-
dition and the weather promising while
the sale OF tickets has been somewhat
phenomenal and presages an unusually
large crowd, which is also sure to in
clude in it's numbers the social element
Of Honolulu.
The game was originally to have been
played on Christmas Day, when the
weather made it impossible to play
Last Saturday the ground, still damp,
was left unplayed on in preparation for
. tomorrow. Old Sol has been propiuous
since then and the fefd is in better
shape than il has been for long time
New ground has been selected between
fresh goals and all conditions are eX-
cellent. Several new ponies with racing
blood are to be tried tomorrow and the
game is sure to be exciting to the close
The new stock will only be used for one
period and though soft from grass feed
have been strung up by the late cattle
drives in the country. The teams them
selves are picked and are anxious TO
score against each other as this is
a separate game and nothing to do with
the league matches. The colors of the
teams will be freely displayed by fair
partisans upon the field.
The sides are equally matched ana
there is no handicap. Dillingham; as
captain for the Reds plays sure ana
often brilliant game being also excel
Iently mounted. Atkinson Will play IN
a new position, changing from back.
He is a sound rider and should show
we'll Perry and Judd are both close
earnest players and cover their men
well.
For the Blues, the Captain, c. S. Dole
is the best player in the association and
is a FIRST rater." Hancock has often
scored for the Artillery team and Angus
and Dickey are both aggressive ana
fairly sure players. Dickey replaced
Rice who failed to arrive from Kauai
for practice.
The game is practically scratch one
the men having been selected so that
their united handicaps aggregate the
same on both sides. The referee is not
yet selected.
There will be no practice between the
periods as this is a full match game
under American rules of four periods
and will fill up the whole afternoon.
The names in full of the contestants
are as follows Reds. w. f. Dillingham;
captain: r. w. Atkinson, A. Perry, A
A. Judd. Blues: G. S. Dole, captain;
w. Dickey, Lieutenant Hancock, G.
Angus.
BY close analysis, Atkinson being in a
tNe;h position, although he and Dilling-
nam have the advantage of knowing
each others play from belonging to the
same team and Perry being somewhat
an uncertain quantity, together with
previous form showed by both sldes,
the Blues should win the match, al
though the Mrytle boys will of course
wish to see the Reds triumphant
The referee has been decided upon in
the person of S. e. Damon. The cos
tunes of the players will be the correct
attire consisting of brilliant red or blue
Jockey blouses with broad white bands
around the chest. Everybody has been
practising hard for the contest and the
rivalry is running very keenly today
The Blues have one point the best OF
the game in actual handicapping but
no allowance will be made or accepted