The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-10-22
POLO TEAM
IS CHOSEN
Damon S Hurts Are
Sufficient for
Change.
POTTER TAKES
HIS POSITION
Teams From Out OF Town Are
Now Certain to be Present
During Week.

ham, No. 81 dole. No. 4; will represent
| the Honolulu club in the Polo tourna-
ment which is to fill the Thanksgiving
week This has been decided by the
committees which have in charge the
details of the play. The decision was
reached after long consideration and
represents the crippled team which
must meet all Islanders, and will have
to defend the championship which is
held by the local team.
The absence of Damon from the list
of the club team is due to the orders
of his physician, who has finally or
dered the president of the association
to give over all riding for, at the very
least. three weeks. When ten days ago
Mr.. Damon was thrown and his pony
rolled over him, the only injury that his
friends thought he sustained, and that
he would admit, was skinned knee.
and riding as well. but finally pain
in the right side compelled him to see.
his doctor and it was found that one of
the ribs was broken and he must stay
off his horse for at least three weeks.
The result was the choice of the team
as listed, and from this time there will
be the hardest work to get into condi-
championship of the islands. For the
finishing of the club there viii be hard
and careful work, and the same COM
mittee which made the selection, Dill
bingham, Damon and Dole, will oversee
all the work of the final practices. Shin
gle has been placed as captain of the
second team and the choice has shown
that the committee wants the best work
out of the four which will furnish the
substitutes for the regulars, for the
play of last Saturday indicates that
handle finishing team.
Should Damon find that his injury
will permit of play, it is more than pos
sible than that he will be put into the
game, as he is the master of play and
will be able to catch the team work
even with only two weeks of effort. He
will be in condition, his horses being
exercised each day and kept up to form
as closely as possible. This would mean
that he will be used to pull the team
out if a No. is in demand from any
reason.
The correspondence of the club shows
that there is great interest in the
tournament on the part of the outside
teams. The only difficulty lies in Maui,
where there seems to be some doubt
| that William Cornwell. Jr., will come
down as a member of the team. Corn
well has stated that he will not play,
but there is pressure being brought to
bear upon him to induce him to change
| his mind Even if he clings to his de-
cision there win be a team from Maui.
The horses of the various teams are
expected to arrive here in time for them
to have rest of at least a week after
| the trip before they are called upon to
appear on the field. There viii be thir-
| ty-four outside animals. Maui will
have the greatest number, fourteen
coming from the valley isle. Both Ka-
uai and Hawaii will have ten horses
each. These win be quartered at the
track stables, and win be kept in form
by groorns during the week before the
games.
the schedule of games, Maui feeling
that there has been arranged schedule
which will mean hardship for that
team, in the event of its defeat by Ka-
uai. The Maui men think that they
should habe chance to meet Oahu, and
should the team from this island beat
Hawaii and Kauai defeat Maui, there
would be no such match. But owing to
| the feeling on the part OF the Maui men,
letters sent forward yesterday say. that
in the event Of this outcome the Oahu
team will make match on Monday aft
er the championship game with Maui,
and this despite the disadvantage at
which the local team viii labor, in that
the horses viii have only two days rest
as against the four days for the Maui
Ianimals.
Arrangements are going forward for
the various social features which are
| to mark the week, and the outlook is
for busy time for all who visit Homo
lulu during the tournament period.