The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-11-11
WITH BIT
AND SPUR
Island Polo Players
to Meet Again
Today.
Kauai Will Put Up the
Game of Their
Lives.
\ Perfect Field and Fearless
Players Promise Brilliant
Match at Moanalua.

The second game or the polo match
series between Oahu and Kauai teams
will bring big crowd to Moanalua this
afternoon. The beautiful environs of
the turfy arena and the drive itself,
winding through the park like grounds
of S. M. Damon's residence, in them
selves play no small part in the general
attraction.
The game will be a hard one this aft
ernoon. Spectators will see the Kauai
boys clinging like leeches to the op-
posing riders in an endeavor to block
their game and leave openings for their
own attack. Arthur Rice and Bob At
kinson will hold pitched battle from
the start unless Judd plays, when he
will do the hustling for Oahu. Soald-
ing, who failed to show up in his usual
form last Saturday, possibly the mas
querade had something to do with this,
will be keyed up to his highest tension
and has perhaps the stiffest fight of all
on his hands, pitted as he is against
a man of much greater experience, cool
headed, sure hitting Charlie Dole.
With the fighting quartet, Castle and
Dillingham; for Oahu and Charles Rice
and Malina for Kauai, the brill:ance
of the play generally rests. There is
little to choose between the men Cor
general clan and dash. Malina is
sure hitter but has the fatal tendency
of gallery play. His riding and saving
of his horse is first class. Castles NAL
let work is to the full as good as Ma
lina's, but he is not as we'll mounted.
He is better coached and backed UP bv
Dillingham; than is Malina by Rice.
Dillinghams work for cool headed sur
vey of the situation and faultless stick
handling is on par with Dole's. He
needs however another good mount for
the last period. Charlie Rice showed
his abilities in the last two periods of
Saturdays game and he can be relied
upon to play an even game throwing
away no chances.
Summing up it seems as if Kauai
possesses a margin of odds on their
mounts offset by the better team work
of Oahu. Kauai played a substitute
Saturday and Oahu could have done
better had Dillingham; followed the
lead Looked at carefully and candidly
it seems an even game, while a Kauai
victory would be a very popular one.
The ball will be thrown in at three
o'clock and to those who are not mi
tiated the process of throwing in the
ball might be interesting reading. Were
it not for the necessity of the ball be-
ing put into play by some one other
than the players, the necessity of a
referee on the field would be obviated.
That official could much better render
decisions and be out of the way alto
gether by watching from a high stand
in the center of the field outside the
lines.
The ball is not thrown in at all, but
dropped. The teams line up opposite
each other, the ponies almost rubbing
noses. the No. As usually laying back.
The referee rides up closely and when
centered, raises his arm, the ball being
held loosely in the hand, with an over
head sweep, dropping the ball just as
the full Swing of the arm is passed
This is all done in one continuous
movement rendering it impossible for
the referee to favor either side, the
writer has refereed many games and
speaks advisedly. The ball drops to the
ground and rolls, probably three to five
feet, squarely among the ponies hoofs.
There were some amateurish comments
as to the way the ball was thrown in
on Saturday but all onlookers may rest
assured that when the referee throws
in the ball properly, there can be no
favoritism, even unintentional
The crowd, following the example of
Saturday, will probably gather about
two-thirty to secure good locations and
the ponies of both teams will be out
on the field warming up by that time
Buses will connect with the cars pass
ing Fort street at 1:Ss, 1:5S, 2:OS and
2:2S