The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-10-13
NEWS OF SPORTING WORLD
TOURNAMENTS
FOR POLO PLAYERS

The prospects of two tournaments,
between Oahu and Kauai and between
Hawaiian and California players. were
enhanced by a meeting of the Polo As
ISOLATION yesterday afternoon.
The meeting was presided over by
the president of the club, S. e. Damon,
and the proposal of the Southern Cali
fornia team for a match with an ALL
Hawaii team was brought up and
motion put into effect to carry for
ward arrangements for such a match.
A committee, consisting of S. E.
Damon, George T. Denison and D. P.
r. Isenberg is entrusted with the diff
cult task of selecting the men to rep
resent Hawaii against the Califor-
mans Letters will be sent to Kauai
and Maui, which will send competing
teams empowering them to each add
two representatives to the committee.
This tournament will take place in
all proba ability next March, being made
possible by the lberality of W. G.
Irwin. Ponies will be sent up soon after
| the New Year, with attendants who
will keep them duly exercised and
| looked after. To ensure the ponies
not forgetting their tricks of footing
| the ball, stopping or racing ahead
when the click of the mallet on the
| ball is or is not heard, and, in the case
| of No. Is ponies, the tactics of sue
| cessful riding off, it is possible that
we'll qualified player or so will soon
follow the ponies as their instructors
and reminders.
| The players themselves will go to the
coast two or three weeks ahead of the
match to thoroughly familiarize them
| selves and their mounts with local
conditions. At this distant moment
it is impossible to- attempt to outline
a team as it's makeup will necessarily
depend greatly upon business al
lowing men to get away, though lati-
tude in vacation will undoubtedly be
stretched by those concerned. From
such a list as w. F. Dillingham;, S. E.
Damon, George Potter, r. w. Single,
A. F. Judd, Charles Dole, c. n. Prouty,
the Baldwins, the Rices and the Ma
linas an eminently satisfactory team
of say four regulars and two substi-
tutes should be easily chosen to do
| Hawaii credit.
Colors will have to he chosen for the
| team uniform and a suggestion has
been made that a jacket containing the
| alternate stripings of the Territorial
flag, the Hawaiian banner, and a cap
of the Jack" of the same flag, with
white riding breeches, be adopted. The
display would be rainbow-like, bril-
liant and certainly distinctive.
With the really good ponies known
| to freQuenters of local polo and those
lately added to strings, a good showing
on the mount question can be made
though the Californians will have
slightly the best of this question.
. Polo has not been dormant of late
the last two Saturdays having seer
teams playing on the new and almos
perfect grounds at Moanalua. Thi
afternoon a game is called at 4:30.
Arrangements are completed for {
| the best two out of three games, com
| mencing the first week in November
, This will bring the visitors here dur
ing the Healani masquerade wher
E they will probably appear in full tog
, gerry, minus spurs.
; The matches will undoubtedly brin,
out good playing and will do mucl
, | towards determining the personnel o
| the team. Play will be continued TO
. a few weeks later until the committe
! decides upon their men, who will thel
: be ranged for final games against tn
/ ,t, act nIo axy. i1ot