The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-07-07

| make the long consecutive drives n,
does at the park and Kauai recovered
the ball and Melna almost made an.
other goal the ball hitting the goa
| post. The ball worked down the field
and was dangerously near to Kauafs
goal when Melina made a safety. II
cost Kauai one-fourth of a goal. but
doubtless kept oahu from scoring.
After this the ball travelled all over
the field, out of bounds twice on ma.
uka side, back of the center, and w
| and down without further scoring
Kauaians were now jubilant, as the
score with the game half over, was
| in Kauais favor, az to 2, Oahu having
failed to increase their two made in the
first period.
OAHU TAKES LEAD.
The third period started In the ma
| uka corner where the second ended.
| The ball was the center of hard fight
that waged up and down the field and
finally by excellent riding Off by Kauai,
the ball was in front of Oahu's goal,
but c. Rice did not connect with 1t and
Oahu soon had 1t out OF danger But
not for long as back it came. Dole
caught 1t with one OF his powerful
back-hand drives. Jim Spalding was
ready and raped 1t back again, by one
Of the best drives of the day. c. Rice
almost got to 1t for goal, but Dilling-
ham cut under him and with a cross
cut put the ball out of a most dam
gerous spot. Oahu had made a fine de-
fence against powerful offence that
threatened their goal again and again.
Now 1t was Kauafs turn to defend,
as the ball was menacing their goal.
Oahu hit for goal, but failed to make
it, so A. Rice hit out, but did not hit
again in following up. Kauai was de-
Tending as strongly here as did Oahu
and the visitors could not get goal.
Melina hit to center but here Damon
and Angus stopped 1t and made the
ball travel again into Kauais territory.
Dillingham; got the ball on throw in
and with clear field made a pretty
goal at an angle, thus changing the
lead to Oahu by one-fourth Of e, goal.
This was the longest period on punt
of so much time being taken out, but
it was full of fast and brilliant polo,
on both sides.
WINS BY HARD WORK.
For the last period Oahu went in
with a rush and soon made good, for
in two minutes Of play Damon had
scored a goal at the makai end, being
the only one made at that goal as 1t
happened. This made the score 4 to
~, and still chance for Kauai. Oahu
however began to show signs to su-
perior team work. that had not been
so evident before, and soon had the
ball at Kauais goal again only to miss
the try for the posts.
Dole, Angus and Damon all had rap
at the ball after throw in at the CEN
ter and had it down well towards Ka-
uai's goal when it was passed to Dill
bingham, who made the goal clearly.
This made 1t to az for Oahu and vir-
tually settled the result of the game.
With Spalding doing some wonderful
riding off, the Rices and Melina We're
able to advance the ball towards Ca
hus goal. Dole and Damon tried to
check them, but their back-hand
strokes lacked force. Out of the scrim-
mage that followed Arthur Rice made
Kauai's fourth and last goal, bringing
the score UP to to 81.
With only a few minutes to play |
both sides made hard finish, but the |
Oahu ponies being the stronger enabled |
them to put up the hotter fight. The
ball came from the center, every Oahu |
man driving it in Kauai's direction |
when Melna's pony refused to work |
and Damon had an easy chance. He |
made a good hundred foot drive and |
scored Oahu's sixth and last goal. Ka-
uai tried valiantly to score again and |
had the ball right down In front of
the goal but the big bell in the judges !
stand ended the closest and best game |
of polo ever seen here.
Luncheon was served for the polo !
players and party by the Spaldings. at |
which there was lots Of cheering, toasts |
and the best of good fellowship.
The lunch being over the party re-
turned to the track where the races |
We're about to begin. The Japs and |
Portuguese were already warming up !
their horses and the hackers were max |
ing their wagers in their own peculiar |
fashion. r. P. Spalding was starter. |
Col. z. S. Spalding and w. H. Rice, !
Jr., were judges.
AS the races were mostly for blood"
they We're close and interesting. There |
were polo pony events as WE'LL Angus |
with Lightfoot in a quarter |
and being beaten by Coronation in the
mile. Good Luck bested Gardenia at a
mile as well.
After the races the Oahu men were
driven back to Lihue to Chas. Rice's.
where a fine swim was INDUCED in
and an appetizing supper awaited them
before taking the steamer Mikahala at
D. m. for Honolulu.
The Oahu men and the party which
them are loud in their ap-
probation for Arthur and Charles
Rice and the Spaldings for the unqua,i-
fled success of the whole trip.
The teams were:
Oahu-Geo. Angus, No. 1; S. E. Da-
mon, No. 2; w. F. Dillingham;, No. 3;
Chas. S. Dole, back.
Kauai-James Spalding, No. /: John
Melina. No. 2: Chas. A. Rice, No. 8;
Arthur H. Rice, back.
Score, 6 to 3A goals.
BY Dillingham;, 8; by Damon, 8; to-
tai. 6.
BY Melina. 2: by C. Rice, /; by A.
Rice, /: total, 4. Less u Of goal for
safety, made by Meline.
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