Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-07-29
kauai OUT Of THE
BIG R()I0 TOURNAMENT
Accidents And Sickness
Of Player Disbands
The Team
HAUL HAS CHANCE
TO LIFT the CUP
HAS GOOD STABLE OF PONIES
AND VETERAN pLAYERe-OA-
hu'S PROSPECTS ALL
IN FUTURE

On Saturday, September 2, Oahu
will defend her possession of the
Wichman Polo Cup against the men
from Maui. A second game will be
played on the following Wednesday,
and whether or not Oahu will retain
the silver trophy won in 1902, the
games will be holly contested.
Kauai is out Of 1t, to the great re-
gret of polo enthusiasts and sports in
general, and Maui in particular, for
Maui Is confident of making a much
better showing than against Kauai the
last time those teams met.
Kauai Is out Of II because OF acct.
| dents TO the crack players. Walter
Dillingham;. acting captain of the Oahu
i Blues. yesterday received a letter
from Charles Rice stating that Arthur
Rice is i'll, Count Bonzi is to leave the
Islands before the tournament, and
Charles Rice himself has an injured
shoulder as a result of fall from
1 horseback. So the northern men are
out OF the tournament, and Oahu and
Maui will fight II out together.
Maui has bright prospects with vet.
eran players and corking lot Of pc.
MES. Maui Is the natural favorite.
Oahu has the players but not the pc.
MES. Maui has nearly dozen men
practicing twice a week. Last Tues
day afternoon the first team played a
picked team. On the first team were
Harry Baldwin, No. 1; Fred. Baldwin
No. 2: Frank Baldwin. No. 3, and Dave
Fleming. No. 4. Walter Dillingham;
and Harold Castle played with the
picked team. Sam Baldwin and Krum
bhaar also played. Peck and several
others were interchanged from time
to time. The first team remained in.
tact except that Harry Baldwin was
replaced by Wilbur, who, 1t will be
remembered broke his leg in the last
game here. He may get into the game
again.
The game Tuesday was played on a
| field still lumpy from cane cultivation
but the Maui players have the knack
| Of hitting the ball on the bounce
Four periods of ten minutes each were
played. Maui's first team won, seven
goals to none. Maui's direction hitting
is wonderfully improved and her mer
are very fast. Fred Baldwin played
No. 8 on the Yale team and Is a sur,
hitter. has good direction and carrie,
the ball down the field beautifully
Frank Baldwin is a heady and very
aggressive player He may change
positions with Fred at No. 2.
Maui is especially strong in ponies
| At the polo field Is a stable for six.
teen horses. and the best OF n goot
bunch are kept here. Seven or eigh
others are available. Four OF the fas
Kauai ponies have been secured. Straw
berry, Daisy. Sure Kela and Bob vii
cox. Two trained ponies have beer
brought from California, John Law
sons Flashlight and Walter Hobart.
Niger Several more have come from
Hawaii. Even old Foxy Grandpa
though outclassed for speed. Is still
useful for the second team. The bes
of the Hawaiian horses is Reindeer
OF the veteran Oahu players. nearl,
all are In the saddle this year. Walter
Dillingham;, r. w. Atkinson, Charles
Dole and Harold Castle. OF the ole
team, are all out. Dole will probabl,
not play. under orders from his doc
tor. George Potter, Charles Cooke
George Dennison, Harold Dillingham;
and Henry Damon are turning out t.
the twice-a-week practices at Kapiolan
Park.
Oahu is short on ponies, at the best
Among the experienced mounts gettin,
In shape are Judd's Derby, Damon,
Moonlight, Dole's Zuleika and Haiku
lani. Potter's Gray Boy, and Walter
Dillingham's Cocktail. Jocko. Fox,
Grandma and Puuloa. Dillingham; ha,
also two new horses. Glen Collins ant
Duke.
Harold Castle expects to bring Gyp.
sy and another from Maui. At the
best Hawaii will have three horses
apiece. Maui has offered to help out
with any spare ponies. Oahu has been
practicing at the Park but today will
go to Moanalua.
| In the games next September. the
periods will be ten minutes each, ac-
tual playing time.
Our team is as yet unsettled be-
cause OF difficulty in getting the men
out for practice" says Capt. Dilling-
ham. 1--WE will have hard practice and
lots OF It ahead II we want to keep
that cup"