The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-08-18
POLO CHAMPIONSHIP WON BY
MAUI RIDERS IN A FAST GAME
Magnificent Rally in the Last Quarter Gives the
Visitors Big,Lead in the Second
and Final Game.

Aloha Maui! In the fastest game of
polo ever seen in the Territory of Ha-
wall. Maui defeated Oahu at Moanalua
yesterday by a score of 1916. The
victors deserve all credit for the gamer
They played hard all the time, the
, team work was superb. the individual
fplay could hardly have been better
ed. The Makawao Polo Club has the
championship of the season, and de-
serves it from every standpoint.
Oahu need not be ashamed of her
team. II was a different aggregation
from that which was defeated on
Wednesday, not in the makeup Of the
team. but in the way-that the men
played. Walter Dillingham; was, as
usual. the star of the local combina-
tion. He seldom missed, and seemed
always to be in the right place. ]. l..
Fleming was by no means poor sec
ond to his captain. His playing was
such that the spectators could hardly
realize that he was the same man who
played in the first game of the series.
Again and again he stopped the Maui
team from scoring through his steady
play. but in vain, for he was against
heavy odds. Shingle did his part, but
his ponies did not seem to have speed
when it was needed, and on this ac-
count he could not figure as well as
0r n
win was hundred per cent. better
than he was three days ago and made
II good showing.
~ For the victors. Captain Frank Bald
win was a star. He played hard all
the time, coached his men, when in the
midst of the play, as only veteran
can. and was never out of the game
for a second. His play was closely
rivaled by Krumbhaar, who did as
clean work as was to be seen on the
field. His backhand strokes were alb
solutely sure, and in carrying the ball
down the field he and Frank Baldwin
made a pair which would be hard to
beat anywhere.
Dave Fleming and Sam Baldwin
were only short distances behind their
team mates when it came to fast play
Fleming put up his usual steady game.
and as back his work rivaled that OF
Charlie Dole, the old oahu standby
sam Baldwin was at his best when it
came to riding off. On this account
he did not show up SO much when 1t
came to driving the ball, but without
his assistance his team mates Woufd
never have made the long runs Whlch
they did at different points or the
game.
The main reason for Maurs winning
was the fact that no matter where the
ball was hit by one Maui man there
was always another ready to receive
it Again and again the ball would go
down the field in the hands of Frank
Baldwin, but If some member of the
Oahus rode him off and the ball
dronped behind there was always
Maui man right there waiting for the
klay. The Maui ponies showed up IN
great shape. They were faster than
those ridden by the local men anu
knew the game better. The oahu po-
uies seemed to be quicked TO turn
which was a great advantage, put
when one of the Baldwins got ahead
Of his field. he had every chance to
stay in that position if he rode ana
hit straight.
The game started out with a goal Tor
oahu. In a moment the score was tied
At the end of the first period the score
stood 3-S. The same sort of play con-
tinued in the next period; first one
y-ould score and then the other, keep
5,g tba excitement among the specta-
tors at q fever heat. When the sec
.,rd snasm. and it really was spasm.
was over. the score was Sd in favor or
oahu. At the end of the third period
it was a tie, Go. Nothing more eA-
citing could be imagined.
In the fourth period Maui started OUT
7,ord and before the Oahu team could
collect itself. had scored. -Four times
che bamboo root was driven between
tho posts bv the Maui boys, While the
Oabn team was unable to score. Thls
oil happened in the first part of the
0fteen minutes and then Oahu took
s,,5dan brace and forced the play tlIi
+be game ended. The men were tlreu,
tho Monies were tired, but they dlo
everything that they could and mace
. enc finish to the fastest game Oh
nj, saaD in Honolulu since the sport
commenced.
The oahu team played in rather hard
Ituck. but neither they nor any W.
I Raw the game wishes TO oe'rao' 80,
t+ba work done by the Maui men. Shlh-
ole received a hit on the nose from q
J7,alIet at the end of the third perlou'
--A;,L t,.o,-e that organ while SnortIS
Iafora This Dillingham's horse fell, the