Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-08-19

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| from start to finish Maui defeated
Oahu at polo on the Moanalua grounds
Saturday afternoon and by so doing
Won the championship for 1907.
The game was the best that has
ever been seen on the local field. Both
sides played first-class polo, and
though the final score of 10 to about
represents the relative strength of the
| teGms, 1t by no means tells the story
| Of the game. 49, 2! ~
! Maui won by superior staying abili-
| ties,-which means not So much bet
| ter physician condition of the men as
more and better ponies. Up to the
beginning of the last quarter the game
was even. Neither side had and adj
vantage. First one team would score
and then the other. At the end of the
third period the score stood six to six.
But when the last period began 1t
at once became evident that Oahu
was all in. The men were tired and
one of them had been injured, while
their ponies were thoroughly exhaust
ed. Maui, on the other hand had a
.onger string of ponies and had been
| able to change more frequently and
still have mounts for the final quarter
| that were comparatively fresh.
And so the conclusion of the game
was a steady procession up and down
the field toward the Oahu goal. Four
times Maui drove the white ball be-
tween Oahu's goal posts during this
quarter, spite of the most furious ef-
forts OF the local team to stop them
and swing victory to their own side.
Walter Dillingham; was the bright
| particular star for Oahu. The game
| he put up was brilliant, even for him.
And he was ably seconded by Bob
Shingle, who seemed always to be
sble to get in at the right instant.
Time and again Dillingham; got the
ball and ran it up the field practically
all by himself, and most OF Oahu's
goals were scored by him. When he
| lost the ball Single was usually there
to pick it up and carry it on
John Fleming played better game
han he did last Wednesday. He is
sure hitter, though his playing is
not always consistent, and sometimes
be is slow in getting his mallet into
swing. Dr.. Baldwin also showed i'm
provement in his playing.
The Maui men all played good
game. Captain Frank Baldwin, in
particular, played a star game. The
back hand hitting of Krumbhaar set
mark at hich the Oahu men would
Ia we'll to aim. All tho Maui p l.ers
have this stroke oown WE'LL while
Oahu showed heed D: more practice IN
handling tile r.allet in this way.
Maui's team work was better than
that Of their opponents. The men
played their positions better and sup
ported each other at all stages of the
game. In instances there. Mas more
brilliant individual work on the local
side. but this could not take the place
ct team work. n@a aaH
In the third period Dillingham; got
the ball down near his own goal and
ran 1t up the field in the most bril-
liant dash of the day. Four times he
swung at the ball and four times it
leaped far forward toward the Maui
goal. Just as he had nearly reached
1t his pony collided with that of a
Maui player, slipped and fell on his
badly. Time was called and he was
pulled from beneath the horse. When
placed on his feet again, he could
hardly stand, but he refused fatty to
leave the field, saying that he would
be able to sit his horse again in a
minute or two. And he did. AS soon
as the first pain had subsidized he got
on his horse again and continued to-
play the same brilliant game he had
played all through.
I y In the, last period Dr. Baldwin was
injured by being struck in the head by
flying polo ball. One of the players
SLIuCk Tie DdiI Cfedu, udTU ~SIFUEAc
and it few up the field as i, it woul!
go clear 10 the goalS There was a
sharp crack ana Raldvin fell forward
on his RAPIDLY lrhnihg pony The bali
had struck him squarely on top OF
the head. Two of the Oahu prayers
noticed what had hatpehed 3aff tflafi
his horse was running without guid--
ance, and they dropped their game
and went to his assistance. The Maui
men, intent on the ball, did, not know
whatihad happened but went on with
the ball and carried it through Oahu's
goal. When they found out that the
Oahu men had stopped playing on
account of the accident to Baldwin
they very cheerfully consented to the
ball being brought back to where it
had struck the player and the goal
was not counted.
The first period opened up in whirl-
wind fashion. Shingle got the bail
ON the throw and carried 1t half way