The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-08-15
MAUI DEFEATS
OAHU At
POLO
In Last Period Local
Shows Up in Fine
Form.

II would have been hard to ind a
more perfect day or more perfect sur
roundings for a polo match than the
conditions that existed yesterday in
the first championship game between
Mani and Oahu, in which the former
proved victorious by score of s to
s-4. The Oahu team did not show up
in its regular form on account of the
sickness of two men. DR.. w. D. Bald |
win was off form, being sick before he
started in the game. and J. L. Flem-
ing was practically out of the game
tn the last period on account of an
injury which he received through the
running away of one of Captain f, r.
Baldwin's horses.
In the first three periods the Maui
team ran away with Oahu. Walter
Dillingham played the star game Tor
the local men, with Shingle as second
Eqeminc irving hard but vomiting
e,,arv, time he was off his horse. In the
last period Fleming took a brace. 1t
was. do or die with the Oahus. me
score stood IL against them, lot'
though they had scored two goals one
had been taken away from them py
four safeties which they mad oeeh
forced to make to save the pling up
- bieber score. They came up TO
time then. In the final period they
Anlaved circles around the Maui men
FLEMING. with grit which deserves Ine
Er-reat test of credit, pulled together, IN
SaS+o Of his sickness. and played the
game of his life. Again and again
when his goal was in danger he saved
the dav by a clean, hard stroke, anu
Dulinrbam and Shingle seconded every
NAV he made. Occasionally DR.. Bald
win would show his usual form, pu'
Nc never plaved the game which he can
when in condition.
On the Maui team all We're stars
rTbeir. backhand work was reVeilti
+o the local men, krumohaaf uoihs
some of the prettiest work in this lne
ovar seen in the city. Dave tlenlne
,rozad himself, as always, one OF the
bos+ hacks in the islands. and Franh
pa1d0-in made runs nearly the length o.
tbo field assisted by the magnihceh
ridinp off of s. a. Baldwin. The honol'
of the day rest between Waiter LII
1inpham and Frank Baldwin
Long before the game started Lay
automobiles and carriages began y
arrive and the largest crowd ever seer
at polo game in Honolulu was pres
an+ when the whistle was blown .!
Umpire Charlie Rice, scaihng LOT ~
game to start. 1t was nan hoiiul''
:, ao,nast and almost everyone prom
inent in the society ana business
cles of the city was on manu-
There were at least seventy-fve au
4onobiIas present, each filed to th'
limit of its carrying capacity VIII
nrettv girls. young men, matrons am
fbeir husbands, all intent on the resui
of the game. Naturally the olue an
white colors Of Oahu were by Iar III
most prominent, but Maui was py NJ
means bereft of adherents ana man
tof the carriages displayed the uge
fcolors which belong alike to princeton
1and to the Makawao Polo Cluo.
The arrangements of the GROUND
were as near perfect as one coulo aSh
The automobiles were grouped togeth
er on the Eva side of the field an
ar the same level Above, forming
nearly complete circle, were the va
rious hacks, buggies, surreys and othe
rigs in which townspeople had drive
to Moanalua As the vehicles came III
to the grounds, the mounted polSs
who were on hand. showed eacR tIlel
place and kept the most perfect oruei
When the game was over the automo
biles were sent ahead, before the car
riages and horsvmen were allowed I
go. thus preventing any accident
through the frightening of horses
the machines. The plan worked our
perfection and there was not iaul
tn be found The police deserve IN
crea test OF credit for the way in Whlc
they handled the big crowd.
There was only one accident TO ma ma
the success of the day, the injury
Mrs s. NJ. BanOu, and that occurre
inst before the grounds were reaele
and few heard of it till after "a
game was over. The story of TINS q
cident will be found in another coluIii.
The accident which occurred
Fleming was unavoidable but Wlthoo
anv doubt had a great effect on ID
game. F. F. .Baldwin's horse 'Nlsge,
was tied to a fence on the WaiAli
side of the field and became trlshtelie' g
He pulled back suddenly. taking VII
him the heavy rail of the fence an
running down the field with 1t danghn
<from the rope by which he had pee
Fhitched. ,,-.- 1T
Fleming was standing talking VII
some of the players at the time an an
was unable to get out of the way on
was struck with considerable Ior'
lust below his knees, knocking MN u u
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