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

game that did not have a slow minute
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 frst-class polo, and
though the final score of 10 to 6 about
represents the relative strength OF the
teams, it by no means tells the story
of the game. HeI iH ,t a ...
Maui won by superior staying abili-
ties, -which means not So much bet
tor physical 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 ad-
vantage. First One team would score
and then the other At the end OF the
third period the score stood six to sin
/ 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 Oahus goal posts during this
quarter, spite of the most furious eff
forts of the local team to stop them
end swing victory to their own side.
Walter Dillingham; was. the bright
particular star for Oahu. The game
he put up was brilliant, even Tor him.
And he was ably seconded by Bob
Single, 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 Oahus
goals were scored by him. When he
lost the ball Single was usually there
to Pick. 1t up and carry it on
John Fleming played a 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 star game. The
Dack-hand hitting of Krumbhaar set
a mark at which the Oahu men would
10 we'll to aim. All the Maui p a:ers
have this stroke oown we'll, while
Oahu showed Iced D: more practice III
handling the r.allet III this way.
Maui's team work was better than
that OF theft opponents. The men
played their positions better and sup
ported each other at all stages ofrthe
game. In instances there was more
brilliant individual work on the local
side, but this could not take the place
ct team Work. f!'''u u A-4
In the third period Dillingham; got
the ball down near his own goal and
ran it up the field in the most bril-
liant dash of the day. -Four times he
swung at the BAH and four times it
leaped far forward toward the Maui
goal. Just as he had nearly reached
it his pony collided with that of a
Maui player, slipped and fell on his
leg and ankle, spraining the latter
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
In the last period Br.. Baldwin vast
injured by being struck in the head By
a flying polo ball. One of thu players
.strack the lball "a clean, shart stpkct
and 1t flew up the field as Il it woull
go clear to the gdab There was a.
sharp crack and Baldwin fell forward
on his rapidly running pony, The bali
had struck him squarely on top OF
the head. Two of the Oahu players
noticed what had happened AID that
his horse was running without guild
ance. and they dropped their game
and went to his assistance. The Maui
men, intent on the ball, did not know
what had happened but went on with
The ball and carried 1t 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 II
had struck the player and the goal
was not counted.
The first period opened up In whirl-
Wind fashion, Shinge got the bail
on the throw and carried II half way