The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-08-15

With perfect weather and with hard
ly any wind the first of the inter-island
polo games were played yesterday at.
ternoon at the grounds at Moanalua.
The home team were not up to their
usual standard as Fleming and Bald
win were sick and should have been
forced out of the game, and other men
put in their places, but not withstand
ing the fact that they were sick they
played a very good game. Maui won
the toss and defended the makai end
of the field. In the first three perloGs
the Maui team ran away with the local
team but in the last one the home boys
played all around the visitors. The
playing of the Maui team was excellent
every one of the team playing star
game. The honors of the day went
to Frank Baldwin and Walter Dilling-
ham. Fleming in spite of his sick
ness played a very good and gritty game
and well deserves the credit that was
given to him on all sides. Before the
game started Niger, one of the ponies
belonging to Frank Baldwin, was tied
on the Waikiki side of the grounds and
for some reason became frightened and
carried away one of the pickets of the
fence and staryted to run down the
field. Fleming was talking to one OF
the players and the horse was so near
him that he did not have time to get
out of the way, and was knocked down
and for some time was unable to move.
The accident made him sick at his
stomach and he continued to be that
way throughout the game, but as the
Maui team did not wish any substi-
tutes put in after the game had started
Fleming by the greatest of nerve was
able to finish the game out.
The automobiles and carriages be-
gan to arrive long before the game
was started and by the time the whistle
was blown the largest crowd that has
ever been seen at polo here was on
the field. The motors were all lined
up on the Eva side of the field and
presented very pretty picture. The
blue and white colors of the Honolulu
team were in the majority, but
Maui had a number of admirers. The
stage accommodations that had been
spoken of in such a cheerful way to
take people to and from the game were
in the dark, as only one stage with
a pair of broken down mules was at
the end of the car line and was not
able to take the great crowd that was
anxious to see the game, and any num-
Der of people were obliged to walk and
in that way missed part of the game,
Nearly every one in the social and
| business world were at the game and
the pretty gowns of the ladies made a
very pretty picture against the natural
! background of color Among the peo-
pie that were seen at the game were
Congressman and Mrs. Longworth,
Prince and Princess Kawananakoa, the
Cookies, Wilders, Walkers, Castles,
Davies, Secretary Atkinson and the
Bob Atkinsons, Macfarlanes, Captain
and Mrs. Barneson, Captain Saunders
of the Manchuria and a number of the
officers and ladies of the army and
navy, the Baldwins, Rices, Doctors
Murray, Hodgins, Wood, Cooper, Her
bert, Mrs. Governor Carter, several of
the consuls here, the Afongs, Schaefers,
Calls, Browns and many other peo-
pie.
The game in brief was as follows:
First period: The playing of the home
team was very poor, and ,Ae
playing of Single, Dillingham; and the
other two men were not up to the usual