The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-06-26

This is the day of the first polo
match of the season. The Oahu polo
club members will journey to Leilehua
and at 2 o clock will try conclusions
with the officers of the Fifth Cavalry
The team selected to uphold the honor
of Hawaii is Dr. Baldwin, number one;
George Denison, number two; Walter
Dillingham;, number three and j. F.
Fleming, number four. DR.. Irwin will
be there as sub in case he is needed.
The Fifth Cavalry team will be
Lieutenant Hanson, number one; Lieu
tenant Quekemeyer, two or four; Lieu
tenant Barnard, four or two, and Lieu
tenant Sheridan, number three
The adapted American rules will be
followed. By these rules there is no
off-side play and number one may wor-
ry number four or wait for long
pass as near TO the other goal as he
likes. There will be four periods of
Z IL minutes actual play. This means
that time will be taken out between
whistles. Goals, out of bounds, fouls,
free hits and any other hiatus in the
game will be dropped out of the Of
fetal game so that each period may
last anywhere from ten to fifteen min
utes.
Lieutenant Conner, of the Engineer
Corps has been selected as referee. He
has played much polo on the Coast and
in the East and is well qualified TO
hold that position.
Each player will have but two ponies.
This was agreed to on account of the
dearth of broken ponies in the Oahu
club. There is not single oldtlmer
left for the local players. All their
ponies are green and more or less soft
and the Cavalry team is in much the
same fix So two ponies apiece is all
the club wielders viii have.
Colors of the Teams.
The Oahu team will wear white.
White breeches, white shirts and white
caps with russell boots. The Cavalry
team will wear khaki brooches, russell
boots, white shirts with the Cavalry
shoulder band of yellow and yellow
caps The referee, in consistence with
etiquette, will wear ordinary multi rid
ing toys.
The field at Leilehua is in great
shape. The officers have given much
detailed attention to the laying out
and fixing up of the place where they
hope to hand it to the cts. 1t has
been rolled and watered and the bumps
leveled while the hollows have been
filed, so that it is as smooth and ideal
a place for the game as one could want
to find between Nottingham and Simla.
They AL Want to Go.
Between eleven clock and noon
there will be a great exodus Of autos
from Honolulu. Everybody and his
wife who can beg, borrow or steam a
machine viii go out to the polo game.
Fort street was lively yesterday after
noon and the telephones were all busy
with the efforts of those who wanted
to get a seat in tonneau.
Some of them did not care whether
they go in the tonneau or not. The
owner of a big touring car was held
I'D lust outside his office by one Of
those determined goops who is bound
to get there. Here is what passed be-
tween them. "Say, Jim, are you going
to Leilehua tomorrow" Eyes, / I'm
going, but my machine is full up. -
!" Well, have you got room on the floor
of the tonneau for me? 81 m awf lily
sorry old chap, but we are going to
STAY all night and the women s bag
gage has to 60 on the floor. What
about the hoodg Can't l sit there's,
'.Stin awf lily sorry, but l am going to
leave the hood off to keep the engine
cool. "Well, say, l gotter get to Lei
lehua some way, can't you put me IN
tba earh1reter az
Good Chance for GIFTS.
In spite of the green ponies and the
long trip they had yesterday IN hack
ing it up to the camp, the local team
may well win the game. The four
men selected to represent Oahu are all
really frst-class players. They have
condition, pluck and stamina with them
and, mixing as they are in peculiarly
military game with men who have lived
on horseback ever since they received
the joyful news of their appointment
to West Point, they have practised hard
together and it may be that four OF
those mere cit. things can hand 1t to
the experts of the Cavalry.
Whatever the result the game will
be well worth watching. Polo is al
WAYS worth watching. The highest
courage. the finest Craftsmanship and
the quickest brain is required to play