The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-10-02

WATER POLO TEAM
IOYS WITH SOLDIERS
George Freeth's Sextet Beats
Dough Boys Seven to Zero in
Drowning Contest.

and landed five goals in the first half
Of the game in the army post swimming
tanks yesterday afternoon and in the
second half just played with the soldier
BOYS, only putting over two more which
made the final score %.
Freeth : bunch had it on Uncle Sam
men IN every way. They We're heavier,
their team work was superior and they
did not have to bother about the swim
ming part of it any more than polo
player thinks about keeping the saddle
when he is charging after the ball. The
soldiers had to devote half their atten-
ton 10 the swimming end Of it and
when one of them got the ball he let
90 Of it almost as soon as he was
ducked, while they could sink Freeth
and his water dogs to their heart $ con-
tent, but they couldn t recover the
sphere.
Freeth' s team was always there with
the interference. AS quick as one. of
the dough boys landed on the man with
the ball the rest of Freeth s team
mounted their interference, releasing
the man with the ball and he dove right
through the bunch for goal.
Young Chapman. son Of the ranking
captain of the post. was a game young
ster against the big men. but he could
no stay down with Freeth 5 submarines
and they made him let 60 of the ball.
Brown, of the Shafter seXtet. had
several drowning matches with the
champion Ife-saver, but the latter al
WAYS kept the ball. Duke Paua could
90 through the Shafter bunch for goal
any time he liked. and Warrington
tackled two men at once. Although
Archie Robertson, Hammel and Cottrell
were ducking the dough boys right and
left the other three men could have
beaten the six without this trio s assist
ance
The game was played in two seven
minute halves Corporal Woodruff Off
ciated as starter The ball which was
used had to undergo repairs before the
game could start and. this caused con-
siderablbe delay. In the interim Freeth
and Robertson frolicked in the tank
which kept the audience er tertained
and prevented them from fretting.
There were some women among the
spectators and quite number of the
boys from town. Young Chapman got
the ball for Shafter at the first toss,
but he was at once submerged and Ham
mel scored after twenty seconds Of play
for the F'reeth team. Woodruff threw
the ball out again and after a few
passes Duke Paua slammed it against
the goal board, carrying it clean through
the bunch. Shafter got the ball on tbs
next throw, but Paua secured it after
q few passes and scored in one minute
of play while the rest of his team sub
merged all interference. There was .
series of passes following the next tOs:
aud Freeth came through with a goal
Booth. the soldiers goal tender. sank
'reeth, but the latter got away from
him retaining the ball and scored de
spite all opposition.
On the next toss the players warmed
up and there was a succession of lively
duckings. Archie Robertson got the
ball first and passed it to Paua over
the heads Of the rest. Paua planted the
lump against the goalboard while the
rest of the two teams were going down
in pairs, locked in each others en-
braces The bah lost It's shape, alb
sorbed some of the pond and became
crinkly. so it was easy to grip onto
The score then stood five to nothing
with only one minute more of the first
half to play. and the soldier boys raj
lied in one mighty effort They fought
their way almost mp to their opponents
goal, when the tmekeeper S watcL
licked the end and II took lot Of poise
10 call a halt After that starter Wood
inf got a whistle.
The players took good rest and
,0eu went at II again for the second
period Neither side changed lineup
The original soldier >extet stuck it ont
to the finish Freetb got the ball at the
start Of the second half and resisted
every effort TO separate him from it
After two and q half minutes of frole
Freeth came through with goal while
the rest Of the bunch was working q
submarine passage.
Then Paua took the lump and fooled
around minute and half before scor
irg+ One of the >hafter men started fol
q swim with the object of contention
in one hand and Young Chapman guard
irg him against interference. Waiting
ton. however, came along, and as the
two soldiers reached him he clapped q
hand or each ones head and the trio
an went down together Then there
We're IL few passes and one grand splash
and the game was all over.
\ number Of army officers who were
taEiug in the match We're disappointed
that the excitement didn' t last a while
longer They seemed 10 think It fine
sport. and some were strong for eucouT
aging it among rhe men under tbei'