The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-08-26


played a gentle sort of polo match
at Moaualua Field yesterday afternoon,
and the tall played more of an elusive
game than heretofore during the tourna.
ment
The eX-champions piled up score of
twelve to the Cavalry three and three.
quarters, although the Cavalry team
seemed to play better than they did
against the Oahu four and the Maui
team did not show up as strong as
against the Kauaians last Saturday.
The Cavalry had a good deal of hard
luck, and then there was only about
one-quarter the crowd that turned out
on Saturday to wave the ihfuriating
colors before their eyes and make them
snort and go to it.
Furthermore, the Garden Islanders
have already captured the champion.
ship, and the romp for second place
does not call for superhuman effort.
Some of the Maui players said, after
the game was finished, that their horses
were not even tired, whereas on last
Saturday they were pretty much ex.
hausted and some of them were Grip.
pied.
There was n good deal of hard riding
back and forth over the full length of
the field but when it came to the scrim.
mage everybody waited for everybody
else to take the initiative. Now and
then one would kind of paw the bali
over with his mallet to see if it was
alive. Then the elusive little thing
would try to creep out of harms way
under horses feet, and sometimes it
looked as though it might get away
of itself and find safe hiding place
from its tormentors, but after four or
five had waltzed around on top of it
someone, attracted by its feeble wabble
after extricating itself from under a
cruel hoof, would hook it out. Then,
after two or three had taken a swipe'
at it and missed, a lucky stroke would
send it whizzing over the field and the
whole bunch would race past the ball,
each one tanning at it as he dashed by.
About then it would stop, and all the
pursuers would come back and surround
the little fugitive again, and the same
heartrending scene would be enacted.
Had Even nance.
Throughout a good part of the game
both sides had an even chance to score.
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sphere to the Cavalry end of the fiel9
and over the line outside the goal posts.
Then the Cavalry would get ii on the
drive out and rush it clean to the other
end of the field. After one or two
futile efforts there, Maui would get
the ball again and soon have another
chance for a goal stroke.
, The Cavalry punched up several times
when they had the ball in the lead, and
on misstroke the Mauites would have
it all to themselves and come through
} with a score before the army men could
get back to defend their own goal.
, Hanson played his usual dashing game,
, but was outridden a good deal by the
Maui men, who shut him off from the
, lead. This feat seemed to be Frank
3 Baldwin S particular function. Han
son s horse went down with him once
just as he was racing after the bail
with clear field before him, and he
g lost good chance for a long dash.
r He stayed right with the pony, how
ever, and came up with him. In the
third period Hanson tried a sDrrel pony,
which attracted a lot of favorable com
ment before the game, but the animal,
! while good material, was not polo wise,
r and after losing a good chance to get
I away with the ball by the awkward
ness of his mount, he returned the horse
to the paddock. The sorrel was Troop
NJ orderly pony.
Sheridan Looms Up Strong.
Lieutenant Sheridan was very much
4 more in evidence yesterday than in any
: of the games before in which the Cav
airy have participated. He shed his
: crown piece and it was hard to tell
I when he or Hanson were in the lead
' as both were hatless riders. Hanson
q never wears lid and, being nearly of
size, the only distinguishing feature
was the pair of spectacles on Sheri-
dams face, which were hardly discern
:. able on the field. 1t was about even
up between them yesterday, however.
= Sheridan scored the first goal for the
. Cavalry and made one of the best runs
I of the game in the seventh period, scor
ing Just after the tap of the bell.
Hanson landed a pair and Lieutenant
Stewart came through with one. Sheri
dan kept on the move, anticipating
: plays, and he and Hanson played to-
gether well. When one couldn't negO
> tiate it alone he passed it to the other
) and either Hanson or Sheridan was in
: the position where he was needed every
= time. Stewart made good run over
three quarters of the field and scored in
the sixth period in such a hurry that
' nobody had chance. He darted out
of the bunch, flashed over centerfield
a like an inspiration and had scored he
! fore the rest could get under full head.
way. Forsyth made one dashing play
> in the seventh period, carrying the bah
0 the length of eenterfeld but missed the
goal by narrow margin on a long
q drive.
Dave Fleming recovered his old-time
form after a couple of heats and was
Q more accurate with his stroke than any
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