Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-12
POLO SEASON OF
1912 IS CLOSED
Last Game of The Year Won by
Cavalry From the Oahu Seconds
Banquet Follows
BY LAURENCE REoINeToN.

THREE STRAIGHT for the Cav
When the fast, hard-riding sec
ond team of the Fifth Cavalry
came off the field Saturday at the
close OF the sixth period, they had
won their third consecutive game from
the Oahu seconds, and made it a clean
sweep for the series. This is a great
record for the army men. and the
tournament just closed will long be
remembered by players and specta'
tors as one of the most interesting
and cleanly fought ever seen on the
Islands. The three games provided
fair polo and the best of sport, and
served to bring the soldier and civil
ian players in closer touch, and to
further cement the friendships that
have been made OH the polo field.
The whistle that sounded time Sat
urday also sounded the ending or the
polo season of 1912. Both at Moana-
lua and at Leilehua the game is over
for the year, and the ponies will be
laid off for a well-earned rest. 1t is
with considerable regret that the play
erg will lay aside their sticks and
helmets, for the present season has
been q banner one for the game on
Oahu. The locals have the satisfac-
ton of retiring with championship
honors, Oahu's first team having made
a clean sweep of the interisland tour
nament by defeating both Maui and
the Cavalry. .
Cavalry Wins Most.
In clashes between Oahu and the
Army, counting the series just finish
ed at Leilehua and the spring series,
the Cavalry leads with four wins to
Oahu,s three. SO on this point Satur-
days game was a rubber, in spite of
the fact that two of the three game
series had been won by the Cavalry.
Had the Oahu seconds been able to
capture SATURDAYS game 1t would have
put the balance OF wins for the whole
year on their side of the scoreboard.
The two clubs first came together
last May, when the Cavalry put in the
field the strongest team it could mus
ter at that time, Captain Forsyth and
Lieutenant Sheridan, who played in
the championships last month, being
then on the mainland. This team won
from the Oahu seconds in the opening
game, and then dropped two games
to the Oahu firsts on the Moanalua
field. Then came the championship
tournament, when Oahu defeated the
Leilehua players, and finally the three
games Just over between the second
teams gave the Cavalry the majority
of wins for the season.
Present Handsome Cup.
The Oahu seconds sprung a sur
prise on their opponents after the
game was over, even if they were
not able to do so on the playing field.
The four men who tried so hard to
turn defeat into victory, and several
Honolulu polo enthusiasts, were the
guests of the Fifth Cavalry mess at a
polo dinner that brought the season to
a fitting close. 1t was while gath
cred round the festal bojard, play
ing the games all over again, that r.
w. Single produced handsome low
ing cup, and in a clever speech pre-
scented it to the victorious Cavalry
seconds. This was not down on the
program at all, and was a genuine
surprise. The trophy is suitably en-
graved with the names of the winning
team and the dates, and, needless to
say, it was suitably filled and suit
ably eInptfed.
Following the dinner was an enjoy
able dance given at the Cavalry Club;
for which post society turned out emf
masse. Taken as a whole, 1.-The last:
day of the polo season was a success
from start to finish, and it was witf
many sincere regrets that the friends
ly Fifth will not be here to play again
next year, that the townsmen said