Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-05

terence between the penalty for a
cross and safety, was the lead of
the Fifth Cayalry's second team over
the Oahu Reds, In the polo match
played at Schofieid Barracks Satur-
cleared. It was good game to win
and hard one to lose. for right up
20 the last period Oahu had the safe
lead of two scored goals, but the
Cavalry came through In the last few
minutes and play and pulled of the
same sort of trick that Oahu played
ON Maui In the recent championships.
Turn sabout is fair play, and the Cav
airy Colts deserve all the credit that's
coming to them for Saturdays win.
The closeness of the score was the
games principal claim to interest,
for Il was very Indifferent polo most
OF the way. Both sides we're over
anxious, and time and again the.
players oyer-rode the ball, either
missing It entirely, or else hitting
J. TOD late, so that the ball was driven
INTO the turf, instead of travelling
Clean of the stick head. Neither
four has had the tournament practice
that the first team gets, and some
thing In the way Of stage fright was
expected
Good for Sport.
Aside from either the result, or
the class Of play, the match was q
big thing for the sport, giving the
second string men 4 chance to get
some fun out Of the game before the
season closes. Practice matches
early in the season. and playing trial
horse for the regulars Is about all
that the scrubs have had In the way
of polo. and the, opportunity to play
IN a tournament series Of their own;
makes It lot better for the seconds.
This applies especially to the Oahu
combination. for both DR.. Baldwin,
and Har0ll Dillingham; have played
On the 1ret team At one time or aII.l
otherf and after being TT fits hard
ia have d the j 81 slIi.e seat, ana
zee the other fellows Getting al thei
sport
The Cavalry players showed bet
ter individual condition Saturday, and
this really won them the game, forl
IN the sixth and final period the local
men were too tired to hit the ball.
Three times Henry Damon and Har-l
old Dillingham; tried to knock It from
behind the line and three times
missed the ball entirely. They were!
so pumped that they couldn't get the
hall out OF danger when they had
the chance. and 1t meant the differ
ence between victory and defeat. i
Clean sportsmanship.
II was at the time of this attempt
ed knockin, when Oahu had lead
0f three-Quarters Of i point. andl
when. the last period was dragging
70 close, that Henry Damon did
something which made an instant hit !.
with the crowd. He started to hit
out from the line and swung over
the ball. Harold Dillingham; took
crack ct It and missed weakly. Da-l
mon. tried again. and missed again,
and from the grandstand and auto
mobile row came q very uncompli-
mentary murmur of disapproval, for
It certainly looked as though the
Oahu players were trying to stall for
the whistle. and keep the ball out of
play as long as possible. Damon
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miss. and riding up to the ball put 1t
in with backhander. instead OF go-1
ing back for clean run at it.. II.
was sportsmanllke thing to do, and
showed conclusiveiy that the Oahu
players were not trying to jockey for.
time, and THE crowd appreciated it
as such, and gave q generous hand.
The Game.
The Cavalry lined up with Heffer-l
nan, Millikin. Groninger and Baird inl
the saddle, playing in the order of
positions named, while Oahu was re-!
presented by DR.. Baldwin, Walterl
Macfarlane. Harold Dillingham; and
Henry Damon. Lieutenant Schofleldi
OF the First Infantry refereed, and
Lieutenants Hume and Christy acted
as tinlekeepers. u
At the commencement of the game,
Oahu pressed the Cavalry hard, butt
there was much hanging on the ball, 4
and considerable missing of unob.
structed shots. Walter Macfarlanel
lost both stirrup irons, and rode with
out them for part Of the period, butt
even with this handicap he proved
the star hitter of the eight men, and
made some splendid shots. There
we're not many sensational plays In
this period, but DR.. Baldwin gotl
eway for one long run that showed
Just how fast his grand pony Garry
the News, could 60 with light
weight up. He caught the ball on
Oahu's knock in, and carried it the
entire length OF the field, with three
men trying in vain to catch him, but
sent his last shot wild of the posts.
Not until the latter part of thei