Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-07-22
OAHU GETS FIRST LEG ON
POLO CUP BY BEATING MAUI
GAME GREATEST
EYER Seen
HERE

! No greater game Of polo from a
| spectators standpoint has ever been
played in Hawaii than that in which
| Oahu's Blues downed the hard-riding
| Manites last Saturday There may
+, have Eeen arder-fought, more bitter
ly-contested games. but none in which
the tides OF fortune alternated TO work
the rival ad1erents up TO such a pitch
of enthusiasm in a few short moments.
II was an ideal day, to begin with.
over the mammoth amphitheater of
action in which the galloping fours
contested the sun hung uncIouded, and
the green hills. the brown plain across
which the horsemen flung themselves
in mad dashes after the streaking white
sphere. the yellow sunshine, combined
i'm d brilliant picture. given life and
even color by the hundreds upon hun
dreds of spectators who gathered to
see the first OF the interisland series
The attendance was notable. Never
before have so many automobiles and
carriages ringed the oval enclosure
within which the game is fought. BY
o'clock. the hour set for the game,
there were many machines on the west
road. and by half-past two the west
side of the playing field was lined. Long
before and after this the autos and
carriages had rolled in a steady pro-
cession up from the Moanalua gardens.
At o'clock, when the rival teams
made ready for the fray, the field was
completely encircled, and in some
places the machines were banked three
and four deep. Also. many cars were
left along the road before the field was
reached.
A Grand Fight.
All the elements for a grand display
of this great sport were present, and
the game itself was the climax Be-.
ginning with three hard-won goals for
each team, the Valley Islanders finally
went to the front and left for Oahu
and Oahu's supporters little hope and
no confidence Then Walter Dilling-
ham pulled his men together and the
team began its superb uphill fight.
When Oahu scored in the sixth pc
Rod, making five for the Blues and
eight for the Yellows, the Oahu adher-
ents began to take heart In the sew
enth period Rice's clever goal, adding
another to Oahus score, aroused much
enthusiasm, but it was not until Rice
repeated few moments later and the
score went to to that the Oahus
really began to wake up.
From the sidelines the result of the
game could be forecast right there The
last three periods had shown Oahu
forcing the pace. taking longer chances,
riding perhaps more daringly, certainly
more effectively. and, in the snappy
idiom of sport, beating the other fell
low to it,
Along the sidelines the comment at
the end of the seventh period was that
Oahu was entirely outplaying the Maui
men, and that the Maui ponies were
beginning to feel the effects of the
pace.
Oahu Confident.
Oahu's dash and confidence were I'M
beatable after this. When the score
was tied and the extra period was
played, the sidelines knew Oahu had
the game.
Some of the greatest playing of the
game occurred right under the noses
OF the people in machines on the west
side.
1t was here that Collins shot a goal
from a seemingly impossible angle, SO
close to the goal line and so far from
the posts that the bet was 100 to he
couldn't make it. But he made it.
Walter Dillingham; pulled off a re-
markable piece of work in getting the
ball out from the sideboards while. his
pony was almost off its feet The pony,
galloping just outside the boards, STUN
bled and fell forward into the field
Dillingham; held his pony up and slash
ed the ball back handed, driving it
down the field, and almost With the
motion swung his mount after it,
1t looked like sure spill and yell
went UP from the male spectators, with
real shrieks from feminine voices heard
above the roar. But the pony got its
feet and went on.
Most of Frank Baldwins splendid
driving runs down the field were made
on this side, and Dave Fleming aroused
cheers twice by clever work along the
boards within few feet of the parked
autos.
Honolulu Lets Co."
The seventh, eighth and ninth pc
riods were marked by enthusiasm such
as Honolulu spectators rarely show
Many of those in the ears jumped out
and ran up and down the sidelines.
L One well-known Honolulu man found
the strain more than he could bear in
silence. He had contented himself with
deep imprecations when Maui was forg-
ing rapidly ahead of the Blues. How !
ever, when the Oahu quartet began to
pick up. his voice rose to pitch of
high delight and he stalked up and
down the boards with soulful curses
that were uttered all unconscious of the
spectators.
Judge A. A. Wilder was the life of
one party. He had an enormous bee
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