Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-07-22
LOCAL FOUR CONE
: FROM Behind
.-~ $3.50
And WIN
sY LAuRENcE REpINeToN.

All The world loves an uphill nghtef,
and when it's the home team that's
making the fight, so that local pride
and an appreciation OF gameness can
Pull together, and when, to cap the
climax, it's a successful fight, not
much more can be asked of sport.
That's why Honolulu went polo mad
Saturday, when, after one of the most
exciting and clearly played games
ever seen in the Islands, the Oahu four
snatched victory out of the fire, and
won an extra-period game from Maui,
score 8 to TX.
II was a great game 10 watch,
grand game to win. but heart-break
.ngly hard one to lose At half time
) Naui led by score of to 3, and was
Fcutplaying Oahu in every department
of the game Victory seemed certain
Then. as IL imbued simultaneously
with the spirit TO fight for a lost
cause. the four men in blue found
themselves. II was team transform
ed that started to pull down that long
lead after the ten-minute rest. Slash
ing at the white sphere from possible
and impossible angles. riding hard
after the ball and hard after the OPP
position, with combination fifty per
cent improved, Oahu grimly tackled
the job Of tieing the score and forging
into the lead.
Fight Begins.
One goal in the fifth period, and no
tangible gain for the locals. although
they seemed 10 be more than holding
their own. One goal each in the
sixth. and still IL looked like a game
already won, for each side was scor-
ing only through the makai goal, and
making little or no Roadway up the
I Nope and against the wind.
IL was not until the seventh period
What the crowd woke up to the fact
that Oahu had a chance, and that
the men were making one of the fin
est fights ever seen on polo field, at
home or abroad. Play started with
Oahu at the big disadvantage of
knocking uphill. but right here the
tide of victory turned, with the scor-
ing of the games most sensational
goal.
Soon after the throw-in Maui work
ed the ball down to the lower goal.
and threatened at any moment to put
il through the sticks. II was hit
sharply toward the Waikiki side
boards, and in a flash Harold Castle
was on top of ii, for the minute clear
of the field. He gave 1t mighty
crack that lifted the white willow
Nigh i'm the air, and hit again for good
distance before David Fleming, the
Maui back, reached the ball and stop
ped il with a baek-hander. which also
sent II into the air. Sam Baldwin was
laundering along behind his team
mate, and as the ball rose off Elem
ing's stock, he made desperate pass
at ii in mid-air. The odd chance in
a hundred came of fhe ball striking
the cane OF Baldwin's mallet and fall
ing just in front of Arthur Rice. who
was the third galloping Oahuan of the
line. Rice hit with all his might, but
the ball curved even nearer the side
boards, and went bounding and hop
ming toward the line, but far away
from the posts.
Took Long Chance.
And then Arthur Rice made one of
those rare shots that so seldom come
when really needed Leaning forward
in his saddle and steadying his pony
for the final effort. the Oahu back hit
n mighty stroke under his pony's neck
So sharp was the angle that the stick
bent almost double as the cane
brought up against his mounts neck.
The ball quartered for the white posts,
with three Maui men almost on top
of il, and trickled over the coveted
Iline Just as the foremost man reached
out for ii. Not until the goal judge
threw up his arm did the crowd that
had been following the rapidly chang
ing play in GREATNESS silence realize
that il was another score.
Oahu went at it hammer and tongs
as the ball came into play in the
middle of the field, and in jiffy was
shooting for Maui's downhill goal.
Three times the ball was over the
line. but in each instance the posts
were missed by narrow margins. On
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