The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-04-01

warm Praise narncd.
"Ths least W. could say was that II
wss mighty hati luck, and it hurt NJ
10 zee The cups 70 in the other team
when W. felt that with onr full team
We could have turned the trick The
game was, know. a very great surprise
10 the Fasteners and In discussing the
matter afterwatd. with Mr. Stevenson,
he aid that he would have given any.
thing 20 have had Harry PAYNE Whit.
ney. captain Of the All America team,
here TO have seen the match lie said
u vas one % the hardest games that
he had ever played IN aud that the
speed which the lIawaiians maintained
throughout the game, was Ear aud away
faster than he had any idea We could
play. Frank Baldwin was taken home
before the game was over and when we
reached the hotel. we found him suffer.
ing great pain with his leg swollen to
twice its natural size. The poor fellow
was all shot to pieces over the idea that
his dropping out OF the game had dis
organized us TO the point Of losing the
match, which he felt we had in hand
for victory. A large dinner was given
that evening by some polo enthusiasts
here at the hotel and the Hawaiian
speeches were made, of most compli-
mentary character to the defeated team
and the talk on all sides was to the ef.
feet that the match was the best ever
played on these grounds.
All American Trophy.
"The following afternoon, Pasadena
and the Canadians played the opening
game for the All American Polo Tro-
ply. This is the big $4,000 cup put up
by Mr.. Spreckels and which is PLAYED
for annually. 1t has been won by Eng.
land Burlingame and other teams in
the past, and we were anxious to take
the cup to Hawaii Only the four best
teams in the previous tournament were
eligible to compete for this trophy, viz,
Canada, Hawaii, Pasadena and Coro.
rado. The Canadian team lost Harry
Robinson as the result of an accident
in previous game and Mr.. Huston of
Denver substituted. The match was a
close one, won by Pasadena in the ninth
period.
On Monday the first match for the
Junior Championship cups was played
between the Army and the San Mateo
Juniors, This was not by any means
high.class polo, and any of our junior
teams at home could have won handily,
as against the Army, Boise or the San
Mateo Juniors.
Ladies' Nomination.
, "Tuesday, there was a so-called cut
in match, ladies nomination teams
Three teams were made up and played
in the name of three different ladies,
wives of playing members. The yellow
played the blues full periods, then the
MI hn VIII f,,n ,nJg
then the whites played the yellows full
periods; the team making the most
goals were declared the winners in the
triangle match. Sam Baldwin played
on Mrs. Lemp's team and this team won
the match. Each member of the team
received gold cuff buttons with the Cor
, onado Club crest enameled on the same
and Mrs. Lemp received silver cup.
W Crowd for Hawaii.
/ Wednesday afternoon, we were
again lined up against the Coronado
team, this time to play for the All
American trophy. AS Frank was out
of the game, we played with Sam Bald
Q win in his place. The sentiment here
Q at the hotel was so strong in favor of
Q the crippled Hawaiian team that great
pressure was brought to bear by polo
t fans here to induce us to secure one of
the best men from Northern California
TO play in Frank Baldwin's place. One
gentleman came to me Sunday night
and said that if / would get Mr.. Dris-
U coll to come down from San Francisco
4 and play with us that he would pay all
= the expenses Of bringing Driscoll and
1 his ponies from San Francisco here and
u return, and bring them on special
train if necessary to get them here in
. time for the Wednesday match. The
1 arguments were used that the Coronado
= team had been organized as an all-staI
\ aggregation to beat the Hawaiians and
we were entitled to use the same tao.
tics to get back at them in this second
big tournament.
Stand or Fall
owe discussed the matter at great
n length, and then l decided that Hawaii
would stand or fall as an Hawaiian
q team; that with our junior team be,
{ ing none other than the Oahu team of
o last year, we would go at them in true
r interisland style. We rearranged our
n team to best meet the positions of our
n opponents and consequently did not line
. up in the order that the Oahu team
n lined up last August. We played Ar
thur Rice at one; Sam Baldwin at two;
Harold Castle at three and 1 played
8 back. We put Sam on the handiest po-
MES we had and he was cautioned and
: instructed to prevent Stevenson from
! playing his fancy shots The betting
odds were five to one against US and
/ frankly, it did not seem to me possible
that we could hold this aggregation
! down with our junior formation. Just
before the game started, one of the Cor.
I onado men walked across the field, lead
, ing goat and my attention was direct.
ed to the episode with the remark,
"that they had Hawaii Is goat in
hand.''
1.-THE game had no sooner started
. than it was evident to me that Coro-
nado had not received from the fearful
5 strain of the Saturday match. Men
and horses were lacking in the snap
: which characterized the play of the
previous game. However, there was
lots of polo left and their defense and
ours was the feature of the game. We
scored the first goal and held the game
in hand until the score was in the
sixth period, 81 to 3, Coronado lead
ing.