Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-04-11
BY GEORGE Il. WHITE.

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Hawaiian polo team covered Itself
with glory at the great polo tourna-
ment at the Coronado beach fields,
and won handsome tribute TO the
island development of the game.
Captain Walter +, Dillingham; and
his players earEed away three OF the
trophies for which nine teams cGia-
peted and were generally conceded 10
have perfected the best reanT work OF
IN fcurs entered. Other members OF
the team were Arthur Rice, No. l.:
Harold X. Castle, No. 2; +. +. Bald
win, back, and S. A. Baldwin, substf
tute. Captain Dillingham; played at
No. 3.
More credit Is due the team as IL
was the only one of the three leaders
which came through In condition to
play the last two days of matches
and found Coronado and Canada too
badly battered UP to finish. Frank r..
baldwin, however, was put out Of the
play in the second match and honors
taken by the team were acquired with
the substitute playing, Sam Baldwin
went in at No, 2. pushing Castle and
Dillingham; back q number each in the
positions.
The cups taken by Hawaii were the
Junior Championship trophy, the Pa
cific Coast Circuit cup and the Shreve
Handicap cup. The first was won IN
the defeat of the Pasadena team, while
the others were taken by default when
the t0am was seen to be in fine con-
tiition BY the crippled Coronado and
Canadian teams, who capitulated with
out attempting to take the field.
We're Certain Winners.
The fact that the two last named
cups were acquired through defaults,
can not ba held, as any disoreait 10
the Hawaiian possession, however, as
that team was the last TO acquiesce TO
the arrangement. The two cups We're
played for under handicap in which
Coronado was rated at IS goals, Can
ada 10 and Hawaii 10, as the three
teams left In the competition were
constituted at the time of the last
round. AS Coronado had defeated Ha-
wait only by one-haH point in an ear
lier competition and would have to
give 9 Goals under the handicap, and
as Hawaii had defeated the Canadians
f11h to 3% previously, II was consid-
cred that the islanders would win
were the games played.
Further than that, in the finals of
the Junior Championship, Hawaii de-
feated the Pasadena team. which had
broken even with the Canadians, by
score Of 16 to Az.
81 hesitated to accept these two
cups by default, said CAPTAIN billing
liam. s'until ! had considered all our
previous games and then beaten Pasa-
dena sufficiently to show all concerned
that we quite certainly would have
won"
The Coronado team was the winner
OF the two other trophies the Pacific
Coast All-America and the California
Challenge, and had to defeat the Ha-
Maiians in each case. The defeat in
the former was by a score of 315 to B.
and in the latter 10% to 6h. The
Coronado team probably was one of
the strongest teams ever assembled in
America outside of the All-American
teams of the international matches.
with England.
Crack Opposition.
This team was composed of Captain
I. Campbol BasleY at No. ], c. p.
Beadleston ut No 2. Malcolm Steven
son at No. 3 and Major Colin G. Ross,
hack! The four had had little work
together and their winning was rather
the individual excellence than team
work. the gyeat strength of the Ha-
waiiat team
Moreover, the Hawaiian string OF
"a ponies vas the onl- stable which
compared faYorably with the thorough
bred mounts Of the Coronado players!
Tie island ponies. large proportion
Of them island bred. proved a welcome
sunrise, their natural speed and abi'-
itys auparentlv having been very intel-
lieeuiiy. developed for the polo game
StiIf more credit. can lie giVca the
Hawaiian team ia their successful in.
vasiou Of the States because of 'aa-
tain dillingham; aatlcp in submitting
!; hnndican rating for : is team. AS
tho clubs first season in the American
Polo Association. the players were en-
titled tn he rated at only one goal
each. which would have hfen a great
.adyantage in the handicaD piav. Know
ING that his team was mnch better
than the rating. Captain DiliinShaln
submitted his list with Rico ar two
seals Castle ut three. Frank Baldwin
at three, Sara Baldwin at two and
bimself at three. Thfs rating was an.
nroved by the association Although
ila toaSa's shrwiag indicates that this
VIII he raised after tho SESSION. thev
could not be criticised for entering Mt
that handicap when they did not know
ibes. would cocaTa'e more fayorably
with Vie hiaher rated teams. =
Five Matches
The All.IIawaiian team appeared