Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-04-15
HAWAII POL 0ISTS BACK
81 WITH MANY H0NoRS
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Next season, on the theory that turn
about Is fair play. crack polo four,
picked from the eastern players VINO
spend part Of each year at Coronado,
will make the trip to Hawaii. and
meet the locals on the latter's home
field. Possibly the San Mateo Slash
ers will also make the trip. in which
case ar three-cornered tournament of
exceptional interest could be pulled
off The Coronado contingent, though,
is almost certainty, as c. w. Clarke
and Walter Dupee have guaranteed the
expense of sending string of ponies
here for an extended campaign.
It's far cry from now until next
spring. especially with an unsweet-
.ened tariff staring the country in the
face, but if the five men who worked
on California fields this year are able
to play together again. Hawaii will
have a grand chance to even old
scores with the invaders. Then the
advantage of climatic conditions and
familiar field will be with the locals,
and it will be interesting to see
whether the eastern and California
players will be able to make as good
showing with this shade against
them as the Hawaiians did under sim
liar circumsta
A Strenuous Campaign. =
All the PLAYERS look fit, and in the
hest. ofatraiping although Frank Bald
win still walks with "a decided limp.
the after effects aof bis serious acct
dent at Coronado. 1T was their faith,
Inl training and consequent superb
physical condition that enabled the isl
anders to go through the gruelling
campaign with colors flying, and get
the best sout ofs.themselyes and their
mounts at critical moments. fs,
Lets see" said Walter ID bingham
contempl when the writer
asked him for an expression of 5opin.
ion. as the Wilhelmina steamed up the
harbor There's so Mnch to tell
about. the trip that I don't know just
where to begin. I'll assume, though
that people here who are Interested
in polo have followed the fortunes OF
the team at Pasadena, Coronado and
San Mateo, and won't go into the
matter Of results at all.
Taking up the last games first, II
might say that the work of the team
against the Slashers was very satisfac-
tory, and that, although beaten in the
final game, we can not help but be
pleased at the general results. OF
course We wanted to winwanted to
win in the worst way. wouldn't give
a cent for team that was satisfied
with defeat, even if it were honorable
defeat We we're keenly disappointed
when We came out of that last game
with the short end of the score, but
in fairness to ourselves, must say
that there are no might have beens' or
determinations coming to the team as
a playing machine. As to playing con.
ditions, that is another matter. The
Ell Cerrito field did not suit us nearly
as we'll as the Clark field, and If we
had been given the choice we would
nave undoubtedly elected to play on
the latter We lost the first game to
the Slashers, on the Ell Cerrito field,
and then beat them on the Clark
field. which we found much more to
the liking OF ourselves and our ponies,
1t is Bermuda grass, more like the
footing We are used to, while on the
club grounds the turf is bunchy, and
seems to have a layer of what / might
call taro-patch mud right at the roots.
The ponies were afraid to extend
themselves, and slipped badly on the
turns, Frank Baldwin getting stiff
fall in the final game. / won't say
run-no one who saw that last game
would say that-but / do think that
they would have run better on the
ether field.
Team Play Keynote:
.'The incest things said about the
Hawaiians were in regard to the
team play shown. never saw more
lmselfish polo. and all thought of
personal glory was buried in the wish
10 play a good combination game.
Stevenson and Beadleson, the Eastern
cracks, gave US a number of compli.
mentS on this score, and the San
Mateo critics were equally compli-
nentary They said that. Hawaii
showed the best team work ever seen
in California. -. u. .-s.:-
The ponies came through the
campaign splendidly, and were a big
TO a number of people who |
had an idea that Hawaiian breds
didn't amount to much. Three of |
them, DIR. Baldwin's Carry the News, |
Frank Baldwin's Dancy, anu my pony, |
Helen G, We're borrowed for use in |
the international games, which is
quite compliment. r.. |
I'VE liked playing conditions at |
Coronado better than at San Mateo. |
The climate was more like Hawaii, |
and we were able to do better. As
10 the players themselves, there |
wasn't the shadow of disagreement |
or dissention during the: entire |
lime which anyone familiar with the
strain and nerye-wrack of continued |
close matches will admit is out OF the
ordinary.
All Were Stars.
Frank Baldwin, Arthur Rice and |
Harold Castle nave all come in fer
special comment in the newspapers +
rom time to time for their exception
Ely brilliant playing AS would be
natural in long series of match
games, each man bad his On-day