Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-08-18

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In order to give the men of TIE
Fourth Cavalry polo team well de-
served credit for their part in last
Saturdays game against Oahu. it Is
necessary to knock one department
of their polo maehine-tEe mounts
The old saw of "loye me 1--we my
dog" cannot be altered to include
equines, and then applied to the
army's polo representatives re cav
airy team was much under-horsed Sat
urday, and the scores would have
been many goals closer together had
the mounts been up to standard.
The final score of the initial came
of the interisland tournament was
1874 to 11s, with Oahu on the long
end. Each team was penalized half a
goal, so that in reality, in six periods
of play, Oahu scored IL more goals
than did the soldiers. The luck of
the game was bit, against the cav.
airy which should have had about
three more goals. Once the ball came
to rest less than foot short of the
goal line, after a cavalry man had
made sure that 1t was well over, and
once a bad hop at the last minute
caused Cullum to miss the posts by
less than foot Both these near
scores came at the mauka end of the
field, where 1t is hardest to get the
hall through the posts. At the makai
end, the cavalry also had couple Of
close shaves that would have added to
their goal total nine times out of ten.
Early Lead for Oahu.
Oahu had the game well in hand
after the first period, and the men in
blue played under wraps. Not that
they were loafing on the job. or con-
sciously easing up in their riding, but
that the inspiration Of a close, and
hard-fought game was lacking, and
that the extra portion of snap and GIN
ger that shows up when men are fight
ing for every yard Of the field, was
not in evidence. Oahu was good and
bad in streaks, both the individual
work and the combination play being
little uncertain. This, however, can
be explained by the fact that in the
third period Oahu had to make an en-
tire shift, owing to an accident to Sam
Baldwin, who was struck on the head
by a stick and forced to retire from
the game Arthur Rice took the
saddle. going in at hack This shifted
Dillingham; from back to No. 3, and
Castle frefaNe3 to D, Walter Macfarfane
being the only man unaffected by the
shake-up. It was to be expected that
q wholesale shift of this sort would
unsteady the combination of the team.
Rain Lets Up.
The game started at 3.20, after one
of the showers that fell at frequent
intervals during the day. Luck was
with the poloists, though, and there
was no rain to amount to anything for
the remainder of the afternoon. The
cavalry lined up with Lieutenants Gull
lum, Cook, Lyman and sChaney, play
ing in the order named They made a
smart appearance in their old-gold
shirts, with the cresfvof the regiment
emblazoned in blue. The Oahu four
took the field with Macfarlane, Bald
win, Castle and Dillingham; playing 1,
p, 3 and back respectively. They wore
blue shirts, with white sieve bands,
all the players wearing the regulation
polo rig of white breaches and brown
boots, together with safety helmet
or cop. The referees were Colonl s.
d. Sturgis, of the list Field Artillery,
and Laurence Redington, Of Honolulu.
Colonel Sturgis bowled in the first
ball, and the game was on.
Play was very even fergthe first two
minutes of play, the4superiority of
the Oahu four not being apparent un-
til both teams had steadied down to
the real business of the game. In
fact, the Cavalry got OFF in front, car
rying the ball down to the makai goal,
which Oahu was defending, and max
ing an excellent showing. 1t looked
as though Oahu might be up against
the biggest surprise in its polo his
tory.
Castle Scores First.
Castle got the ball finally, and with
a clean ruhsup the field scored the
initial goal in just minutes of play
ing time Dillingham; sent the white
sphere through L minute and 80 sec
onus after the THROWN, and the next
time the ball was put in play at the
center, it took sCuflum, the Cavalry's
snappy No. 4 .:just 35 seconds to get
the ball through the posts. The army
contingent let out great cheer when
the first goal WAS hung up on the
soldiers side zzof the big score board
On the hill. r..
Before the second period was far
along, the superiority of the Oahu
ponies was apparent. They were out
footing the cavalry mounts whenever
two players came together in race
for the bah, and inappearance as well
as speed showed up far better. The
fourth goal of the game was hit by
sam Baldwin, after 2zminutes and 10
seconds of play. tld Dillingham;
again scored for the Blues in 1.10 Gull
lum then got the ball over the goal
line in AZ seconds. 10th of the