Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-07-18
SERVICE AND
CIVILIAN POLO
TEAMS TO MEET
Oahu Team Goes Against
Mounted Service Four at
SchofieId This Afternoon

AT $3.50 this afternoon the Oahu
polo team and the newly-organized
Mounted Service team, will come to-
gether Cn the cavalry-artillery polo
field al Schofield Barracks, in what
promises to be an exceptionally inter
esting and hardfought game. A large
number of Honolulu polo enthusiasts
have signified their intention OF mo-
toring to the Leilehua army post for
the game, and from Schofeld comes
the news that practically the entire
pest will turn out 10 witness the con-
test. ...... ...... ...... ..-
The army is banking on holding the
Oahu players with its picked combin-
alton, and by pooling the ponies of
the two mounted service regiments,
the officers have al excellent chance
of getting away with the long end OF
the score. Army polo has taken on
a new lease of life, and the stick
swingers Of the 4th Cavalry and the
LIST Field Artillery are going into the
game very thoroughly, with the in
tention of making strong bid for
the inter-island championship.
Local players are beginning to wor-
nv over the continued stay in the
east OF Walter Dillingham;, captain OF
the Oahu team. Without detracting
from the individual brilliancy of the
four men who are now carrying the
Oahu colors, il must be admitted by
any impartial judge of the game that
the team without Dillingham; is sadly
lost. Dillingham;. IS to the Oahu four
what Harry Payne Whitney was TO
the Meadowbrooks, for besides being
q 5-goal handicap man, he is nat
ural leader, and his headwork and
ability to steady the other payers,
has pulled the Oahu team out OF
many a tight corner in the past.
Then again, Castle and Dillingham;
have played together at Nos. and
3 for ten years, and each knows the
others play to nicely. This CON-
bination between the middle compo-
nents of a team is of inestimable adj
vantage, and its lack was felt in the
game against Maui a month ago, ana
also in the round-robbin played at
Schofield last Wednesday.
Tcday's game is only try-out. to
urecede the series for the Wall 4
Dougherty cup. between service and
civilian players. However, as a try
out II is of great importance, espe-
cially to the army men, who are COM
bining the mounted regiments for the
first time for polo purposes. There
suit will be closely watched by all
polo followers on the island.
Army Team Selected.
SCHoFIEI4D BARRACKS, July Is.
The selection of the service polo
team to represent Schofeld Barracks
in the game against Oahu has resolv-
ed itself into the following line up:
No. l Cullum, No. Lyman, No. 3
Beard, No. Potter. The first two
are from the 4th Cavalry, the second
two from the 1st Field Artillery.
The disadvantages wrought by the
consolidation of the Cavalry and Ar
tillery teams in breaking up the team
work is probably more than overbai-
anced by getting together the few
good mounts of the two teams.
In the game last Wednesday,
though the Artillery team had the
poorest mounts, they held their own
against both Oahu and the Cavalry,
scoring against these teams the
same number of goals that they scor-
ed against the Artillery.