The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-07-27

much desired trophy.
/ IL was good polo, the likes of which
has rarely before been seen in the Ha-
waiian Islands, with every man mp on
his toes, chockful, Of determination and
aiming to win, at any cost, provided il
was in clean, honest and fair way.
1t is no wonder there were thou
sand reasons 10 applaud and none TO
criticize. rs .E.- BIS ..-r.. g, ..... 4
A big, good natured crowd was out
Every parking space for automobiles
was sold and all, Of ave hundred ma
chimes. from the little two.seater to
the big eieht-cylinder, were lined up
against the banks There were also
several hundred followers of the game
scattered about the hills and the many
gay coiored gowns and bright hued
barasols gave the field the appearance
Of garden fete.,, aa %. .nl:nr - =
Each team had its supporters and
each team received its bountiful share
Of applause, the footing Of auto horns
and blasts Of sirens. .Fr ~.
Oahu Scored First -,... .., o.. III.
With the referees whistle, Captains
Dillingham; and Baldwin tossed the
e coin for choice Of driving off, Maui
won and selected up field, figuring the
wind would help. As the ball went
into play from the hands Of Lient
Richard H. Kimball of the Fourth
Cavalry, Walter Macfarlane struck it,
sharply and II careened toward Oahu =
goal. Like a flash Harold Castle was
on top of the ball and his swinging
drive carried the bamboo sphere fully
seventy-fve yards. Castle then took
to riding off the Maui players and
Walter Dillingham; drove the bali
further toward Oahu 3 goal. The ball
rolled within ten feet of the posts aBh
then the Maui aggregation was on top
of it and by cleveFly manipulating
their play worked it back to the centor
of the field. -
A Fifty-Yard Drive
l. A drive by Walter Dillingham;, an.
. other by Harold Castle and a clever
|, bit Of riding of by Walter Maefarlaue,
!, tput the bah in reach Of Arthur Pie
! and a clever drive Of fifty yards, fol-
lowed by another of forty, sent thS
|, ball through sthe posts for Oahu, the
first Of the game. Five and one-iralt
minutes was consumed in mas!pg this
play, and those FIVE and one-half rain.
utes were filed with flashing polo. !
One minute later through a long
, drive by Castle, another by Rice, al.
other exhibition of clever riding of
by Maefarlane, and a sweeping bae.
hand blow by Dillingham;, sent Tho hall
, into Oahu 5 goal posts for another
. score for the Blue and White.
: Another Hard Period
Il Gritty Dave Fleming scored the
i third goal Of the game, following a
. foul by Walter Dillingham;. This per.
!, iod was bitterly fought and for mo-
!. ment or two it looked as IL The play.
J., ers were about to rough it. The love
d Of clean spOrtsmanship prevailen,
q though, and while the play became fast
Z and furious, it was clean. FoIIowin ,
manipulation of the bail up and down
the field, going dangerously near to
9 each goal for five minutes, Fleming
' got in line for run down the turf
@ and with three smashing drives, sent
I the sphere through the post for Maui's
= first count.
q In the next period. the third, Walter
II Dillingham; scored one for Oahu quickly
,. followed by goal by Collins for Mani
. bringing the score to az for Oahu /,
l. 2 for Maui. Walter Macfarlaue thor
Il got hold Of the ball and with protec
a ton on both sides, drove goa! foI
n Oahu IN exactlv thirty seconds.
"a Sam Baldwin Scores
a With athe' resumption OF play, Mau
"a played q nursing game and after tire
4 minutes and forty.fve seconds o
nerve racking polo, in which both team
fought every inch or the way, San
~ Baldwin drove one down the field, fol
10 lowing drive by Fleming, for Maui :
~ third goal. The period ended with tn
- score Oahu az, TO MAui's3 3.
70 In the fourth period, Walter Mae
:, farlane srored for Oahu after twO min
~ utes and thirty seconds of play. Prio
= to this, he ac"idently fouled Collin
&c and was penalized half point, tn
~ first half of the game coming to a.
10 end with the score Oahu Az an
Ta Maui 3.
IN Walter Dillingham; Stars
- Despite this one and one-half poin
Is lead, Maui was still confident and tn
d. hackers Of the team did not Jesse
or in their enthusiasm. But with the clos
of the fifth period. Maui was heater
al although they would not admit II, an
until the finish of the game, tough
willingly and gamely.
ne Walter Dillingham; was the cause @
a the gloom chat settled over Maui ia
1.-TWO smashing drives by the Oahu
he captain one after three minutes of pla
o. and another after one minute and thi
n ty seconds of play, brought the scoT
uD to 6A to 2h in favor Of oah1
II. Fleming bringing a penalty to his teal
Dill when he fouled Arthur Rice Id tn
opening Of the period.
as Fleming Elbows Crit
lis In fact it was sheer nerve and gr
he that kept Fleming in the game an
Ola whatever mistakes he made must /
+, overlooked. He was in pain from
y. recent illness and kept his saddle sin
Dr. plv hecause he thought his team nee'
of Ell him. In this period, following
ri, hard rally in the center of the fiel
&c. David slipned from his saddle an