Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-08-20
Army POLOISTS
DEFEAT kauai
Team SATURDAY
Rally in Last of Play Comes too
Late and SchofieId MalIet
Men Win Out


afternoon when the poloists repre-
senting the Army defeated the Gar
den Island contingent in a close match
by a score of 312 to ia. This oeats
"A to 3 game about Al ways, as II
is the closest possible match which
could be staged.
Those blue shadows which nestled
close to Mother Nature in Manoa Val
lev drifted slowly toward the polo
field at Kapiolani Park and settled
upon the Kauai players in the last
chukkur. The blue was perceptiole
and, although Kauai made strong
bid for honors in the dying moments
of the game, the finish, polish, or
whatever one might call the punch"
of last year, was missing. and Army
earned the right to play in the final
! match for the championship.
Good and Bad Polo
Good polo and bad was injected in
to the performance, but it can De
said truthfully that there was never
a dull moment from the time the
wooden ball was thrown into the field,
until the crowd cheered as Kauai
made the last bid for honors, which,
somewhat like the pardon OF aeons
ago. came after the affair was ended.
There was a goodly crowd on hand
at the first match, and, although the
match was not expected to draw ike
the Maui Oahu affair, nevertheless the
stand was fairly filled. A long row
of autos lined the field on one side
and the bleachers seated another
large crowd.
There was the usual crowd OF pho
tographers and moving picture expon'
ents on hand, and one young LADY
with blonde tresses proved to be an
expert IN swapping the dashing ponies,
until she was forced to retire from
the western sector by an attack near
the boards.
kooIau Was There
There was a goodly sprinkling OF
army people on hand at the match,
and this was the only sprinkling OF
the day, as the skies were on hand,
bedecked in their bluest of blue with
here and there q faint touch Of white
Ike the phosphoreseence Of the sea,
and with Diamond Head and the Koo-
lau range sticking around, one could
not hope for more ideal conditions.
The Koolau range is always good to
look upon, and comes in handy for a
setting, like the waving palms in an
ukulele advertisement.
After the crowd had gwen the Koo-
lau range the once aver, had feasted
their orbs on the purple hills, and
had passed the time of day with the
martial Diamond Head, play egan
and the Army showed the first inkling
of preparedness when they marched
mn and down the field for two goals in
the first period.
MaIIna Was Prominent
Out of the play of the day John
Malina Of Kauai stood out in many
departments. His longs hits were re-
sponsible for much Of the good show
ing made by Kauai, and hitting from
either side he appeared to get real
results from his play. In the past
Malina has been hard-hitting player,
hitting the wooden sphere on many
occasions, and missing his tries often.
On Saturday he showed a keen know
ledge OF the inside game, and his
dribbling in mid-field and passing
shots enabled Spalding to carry the
ball to the mouth Of the goal. Malina
scored two goals late in the day, but
! penalties gave the Army team the
edge in the last chukkur.
Erwin Of the Army started the
scoring In the first period when he
took the ball from Herr and drove
IL through the lattice work. Following
play In the mid-field he carried the
ball down to the other end and
scored with a difficult angle shot.
Kauai Scores
Rice and Spalding showed some
clever team work In the second period
and some beautiful passing gave Ma
lima the bali, and hard hit sent the
wooden sphere to the mouth of the
goal, when Greenwald, who was play
ing back, made a beautiful save. After
some Of the poorest exhibitions of
polo for the day, Spalding sent the
ball through the posts for the first
Kauai score in the third period.
Herr was playing great polo in the
fourth period, and hard riding with
some excellent hitting gave him an
opportunity to score after Philip Rice
had made two saves. Spalding lost
Kauai one-Quarter of q point my driy-
l0K the Ddll ONCI SIlO 1ldC q SAFETY,
Although no scoring occurred in the
fifth period, the play was perhaps the
fastest of the match. Malina and
Herr made some excellent hits in this
period, and although there was miss
ing at times, the play was neverthe-
less fast, featured by hard riding.
Herr crossed Malina in this period,
which cost his team one-haH a point.
Charles Rice evened things up with
q foul shot.
Hard Hitting
Malina and Charles Rice were in
the thick of the fray in the sixth
period. and one especially long drive
by Malina gave Rice an opportunity
10 score. HoyIe made some beautiful
hits In this period, and his Judgment
on short shots saved the team per-
haps two goals.
Malina rushed to the attack In the
aeyenth period, and following the
fhrow-out. he carried the ball through
The posts for a score in five seconds.
with only q small lead to overcome
Kauai made o great bid in the last