The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-09-04
POLO CHAMPIONSHIP WON
by OAHU i'm HARD GAME
Clean Victory Over Army Team On Friday Marked By
Hard Riding and Difficult Plays Contest Was Not
Spectacular But Marked By Many Unusual Plays

BY its clean victory yesterday, Oahu
won the Island championship Of the
lsi7 polo tourney. Although the Army
was plainly ootcIassed, both from the
Standpoint Of mounts and organization,
they rode Oahu hard and succeeded in
blocking many Of the long plays Of
their opponents. This made the game
less spectacular but II was hard on the
players. In fact, the contest was 50
unusual that just comparison Of the
two teams would be most difficult One
thing is self.evident: had the Army
played q loose game, the score would
have been 20 to 5h instead of liz to
81 at the close Of the eighth period.
A noticeable feature Of the game
was the teamwork Of both aggrega-
tions. On several occasions when a
long drive had been made, the ponies
we're neck and neck in e,airs racing at
great speed for the ball Although the
Oahu mounts Would draw away from
the Army ponies in the distance, these
rnces occasioned frequent applause
tloH NHt rINtfutofn W tno EiohuotoA'a
and IN the automobiles parked along
rhe mauka side Of the field. Each
player covered his man well, and while
there were times when both teams re-
sorted TO Individual playing, teamwork
was generally apparent.
Game Not Spectacular
The game was far from spectacular
and at times appeared almost istless.
Harold Castle Was always in the fray
and his work yesterday was greatly
,dmired II has been said that Castle
plays his best game either with the
Army or with Kauai, and IL this be
rue, he certainty lived up TO his trad
itional reputation In yesterdays con-
test. He made five Of Oahu's goals
md was penalized onehalf point for
fouling in the third period. Walter
Macfarlane did not play anywhere near
the game he did in the Maui-Oabu con
Test last Saturday, although he made
shree goals Of the twelve.
Walter Dillingham; played his usual
brilliant game but was ridden of on
numerous occasions. He made four
goals, two Of which were from difficult
lngles. Arthur Rice, playing back,
failed to score. Army did not score UNI
Ill the third period, when Capt. John
* Herr made goal in one minute aud
thirty seconds. Army scored again in
The sixth ehukkur when Lieut.. Karl G.
Greenwald made goal in the first
minute and a half Of play. He scored
again in the eighth, making two goals
to his credit. Capt. Y. II. Erwin scored
three times in the seventh and eighth
periods. As in the case Of Oahu, one
nan failed to score, he. being Capt. r.
&. ID. Hoyle, playing No. 2. Yester-
lays play was fast in spots; in other
spots il was slow and featureless. But,
| IS has been strted, it was n game diff
| ferent from any seen in the history Of
Island polo, which, in itself, made IL
worth attending.
Crowd Was Small
The crowd was the smallest that has
attended any game Of the series, but
Friday has always been poor day for
attendance, regardless Of the event.
Although there were nearly as many
machines parked along the maula side
Of the field as on the previous Satur.
lay, there were very few people in the
grandstand and bleachers. The bleach
er seats on both sides Of the grand
stand were virtually vacant, and there
were probably two hundred in tbs
yrandstand The Hawaiian Band play
ID between periods.
/ II was an ideal day for both players
ind spectators. A light breeze wa.
slowing and the clouds served excel
emily as shelter from the sun. Light
mowers down town and threatening
LIQUIDS might have caused a few TO re
main at home There was not droT
# rain at Kapiolani Park,