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Show BIS GiTY POLO TEAM BEITS DENVER Missourians Win Second Match of Tourney, Which Is Played in Terrific Heat, I KAXSAS CITY, June 2 4. With tr.q j thermometer away above the 90 degree Imark and a glaring sun (.lancing1 over th field, the Blues of the Kansas City Country Coun-try club defr-ate-i the Denver Country club four in the second match of the tournament of the western circuit of the Xational Polo association here today. U'i to 6J. The match, piayei on Saoi park field, was fast and replete Wth spectacular piays. Every point was iut-terlv iut-terlv contested. Through a chanee made in th ai-nouni-ed handicap of VT. P. Huston. Der1-vor Der1-vor No. 1. reins: cut from 1' 10 1. ti:-1 Blues were obliged 10 sive th.Pir nr;u-vem nr;u-vem two ?oa!s at the outset. However, in tiie first nunut of plav the ponv of Captain R. ?. Thomas. Blue No. 1. kik-i the ball throueh the poal po?t-. A hort time aff-rward T. A. Vhe. Riue No. "dribbled" the ball t h -'ee- four; h.- t'-e !fri srt )'i of the field for another goal 3t'-l before the period ended he bad s- or--'i aaiu, throwing- the Blues into the Ica-i. They never were headed. Huston perhaps was the backbone of the Denver team. He never appeared to have difficulty in hooking the ball out of a scrlmma.ee. In the sixth period he suffered suf-fered a blow on the naht arm from a 'flying ball, but after a respite-of twentv minutes he resumed p'.av- In the ne;r period he scored bv making- an ovr'iand' swinf?. which sent the ball whizzing under un-der his pony while on the dead run across the field. P. H. Velie. Blue No. 3. made th. most spectacular play of the dav in ihe -La t minute of play when he made a saber rut of a near s'de shot, hit from a swerving- pony at full sneed. sirs ierht through a me;e of mailets and tbrou-rli the goal posts for a tally. The score: Goals. Safeties. Fouls. Blues P. H. Velie 3 1 n T. A. Velie o 0 ? V". TV. Guernsev n n i Capt. R. S. Thomas 4 n n Totals 12 1 2 Denver C. C. J. F. gvrr.es n 0 0 W. B. Huston n 1 0 G. T.a Pore 1 0 ft S. Baxter 0 0 0 Totals 4 1 n Referee A. T. Frimm. Jr., St. Lou: Country club. |