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Show pERICA CRUSHES HOPE 1 OF BRITISH FOR CUP H.Br icsn I' YORK June 9. America crushed d' hope of resalnlnp the mter-l! mter-l! polo cup at Meadowbroolc today, the chaJIcnglnic Brltlnh cavalry oi-out-rlddPn and out-mancuvcrcd, created 1J to 34 soals. (UKh the final score was half a oser than in the first match, the I playnrx worn less of a factor, for ice were they on oven terms and ir two minutes, ubout the middle came. Today's American victory he MendowbrooH team undisputed Ion of the tup until another chal-3 chal-3 received American players seemed like a, it team from that In the initial Their former nervousness had ared. When "5.000 spectators saw ores throw In the first hall, they ot surprised when Larry Wator-Ipped Wator-Ipped the little white sphere from i the nose of Captain Cheapcs uid started for the English poal. Inutes' later his brother shot the jld of the match, i the British defenso stiffened, an rotcction of trie goal kept down ire and made the match not only jut full of brilliant runs and rc-le rc-le recoveries at critical points, ican team work was much more ence than in the first game and eked by the quick running ponies, jugh to outweigh the belter mallet f the English officers. No such of goal, however, has ever been this country as that shown by tlsh cavalry officers, ties were moro of a figure In the The Americans had a goal and deducted from their scores by lis by L. Watcrbury and safeties f. Watcrbury and Mllburn. Eng-iffered Eng-iffered the loss of half a. goal Ieutenant Edwards crossed Whlt-f Whlt-f ho transgressed once, T.leulen-ivards T.leulen-ivards more than made good. He s only one who was able to drive through the Meadowbrook's goal ind the eight goals the chal-mado chal-mado lu the two matches were l his mallet er determining factor was the good mounts by the English . Captain Lloyd, the English ider, played six of the eight periods with two ponies, and Lloutenant Edwards was astride- three horses in the last period. What the visitors would have done with a string like that of the Americans, which out-galloped the visitors' visi-tors' mounts on every occasion, can only be conjectured. Against superior horse flesh and team work, the- British attack bad to be that of noal tapping and hard hitting when the opening was gained. Even then, when the field seemed clear. Mllburn frequently fre-quently would thunder down the field and turn the lido back Into England's territory. terri-tory. There will be an exhibition match between be-tween some of the Kngllsh and American Ameri-can players at Moadowbrook tomorrow and after a brief rest the Britishers will leave for home. The Hnc-up and summary: Moadowbrook No. .1. L. Waterbury: No. J. M. Waterbury; No. 3. Harry Pnyno Whitney; back, Devcreaux Mil-burn. Mil-burn. England No, 1, Captain L. St. George Cheapc, No. 2. Lieutenant A. Noel Eel-wards; Eel-wards; No. 3. Captain J. Hardress Lloyd: back. Captain It. H. Wilson. First period, first goal Won by America: Amer-ica: made by J. M. Waterbury; time, 2:21 Second period, second goal America, L. Watcrbury: time, 5;SS. Third period No goal. Fourth period, third goal England. Lieutenant Edwards: time. 7:30. Fifth period, fourth goal England, Lieutenant Edwards: time. 2:11; fifth goal. America, L. Waterbury: time, 1:10; sixth goal, America, J. M. Waterbury; time. ',n7: seventh goal, England, Lieutenant Lieu-tenant Edwards; time, 2: IS. Sixth period, eighth goal America, L. Waterbury; time. 5:16. , Seventh period, ninth goal America, J. M. Waterbury; time. 3:22. Eighth period, tenth soal England, Lieutenant Edwards; time, 2:59. Goals scored America, 6; England. 1. America lost 11 goals on two fouls by L. Waterbury and safeties by J. M. AVa-torbury AVa-torbury and Milburn. England lost half a goal by Lieutenant Edwards. Final score America li: England 3J. Refereo R. E. Strawbridgo of Philadelphia. |