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Show America Wins by Quarter Point; Retains Cup After Bitter Fight Three polo cup defenders: Top, left to right Larry. Waterbury and Harry Payne Whitney Whit-ney (captain). Bottom Devereaux Milburn. Struggle' Is Desperate, Especially Espe-cially in Last Two .Periods oflPlay. By International News Service MEADOW BROOK, N. Y., June 14. To win by a quarter of a goal in the second and de--ciding match sets up a record rec-ord .in international polo. No closer match' has ever been played for tho cup. It Tvas a record match in every Tvav. for there were record missea, record rec-ord nits and Toc'ord galloping; in which tho English ponies more than hold their own. Apparently the Yankee team was in no way weakened by the absence of "Monty" "Waterbury. for Stoddard played well, and although, he missed some rather easy hits, he acquitted himBolf creditably on the whole. England Eng-land had the lead by 4SA to 4, but a foul chalked up for Lockett caused a penalty of half a goal and. thia left the tally 4 for Euglnnd and lost them tho match. Two things helped tho English players play-ers today. Tbev were tho substitution of Eroako for Edwards on the EngliBh No. 3, while England's other trio, Cheapo, Ritson and Lockett, played an entirely improved brand of polo. Right from the start they Bhowod more vim in hitting and moro dash and recklessness reckless-ness in hnndling their mounts. They were bound that the Americana would not "jump" them at tho start, as they did in the opening game, so they, rode into the flrst chucker fully alert and each with his blood steaming for the fray. Freake Strong Player. Tho work of Eroake turned out. -well for England. Ho was "on the .ball' no matter where it flow,, and turned the play always at the cntical moment. Ho was the right sort of a man. 'in front of Ritsou, for tho pair rode in and out, circled around each oilier and by their quick turning, backing and cross-htts kept the ball well under control. Every Ev-ery now and again Ereako would ndo out to alternate with Cheapo, and Mab-son, Mab-son, after which he would fall back to cover Lockett at back. Lockett, too, was a. big improvement on himself, for ho blocked some dan-ecrous dan-ecrous shots, hit wath strength and accuracy ac-curacy and was altogether 60 per cont a better man than on Tuesday last. Havinc tho right sort of a cover In Ereako, Rit.aon had an opportunity to show to hotter advantage. H)s hits wore longer, hia dribbling more effective effec-tive and his work in the scnmmngeB Tvas incomparable.. A number of times during the afternoon ho scoopod the ball out of the middle of the meloo and tapped it out to ono of bin men outside. Oheape was accurate in his i long drives. On the Amerioan side Mjlburn stood ont promincutly above his conferees. His backhand work was oxcellont and oavod his territory many and many a time from tho rushes of the Britishers. 3sTot alono that, but when a chonco to hit for a goal presented itself. Mil-burn Mil-burn "was there and with his stick flashing flash-ing Hardlv for flyo misutes during the play did hp play in hia position. Larry Waterbnry played well at No. I 2 and as was anticipated, harassed Ritson Rit-son to an extent.' Larry took all sorts of chances and dosorves tho credit of being instrumental in keeping down tho score of the challengers. AlK through the matches Larry and Ritsou kept a running fire of exchanges on bumping, riding off, orooking and other oth-er offoctivo tactics of polo. Ponies in Parade. At 4:16 p. m". tho English ponies were paraded by the Btands. The thirty-three mounts, each lnt .charge of a groom, mado a striking ploturo as they pranoed along the aide boards as If keeping tlmo to the band's two-stop. Following the cup challengers ponIe3 carao the American ponies, twenty-five Jn number. They were In numbered Boddlo cloths, corresponding to tho playing play-ing position of thn ridor. At 4;80 the playero of bpth teams came on the field and proceeded to w&rm up, driving the ball down the turf and taking ahota at tho goal. Play in the first period was begun at 4:S8 p. m. The heat of the early after-nQon after-nQon was tempered later by a cooling broczo and the weather was perfect. English Score First. Referee Strawbrldge throw the ball! In and Captain Freake took It out of the scrimmage, It was driven quickly to tho English side, but only for a few seconds. The challengers drove it to center and then to the American side. Back and forth the willow wa carried by excellent team work by both British and American players. Tho Americans wore on the defensive. Milburn jiiBt saved a goal for the horio team. Frcako missed a fine chance. Tho English again drove hard and at 4:4& Cheapo made tho first goal. Lockett carried the ball all the way up the field, but Whitney Btoppcd him. Score at end (Continued on following Pago.) r AMERICANS WIN BT QUARTER OF POT (Continued From Preceding Page.) of first period: England, 1 goal; America, none. Socond period Tho Englishmen showed distinctly better team work and better hitting. Cheapo just missed another an-other goal, riding through after the ball. Tho play was at first close to tho American Ameri-can goal. Milburn rushed in and carried car-ried It to center, aided by Waterbury. Waterbury missed a goal. Lockett., with a back stroke, took the ball away from Stoddard and prevented a goal. A foul was called against the American team; It was charged against Whitney. This took half a point off tho first goal to be made by America. Cheape picked the hall up in mldfleld and in two shots carried It down, but struck wide of the goal. Tho most striking feature In the play, so far, was tho superiority of tho English ponies. The visitors were using their best mounts. Waterbury was not showing show-ing the best team work with Stoddard. Rltson's backhand strokeB had been notable. no-table. Score end second period: England, 1 goal: America, minus half goal. Third period The Americans wore being be-ing forced to play a defenBlvo gamo. Mil-burn Mil-burn Just saved a ball from being a safety. safe-ty. The play was then at tho American end of the field, but by some team work the Americans got It to center. Whltnev did not seem to be playing up to his form. America Scores. Stoddard. Waterbury and Milburn carried car-ried tho ball to tho Engllshi side, but Mil-burn Mil-burn missed two goal chances in quick succession. Stoddard scored the first goal i?T Americans. Milburn, with a beautiful beau-tiful backhand stroke, brought the ball out of danger. Score end third period: England, 1 goal; America, half goal. Fourth period The play in the begin-nIn,s begin-nIn,s PLth,s PerloI was In the English end ot the field. Both Kltson and Lockett In a run up the field missed strokes at critical moments. Stoddard, with an offside off-side stroke, scored the second goal for the Americans. This immediately was followed by another American goal, making mak-ing the second in th,is period. Whitney played for a few moments with a broken mallet, not stopping to change. Play in this period came to an end with the ball In English territorv. Score end fourth period: England. 1 goal; America, 25 goals. Between periods a. doctor was called to attend Mr. Freake, but Freake reappeared reap-peared on the field previous to the fifth period, giving evidence that he was all right. He had been hit with a ball or a mallet. England Scores Again. PIay !n the flth Period, began at 5:26 5 ,he P11 kePl the center until one ijErisll3h drove out on th- American Ameri-can side. The Americans played a defensive de-fensive game: The Americans got the ball away from the English at a point close tp the home goal, but only for a short time. After milling around for a couple of jnInAiies' a g?l for England was made Cheape. This was followed bv a pell-mell pell-mell rush down the field, the challengers driving the ball Cheape made the second sec-ond goal of this period in 53 seconds. Cheape then missed his third goal by loss than three feet. Larry Waterbury missed a goal by about one foot bv a drive of iuuy aixty j-aras. (Japtaln RItson saved a goal for his team by scoring a safety after a brilliant team dash down the field tj mericans. Score, end of fifth period: England, 22 goals; America, 2J goals. Sixth perlodLockett missed an easy goal at the beginning of this period. Cheape missed a free field shot for a goal shortly after a throw from the sideboards. side-boards. A British goal was made by Cheape after some very desperate play. The men rode shoulder to shoulder down the field. This was immediately followed by another goal by England, made by Freake. America on Top. Whitney backhanded the ball down toward to-ward the English goal and Waterbury followed it up and drove It through,, scoring scor-ing for America. Another Amorlcan goal from the sideboard was made lust at the ring of the bell. Score, end of sixth period: England, -lj goals; America. Amer-ica. 41' goals. Seventh period Milburn fell from his horso in an early scrimmage, but was not hurt. Immediately afterward RItson scored a goal, but It was not allowed. Foul against Lockett Tor crossing Waterbury. Water-bury. Milburn and Whitney between them took the ball down the field to the English side. RItson saved a goal for his side. Milburn, with a backhand stroke, thou saved a goal for the American team. Waterbury made a brilliant, run down the field and missed a goal bv Indies. The playing wan spectacular lif this pe- TTssssB rlod and saw a number of K?;JH often half the length of th score was mad in tois Porjoe.. ..4iK end of seventh period: Enfflanfl 4i;lK America, 4h goals. B America by Quarter PoIntlB Eighth period America oPw& rlod. the last, of the game. JL of only a quarter of a point. ftiWi came on thSj field with. Lockett opened with a poor JJ the baok Una and Whitney tmo fmM ball and tried for a goaf vAh liand stroke, but missed. Freake and Ritson carried tUsBMj th field. Milburn. however, WaK willow and RItfon Just saved fM Stoddard, with a backhand srrDMp fnrtv vA'ds Just ralEsed a ffoW.wlB Sed theball from i mldfleld L and a conl by two feet. ij0,WiB"J i 'MafA Walertury'B shot and saved a dard drove the ball over tho at a critical moment. It was quiuijBfl PlFrCifen'wtth a free field in from the sideboards, but just H Soth teams played Xd&iSH In tho last period, and aiiibow. n" r "by a qua I I I M 1 " mIbW' |
