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Show SHAKEUP IN THE US, POLO TEAM CAUSES MUCH GOSSIP Wall Street Rumors of Dissension' Dis-sension' Are Being Persistently Per-sistently Denied. NEW YORK, Jun 6. The substi-tuUoo. substi-tuUoo. as announced lata yesterday, of an almost entirely now quartette of polo players for the defense of the in ternat tonal cup next week, is apparent ly satisfactory both to tbo discarded players and to tbo enthusiasts who fol low tbo game Tbo shakeup, radical aa it waa, seemed to have no effect on the picking of favorites or in tbo odds where betting haa boon reported aa pre vailing at 10 to 7 on tbo Englishmen. It was said that the removal of three of the old cup winners and defenders wj not due In any measure to friction, but. quite the contrary, to the ug-g -t Uui. ' the removed players themselves. The substitution of Foxhall Keene as captain instead of Harry Payne Whitney was mad, it Ik iald, at Payne's own insistence in-sistence because he regarded himself in poor health and out of form. He ha? been the victim of several attacks of Indigestion for two weeks, and he advised ad-vised the polo committee of his condition. condi-tion. The old rivalry between the Whitney and Keene families in Wall street snd on the turf lalo said to be dlsproven as In existence now by Whitney's suggestion sug-gestion that Keene take his place. Further Fur-ther evidence of the retired captain approval of the changes Is in his promise to lend to the cup defenders his fine string of mounts. The Waterbury brothers also agreed that thev were not In their beat form this year and the aaalgnment of L. K. Stoddard and Malcolm Stevensor In their plscea waa made without umbrage belns i.irs-m Mi Hint iwni. The makeup of the new team. Including the retentloa Of Devereanx Mllbum. Is a mixture of old and young blood- Rtod-dard Rtod-dard has been playing polo only a few years, but this spring he was picked early as a substitute on the cup defending team. He Is rated two points lower than Lawrence Waterbury. whom he replaces at Not 1. Malcolm Stevenson Is another one or the younger plavera who has rapidly come to the front. Placing Stevenson at the back and shifting Mllbum to No. ?. however. how-ever. Is a move expected by followers of the practice games, though Mllburn was a tower of strength at bank. Stevenson, however. Is regarded as playing better at beck than st No. I, while Mllburn Is able to handle any position. Keene. the new captain, who will play at No. 3, is the veteran of the team, having hav-ing played on the four that lost the cup to England In 1t. but he Is still a top-notcher. top-notcher. Mllburn. the only member of the e team that won the trophy In England In leOt and defended It in 1911. haa been making long drives this season which have been tbe subject of much favorable comment, and his admirers believe he has no equal the world over as a polo player. One day, over a sodden turf, with one stroke of the mallet, he drove the bolt 457 feet a record drive. |