Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-09-12 | Page 8 | British Change Lineup for next Game

OHms CHANGE CHANG LINEUP fOR George and Dening Given n I PI Places ces on Regu lar Polo Four NEW YORK Sept 12 AP- AP I AP-I Desperate moves designed designe to strengthen the chances of the BritIsh British Brit Brit- Ish army In polo team for the second game Lf r the International serIes with the United States on Wednesday have ha resulted in two changes in fn the lineup or of th the chal- chal lengers Captain Richard George will take takeI the place pace or of Captain Claude E. E Pert I at No o. o 1 and Captain John P P. Dening DenIng Den Den- Ing will replace Major Austin H. H Williams at No 2 The surprising 3 13 vIctory hy by the American big tour four In Saturdays Saturday's opening game at Meadowbrook l has made necessary the altering of the invaders invaders' plans according to Colonel Colonel Colo- Colo nel Commandant H. H A A. A in charge of the squad Captain George will take up the assignment or of handling Devereux Milburn 1 He Is the rugged aggressive aggressive sive type or of player and may fit In better bettel against the slashing tactics of the Am Americans Pert was considered considered con con- too light and too Inexperienced rl- rl for the posItion Captain Dening who is s 6 feet 4 Inches talland tall and will be called upon to put a lt keel el In the British attack George and Dening played on the team in fn India Captain C. C T. T I. I Roark will r remain at No 3 and Majar Major Ma- Ma jar jor Eric G. G Atkinson will be at back Veteran polo observers believe the two changes will wH strengthen the Ins challenging quartet They think the orIginal British team would make mace macea a closer battle in the second game but see In the reorganized 1 outfit moro more defensive strength The rhe majority majority ma- ma or of critics seem to feel that the American team reached the peak of its Hs form tit In the opening ln en- en n- n counter The bl big four completely vindicated its choice and after last Saturdays Saturday's showing there hardly could be any honest request st for the r wIthdrawal or of T J. Watson Vatson Webb for fot Winston Guest and Malcolm Malcom Stevenson Ste- Ste yenson venson for fOt J. J Cheever Cowdin The British had bad luck luci on man many s shots The breaks seemed to go o agaInst them throughout the match but with Tommy Hitchcock playing payin the game or of his life acid Milburn apparently the Milburn 1 or of fifteen years ago the defending team was set for every opportunity rhe he result result re- re sult was that the Americans con con- vested every break Into an advantage nd-an- nd tago tage and turned the contest Into arout a rout The outlook out o today se seemed directly direct direct- ly reversed from what It was two weeks before the scheduled start or of orthe the bIg serIes At that time the AmerIcan defense committee had returned to the orIgInal lineup ot of 1924 after aeter experImenting with Guest at No 1 and Cowdin at No 3 Uncertainty surrounded AmerIcas AmerIca's Americas America's Amer- Amer Ica's chances although the defenders defend defend- d fenders fend fend- ers ers were ranked as slight favorites The sudden s altering of the British lineup with the second game comIng coming com com- Ing up help but improve the morale of the Americans The British BritIsh Brit Brit- Ish are confident however and Captain Roark believes the challengers chal- chal lengers will even UP the series seri In Inthe inthe the next game