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Show KING ALFONSO TO SELECT POLO TEAM San Francisco, April 3. King Al- fonso of Spain personally will select 1 the team which will represent Spain at the international polo tournament in San Francisco, for which the Panama Pan-ama Pacific exposition has appro- prlated 5100,000. Were it possible for I the monarch to overcome probable l . objections jf his cabinet, based on ( the dangers of assassination, ho would bo a member of the team. This announcement was marie yesterday by Colvin B. Brown, United States commissioner for the exposition, who has returned from abroad, where he was informed of the king's plans and desires by Alfonso himself. "Only a few weeks ago I saw King Alfonso dashing up and down the polo field In Madrid, playing with an English Eng-lish team against one of his own army teams," said Brown, "and he told mo afterward of his desire to bring a team to the United States which will humble every nation. "The king is taking Instruction from the British players, and will choose his own team to defend the Spanish colors." |