Evening star., 1896-06-11
HURT AT POLO.
Harry Payne Whitney Hit With a
Mnllet.


From the New York World.
The latest victim of polo is Harry Payne
Whitney. eldest son of William c. Whitney.
With Ned" Potter in bed at his home at
Westchester and young Whitney nursing a
broken jaw at Newport, the dangers of the
imported sport are apparent.
Mr.. Whitney had his accident last week
down at Westbury, l.. L., on the grounds Of
the Meadow Brook Hunt. The Whitneys
some weeks ago closed their town house
end took up quarters at WestDury. Both
Whitney boys-Harry, the elder, and Payne,
the younger who is at Yale-are polo en-
thusiasts, and both have a string of polo
ponies. high-spirited. nervous little beasts.
One of Harrys cost $1,SU.
One afternoon Harry went over to the
Meadow Brook grounds and started a game
of polo. Among the players were the Eus-
tbs boys. Suddenly the ball shot out into
the middle of the field. Harry Whitney was
almost upon it when young Eustis aimed
slashing blow at the sphere. He missed,
and his. heavy mallet, loaded with lead,
gave Whitney crashing blow On the jaw.
He was helped from the saddle, but said
he was all right. Two days later DIR.
Charles McBurney of No. 2S West 37th
street, found the jawbone badly injured.
No one blames young Eustis. 1t was
cnly the fortune of the game.
Offer of $4,000 for jennings.
From the Baltimore Sun
Manager McGunnigle had long talk
with Manager Hanlon yesterday and tried
hard to buy Short Stop Hugh Jennings.
MoGunnigle offered s1O,GDO for Jennings and
later offered to throw in three of his play
ers to boot. Mr.. Hanlon laughed heartily
at the idea of selling Jennings and assured
McGunnlgle that he would not think of
such a thing. McGunnigle said that he was
trying hard to strengthen his team. He
said he had a huStling lot of young fe-
lows, who would improve, and if he could
get few more strong men to mix in, he
thought he would have a winning cluo next
year.
College Base Bail.
For the first time in four years Lehigh
defeated Pennsylvania at base ball at
Franklin field. Philadelphia. yesterday af-
ternoon. For five innings the Bethlehem
ties did not score single run, and a vic
tory for the red and blue seemed assured.
Then Pitcher Ritchie weakened and was
batted very hard in the sixth and eighth
innings. Score: Lehigh, I: Pennsylvania,
6. Senior of this city played second for Le-
high.
The Tigers went down before Harvard
yesterday at Princeton in the third game
of their annual series to the tune of 8 to 5.
All went well for Princeton for five innings,
at which point Wilson threw his arm out
OF joint, and EaStOn was put IN the DoX.
The latter proved an easy mark, which
fact, together with the loose work of the
entire team, gave the Crimson an easy
victory. The game abounded in sensational
plays, which kept the spectators in a state
of wild excitement. Rand and Clarkson
distinguished themselves by each taking in
a long hit to the deep field, which, If not
caught, would have been good for three
runs.
Payne pitched a strong game for Har-
ward, being batted for but four scattered
scratch hits during the game.
Junior Mines.
The Pacific Stars would like to hear from
teams whose players are thirteen or un-
der, especially the jefferson Stars. The
players are as follows: ]. Friedrich, w.
Neff, T. Cranston, w. Brown, J. Wright,
c. Sackerman, ]. Scott, S. Alexander and
G. Hammer Address Thomas Crsnston,
go Az street southwest.
The Stars defeated the jefferson Stars
by score of p to 1. The batteries were
Scott and Neff for the Stars, and Yoder
ard ONeill for the Jefferson Stars.
The Young Rodgers claim the games
from the Young Selbachs end the Young
Senators by . to O. They would like to
hear from all teams whose players are
twelve years or under. Address F. Benton,