New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-06
BUFFALO WON IN THE RAIN.
SOME LIVELY POLO PLAYING ON THE
SOAKED PARADE GROUNDS.

AGAINST TIE BUSHES AND DRIVES. AND LOST
THE MATCH by ILL., GOALS To ic
Rain has no terrors for the expert polo man. He
rooices in il with bcauteous fOrtude and the ny
ing mud of pony hoofs In his face is to him as 'ne
rciing Of hailstoncs upon stone wall IT is hoth-
ing. Back and forth he plungcs over the ieVei eN-
pause Of muddy green field. intent only upon VIC
tory. while the crowd numbering az frst INTO 'i'e
thousands dwindlcs away TO "A mere hand'u oi
necessary attendants and enthusiastic polo-craZy
spectators. Such WAS the championship POLO game
yesterday between the Buffalo Country 'iup an" .e
Neodowbrook Country club of Long Island, WIN
ncrs of the contests last week IN the s''''H 'o'
the Brooklyn Riding and Driving Clup Pi'"
Game was TO have been called 1T O'CLOCK anu
,chon ,b, hour arrived a fine drizzlc filled the air
There was = few minutes delay in which i'eie''c
Herbert conferred with the players. As mas NV"
said. rain had tcrrors for them, ana WI" VIZ
accord every in the two teams ''''''" ~ -
on Although the sky was threatening lro" ear!
in the afternoon the announcement Of the chan-
,io,ehin games drew Il Saturday throng Oh spec
tators. Many society people went In th''r ,a"H-
hos drags or brakes and less socially AMBITIOUS
folk drove to the field in vehicles more "'o"''
while thc multitude came on foot bicycle ana uo'-
ley-car to the number OF 1909 or more '"' '"'"
bcean about $50 and during the few moments ue
lay in play the majority Of the people proN' io' ~
few roadhouses In the ncighborhood Soon thcy
so,, tho colored shirf~ Of the players cavortils
about the field. and almost with one accord III"
ing the drizzc then falling. they re'"i"ou ~
inclosurc 1t is hard to say what II II '','' WI"
cause crowd to linEcr in rainstorn p"' ''o ''
explnnation seems 10 be In this sl'''"c 0"' w
the show was free and evidently most oil the crown
Wv ~, nn,od IN get the moneys worth OF their
carfare. ~, ,..1,
Considering that the two teams were "'"'' '
capped by rain and the soft condition OF 'he s'o"'
the game was a good one. Fortunately 'h're VIZ
no accidents and this may be attribute" 10 INV '
that every man recognized the danger oil sho''
,rr AND directed his pony accordingly TIE
goro was won by Buffalo, with n score OF u 10 lis
play bcgnn at exactly two minutes after foc'o'h'
In the first period the Buffalo men had II an NV"
own way and the fighting was principa"F !" NV
Noadowbrook goal. After the ball hah been 'n'o"',
Seward cary and Dr. Cary carried 1t quickly to""'u
the Meadow brock goal and a lively scrlhihi"e' i'
suited "A short distance from Meadowprook : po''S'
Tho hall AZ no time got far away and the goal WAS
finally scored 10y Seward Cary In minute ana Il
half 1t was even honors nj the emu vi inv o
goal Most OF the play was In the b"''"'o S''' ""'
vingut and Roby by excellent play. alternating III
their PUSHES carried II down to the other Hi"'' an"
=, the end Of two and a half minutes Ningu' 10y Il
good stroke scored Then came succession oi
three goals for the Buffalo mon. won 10y {. cary
Davis and pr Cary the first being In two minutes
and a half the second a minute less ana 'n' '""'
In thirty seconds. In the first oi these i""''''
cary dropped the bah on the hrow-in. ana h''"''n
him and Dr cary the white sphere was 'hrr1''
along toward the goal the Mcadowbrook men pro-
testing with all their might. Tho ground by inns
time Ind become extremely slippery, and aS each
man after all had regard for his bones as
well a. those OF his pony. there were many MISSES
when IL came 10 striking az the ban IN sudn'h
turns and PUSHES. But through the hying mu' ana
the driving rain came Seward Cary In rush he
ball had stopped then and behind him came the
III. ais
the air and hy a beautiful stroke forced the ball
from the ground directly IN between the enemy
goal posts Then I'm the next goal the entire play
was I'm the Buffalo side almost Immediately after
the ball had left the referees hand only ono. did
It pass the centre toward Mcadowhrooks goal
There was good Interference In this play and
Daviss rnallet struck the lucky stroke In the next
there was a brief scrimmagc and then Dr cary
the bah and took IT all the way down the field hav
Ing his way In the matter for thirty brief
seconds AT the end Of which his side had scored
other. The two following goals were even honors
George for the Meadow brook. scored the FIRST. and
Davis. for the Buffalo men. scored the second The
time was thirty seconds. and two minutes and
half IN the next goal there Was plenty OF sharp
play. Back ana forth went IA" ball Now IN
Mcadowbrook's territory. and the horscmcn mixed
up. with TWO or three Of the men gngcrly striking a;
the sphere In order to avoid too sudden contact
with the muddy turf This goal was what a drip
ping enthusiast within the ropes called hot stun
lie the man who threw his hat IN the air and
it. now's your chance" And vingut chased for all
he worth But ono Of the 'arys. IT was i'm
possible TO see Just which one intcrcfercd. and VIM
gut for moment lost control. The two sides seo-
sawed and the hardy nth" ponies snortcd and
up for the Long Island men. vingut got the BAN.
and although Dr. Charles cary made desperate
efforts to head him OF. Nngut bore straight ahead
the behind him on his side yelling TO keep up
When the ball had reached little TO the right OF the
buffalo goal. Nneuts mallct reached out. and a
fought contest. was this goal ana after was over
two Of the men changed ponies. The two
last goals were won by Dr; cary and Davis for the
Buffalo side In this period safety knockouts re-
duccd the score for each side by quarter the score
Then followed twenty minutes Intermsson. in
which The players crowded into The members tent
side OF 1t than a whole city hospital ordinary
occasions II undoubtedly saved the lives OF sew
to stay through the whole sad and hcarirending AZ
had SHeonn boro d ~ dripp ~ and
drippod badly Then II WA that an Innocent look
INK little tub from whose icy depths spoutcd forth
siOrm-dcfyng draughis. Variously, and At no wide
spread intervals. proved boon ,h. ,.u r, -.
second period Everybody had been refreshed then
by few T na me for rT h sH
side The second period resulted IN four goals for
making the sco-e at that time. los. to -. i, was
almost dark when the third period was finished,
o of h even game me by " ihIs %c ' '''' ''
Tns ,sa% "o ,%g& W as 9 T harlcs Cary No
nye h3nHca9S Thongs " Gf 30 trse 2n?
Meadowbrook Cuh--lI X. vingut. No. !. three
handicaps, Craig WadSworth. No. p one handicap.
r W Roby No. g. three handicaps: Laurence
George back. three handicaps. Total 10 The sum
maries follow
FIRST PERIOD
Ms
goal .................
car,,G y,,l Vlneut MeadOw ruok............... 30
rh,rI yoaI G cary Buffalo. 30
t.,r,h goal Davis
gal Dr
sx,h goai l. George Meadow olk............. O:O
eo.en,h Y.aI
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