New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-19
SCARLET WAS THE |ICTOR'
WLSTCEESTER POLO PLAYERS WIN Al
PROSPECT PARK, BROC&LIN
rocI<AwAy CITES CuIoRs LOWERED AFTER AN
EXCITING GAME-MANY SPECTA-


EOCkAWAY CLUES COIoRS LOWERED AZ if'i' -'''
EXCITING GAME-MAXY sPEcTA-
TORS PRESENT.
Ncarlv TWENTY-FIVE thousand people saw clos"
and exciting game OF polo the Prospect farh
Parade Grounds In Brooklyn. yesterday ai'erhoo''
between In. Rockaway Club. of Cedarhurs'' an !
;he Country Club. of Wcstchestcr After ieauii'e
their rivals Throughout; two periods OF pay, '"V
Rockaway players weakened in the last period ana
won, down in defeat with the score NJ o. 'o'
Westchestcr and for Eockaway
Tho day WAS perfect for purposes OF both players
and spectators and the grounds were IN exccHen'
condition. H. l.. Herbert. chairman OF the io'o
Association, says that the crowd was atser u!
five thousand than any he ever saw asSen.oe" a.
a polo game. and that twenty-five thous"'u wa"
conservative estimate of the number captain NC
vap,ara " the park police Gives the same hgures
Among those I'm tie crowd were Colohei a. H.
Snow dem of Philadelphia. eX-President HatlISo''
Minister TO Spain; his son. Charles kahdo1ph o''o"
den. captain of the Devon Polo Ciub' OF Ih'au'
mia; Colonel william y. Dykman presideh. VI
tho Riding and Driving Club. OF Brooklyn; MIS-
w " Dykman, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. teio"' y
u II Holmes Of Boston; Mr.. and Mrs Iho'nas
Hitchcock Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Dlllon Nipe!'
Miss May IIerrick. Mr.. and Mrs. James o. en-
Jpmes l.. Kernochan William stowe fiari'S mn
Edward 7 Gushing. W. c. Candee' LOUIS nan.
Mr. and Mrs Albert Stevens. Mrs. J. J.. >. hau
ff" simon NM ANY Mr. ~" and Mr. Herbert l. Pratt wy
hrSp 81 Tq}is Mr. 3a az" % S Mr rT Pesrs "
D. rbo nov Of the afternoon alternately goSa
AVID b51d The dark blue OF Rocka"ay was .n ,ne
aiur'nr color at frst but the scarlet OF Wes'cnes
ter had better staying qualities ne PiaSE ranckc
W Hazard s cOnOyeT Ro1 lI Aye': and j. 5
Stevens j NJ Waterbury. j.. X. H. beehn'" anu
J y Cowdin for Westminster. . -, uvars
Rockaway started in win od. ruS eiore the scar
e,-iackecd riders had their eyelasheS o,"r ma de
In , minutes and Is seconds more CoAoHcI mo
Rockaway's second gal ana S,rfeifcd one.fourth
MN gor a safety nit Cowlin made Wostches'sr >
nrst goal after minutes ana T. seconuI % orros ross
and after beautiful rush Dy i IN. Rorkawav was
II minutes and II seconds in comlne ldHS'u IT,,
ing the ball between the posts \ SIM 80,
6ad meanwhile been counted against Nes.' ~ ,bn
coUdin scored once more for Wcstchesltl ~ ~,
~ nerjod at the close Of which the score was
Rockaway 3: Westminster, IL. po.,avava
The second period made tAe score "i To- To- S,,'crs
.l.tchcetcr g.. The g0a.s were made py
~ "a minutes ~ seconds: C5nOver In minute !,
seconds and Waterbury In minute nrco,jn,
another safety was counted akH'SIi tnrncjio,olv
~ IT, Stevens goal wero the feature o' thls
period Cowdin ana stevens iid -n 3s i''''' '
work which won most hbcial apP'"ui'. orod In N.
Tho Rockaway cOlors were sady J"''cn " 10 4,
MA and last pcriod Five goals were s-o''I y,
o,,,ct succrssion ROckaway getting ony on. -.
Inc number and benefttlnS by = point S''"''" -
thc reieIee We made as follows: Stevens CMest-
chester IN minutes 81 seconds; Wa'"ro 1vyfrbcs
choster) In minutes seconds MN y o,t,v.yC
in minutes 81 seconds: Waterbury '"es'ehe''e"
In minutes % seconds "a, p..L,yay :
Final score: Wesichester. Ga Kocha%hy' a. Jrax
Goals nv MYERS !: Conoyor. ?; Co"ih' . i""
ord i. stevens 2; Waterbury. 3, FrahcKe. Hu
Referee o " Bird: tmekeeper' Ut ~ 4"
souther; scorer II. H. Holmes