New-York tribune., 1900-07-03
POLO.
MEADOW BROOKS HAVE A TOTAL RE
vERsAL IN FAVOR OF THE DEDHAMs.


and the strongest quartet that Dedham could put
into the field for the championship. The Hemp
stead players w c. Eustis, George P. Eustis. II.
P. Whitney and Benjamin NcoI believed by a
majority of the followers of the sport to be we'll
nigh irresistible and team able to cope success
fully with any set OF players in this country.
cept, perhaps the Westchester men, were most
palpably off their edge yesterday certainly over
confident. and decidedly lacking in appreciation of
the strategy and cohesveness of the Dedham
Allen Forbes. f. NJ Weld w. H. Goodwin and
Joshua Crane.
In their usual style the Meadow Brooks non
chalantly piled up three goals the first period of
play, and did not seem to about the single
score that Dedham managed to secure. Often they
mad seen the same sort of thing, and often dis
posed OF all comers easily in the third and fourth
bouts of a game. Yesterday. however, matters
took a troublesome aspect in the second period
for much to their surprise the Meadow Brooks
could only force the ball goal once after Good
win had done the same thing for the visiting team
Then play got Sc boisterous and opposition so
strong that crossing Of each other became fire.
quent and the sharp eyed referee. Seward Cary
Of Buffalo promptly applied the remedy by fning
NicoH and Whitney each half a goal which
duced the Meadow Brook score a full honor. Then
a scrimmage right close to the Meadow Brook goal
necessitated Nico striking the ball behind his
own line for safety. which cost the team another
quarter. that when the game was half over .he
score stood Meadow Brook 2% Dedham 2. and bet
ting changed from odds on the Light Blues 10
money and takers
To say that this astonshed the local poloists and
the believers in Meadow Brooks playing strength
is putting it mildly. They simply could not under
stand how young team like that from Dedham
which had managed TO beat their neighbors the
Myoptans, 9 10 last Tuesday could be oUtplaying
the solid phalanx in sky blue silk, and like the
players themselves, laughed little and hned that
affairs would take their odtme flavor in the
third tussle. But alas. the only thing that hap
pened another fine of half a goal against
Nicoil for crossing a Dedham man. a goal we'll
scored by Forbes and some pretty loud protesta-
tions the part OF the men from Meadow
Brook. Whitney 10th to admit that he had
been guilty of fouling anybody in the earlier play.
and NicolI failed to how he had deliberately
crossed an opponent. But the referee stuck to his
decisions, and the score of Meadow Brook ga Ded-
ham 3, had 10 stand the close Of the third bout
The last period war, indeed. with the Light
Blues on the defensive something entirely new to
them, and matters continued to the windup
Meadow Brook unable to force down the Dedham
guard In a single instance. whereas Forbes the
brilliant forward" Of Dedham. twice got the sphere
past the heavyweight Nicon and Increased the
Dedham score by just that amount, so that finally
the figures stood Meadow Brook 21l, Dedham 8
The circuit this season has been replete with
surprises or this nature and not IN years have the
experts been far astray in their calculations as
to the playing strength OF the better known teams
First OF all. mixed teams at Lakewood won all be
soTo them; then Rockaway, that won hardly
single game last season, sent representa- tives that
defeated players from Lakewood. Next the Devons
nonplussed their followers by losing to the Pha-
delphia Country Club, and then came a veritable
thunder clap when the Rockaways beat the Phila-
daiphians. But this not enough, seemingly
fo- Philadelphia broke the line on form again by
crashing through the Rockaways. Then came last
Tuesdays defeat of the crack Myopias by Dedhaun
and now comes yesterdays victory Of practically
unknown team. or at ar9erate very young one
over the Meadow Brook top -notchers. All this it
IS needless 10 remark. gives zest TO polo, uncer-
tainty Of results being aHothat was wanted to put
the players their 7mettle and make them enter
tournaments from which, had all played up 10
their odt1ne form. some of the more celebrated
teams would have likely held aloof.
Yesterdays game by Dedham on ac-
count Of the teams superior combination and the
rapdity with which its captain, Goodwin was en-
abled TO turn his and make them pay strict
obedience TO orders. Forbes played the game of
his life in this magnificent tusse. and that such
a lightweight able to hold his own and even
circumvent most of Nicolrs strategicaI play Is
simply TO stamp him of the best and swift
est players in America to-day. 1t cannot be
claimed that avoirdupots won the Dedhams their
game. for the entire team would hardly outscale
two of the Meadow Brooks Weld was quick as
cat, too, and his rushes to get a clear lead
twice marvellous attempts at polo of
the champion calibre Goodwin rather prone
to complain of foul play, and more than once he
himself to get the wrong side of
though in this country not actually regarded as
rendering a player who resorts to it liable to fine.
Crane better at back yesterday than he
thought capable of.
on the Meadow Brook side W. c. Eustis played
brilliantly at forward. but Harry P. Whitney
the gem Of the Light Blue outfit. his double swings
over either being remarkably well executed
and his plunges into scrmmages demonstrating
him to be a player of indomitable pluck. Benjamin
NicolPs strokes under his own pony while the
turns loudly applauded, and the ability he
displayed when backing balls and when poking at
the sphere underneath the maets OF his oppo-
nents all went TO show that this reliable goal
keeper is still at the zenith OF his power. Ger
tainly of these three men be said to
have lost particle of their nerve. for in yester
days final each took chances that astounded the
onlookers. AS for George Eustis he got wound
up so taut at times that his language waXed
trife strong much to the amusement of the
crowd in hearing. But he played great game,
however and had his sticks not broken often
and needed changing his play would have been
much more effective than IL proved. On the whole,
the Meadow Brook played more individuals
than as a team. and this and the fact that the
Meadow Brooks was how the famous Light Blues
came out the losers. The crossing certainly oc-
CURED, but tnat II was not an on Ihe meadow
Brook side quite few spectators We're agreed
The cleverest stroke for goal during the day was
after Forbes made his phenomenal run at the open
ing of the third period, and then, after sending
them The worst luck that the Meadow Brooks
experienced during the day at the close of the
In quarter field took It to the half i'm gallant style
w. c. Eustis deciding to ride off his opponent and
field, he was known 10 be such a sure shot.
The crowd stood tiptoe while the veteran made
fourth stroke the ball glanced off tangent and
went wide OF the mark amid roar of disappoint-
necessary to add that once his mallet broke and
he never knew 1t, as he plunged into scrimmase