The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-31
YANKEE TEAM
IS DEFEATED
FoxhaII keene'S Team Cannot
Lift" the Cup.
CLIMATE AFFECTS THEM
Horses and Men Losing Their
Hardness in England.

London. May so-The hopes Of the
Americans. which were raised to such a
high pitch durng the first preliminary
games played by Captain Foxhall
Keene's polo team. are likely 10 be dashed
tomorrow. as the opinion. practically. Of
all the polo experts. both English and
American who have watched the prac-
tice. is that the English team is sure 10
win TWO out OF the three matches and
retain the American challenge cup II
IS doubtful. even il playing ar the top OF
their form. the Americans viii be able 10
defeat the strong combination which the
English players have brought together
but. in addition TO this fact there Is not
member OF the American team who IS
playing in his best form, and the Amer
lean ponies. as well as the men seem 70
feel the effects Of this climate.
When the Americans began playing
here they showed dash and 9 vim which
thoroughly alarmed the Englishneu. and
the fear was freely expressed II the polo
pavillions at Hurlinghame and Ranelagh
that the "Fanks." as the Americans are
invariably called would win. The betting
al that tine also favored the Americans.
but this IS all changed and the English
men are very confident The betting TO
night ranges from two 10 one 10 I've 70
one on the English team
One great disadvantage which both
the American and the English selection
committee has TO contend with. was the
vile wekther. which left the Americans
short of practice and prevented the Eng
lsh players from being selected at an
earlier date.
The American team. which will play
tomorrow. is composed OF r l. AggasiA
J. E Cowdln. Foxhan Keene and L
Waterbury. The personnel OF the Eng
lish team. as decided upon by the Hur-
bingham committee May q. IS as follows:
Cecil P. Rickalls, Patterson W NickfaIis,
Walter II. Barckmaster. (captain;l and c.
D. Miller. " waterbury viii be the
spare man and W c Eustis the umpire
OF the Americans. For the English team
F Freakes viii act as spare man. Captain
Gordon Benton as umpire and Captain St
George DAILY viii be referee
When asked tonight by a representative
Of the Associated Press for his estimate
Of the individual players, Geo St Quen-
tin. the polo manager of the birmingham
and whose opinion carries weight wher-
ever polo is played. said.
.'FoxhalI Keene is beautifully mounted
He IS a fine rider and a clean hitter and
thoroughly carries out the duties Of cap
tain in keeping his side we'll together.
Mr. Keene plays number g.
Mr. Agasiz. who plays No l, is
strong horseman and hard rider. and
would practically render useless any but
quite frst-class opposing back
Mr.. Cowden. the No. ?. on the Amer
lean team. was playing a good sound
game until ne met with an unfortunate
accident in having his lip badly cut open
Mr.. Cowdin is always hard at work and
spares neither himself nor his pony in
pushing the game along.
Il Waterbury. who plays back" is
considered by many people 10 be the
finest back player in the world His
back handlers go right into the game and
he serves his number three and number
two well Mr. Waterbury always ap-
pears To be cool and collected and It
would be 3 tight corner. indeed. which
would cause him 20 lose his head. NJ.
Waterbury. the spare man Of the Amer
lean team is brilliant hitter and IS
always or the hnl it would be hard TO
find his equal FOR forcing a game