New-York tribune., 1902-06-22
BRITISH WIN AT POLO,
SEVEN GOALS TO ONE THE SCORE
AMERICANS, HOWEVER, PLAY
A GOOD GAME.

London June 21-The greatest interest was
taken in the deciding polo game Of the series OF
three. for the American Cup, at birmingham
this afternoon, which by the English
men The score was goals to L The club
ground has seldom seen such asse1nblage
Among the many Americans present were
WhteIaw Reid, the United States Special Am
bassador to the coronation; Mrs Reid and Miss
Reid, Joseph H Choate, the United States Am
bassador, and Mrs. Choate: John R. Carter
the Second Secretary Of the United States En-
bassy. and Mrs Carter; Mrs. William Corcoran
Eustis, wife of the former Third Secretary
of the Embassy; Michael H. De Young. pro-
prietor of The San Francisco Chronicle and
Mrs. De Young and Miss De Young, and Mr..
and Mrs. Louis Hay.
The teams were:
Amercans-J. NJ. Waterbury. r. L. Agassiz.
FoxhaII P Keene and Lawrence Waterbury.
English-Cecfl Nickalls. Patteson Nickalls.
George Miller and Walter II. Buckmaster.
The umpres and referee the same as
formerly.
a fortnights steady rain and only two fair
days left the ground sodden. An hour before
the contest began every seat in the pavilion
was full. Rain began 10 fall in a soft drizzle,
causing a field Of umbrellas to sprout up around
the ground. while crowds of fashionable people
camped under the thickly leaved trees at the
end of the field
The game was in every way finer exhibition
Of polo than either of it's predecessors. The
ground. though soft and rather dead, bet
ter than might have been expected. The pace
was fast throughout. There not much ap-
parent superiority in the English ponies. yet
they were rather faster and, perhaps handler
The English victory due chiefly to George
Miller's good captaining.
Buckmaster played a great game. He was
never in a hurry, never furried and never dis
turbed. He always dropped on the ball at ex-
actly the right moment. His backhanders were
true and clean. and when, now and again. he
came up into the game, his long shots were
splendidly true in their direction.
The American team played well together,
and in the long run the way they backed each
other up was beyond praise. Keene was brill
liant and never in his life played a finer game
1t is curious to note that, on the whole, the
Americans failed in that which was their strong
point-their defence. They attacked much Of
tener than when they won the first game OF
the series but the English defence was too
good. No team could have played a finer uphill
game than did the Americans. and there was
not nearly SO much advantage to the EnSllsh
team as the would show.
LORD RoBERTs's PLEASANT SPEECH.
Lord Roberts presided at the dinner which the
Hurlngham Club gave TO the American polo
team at Princes restaurant tonight. All the
members OF the English team and many repre-
sentative English polo players were present, but
Mr. Agassiz and Lawrenc Waterbury were the
only members Of the American team in attend
ance as Foxhall p Keene and J. NJ Waterbury
left for Paris by an evening train. both having
entered for the Paris-Vienna motor car race.
Lord Roberts, in proposing the toast THE
American Team" paid the highest compliment
to the visitors. He said they had done most
sportsmanike thing in coming to England to
contest for the cup, and that he must confess
that when he the first game of the three
he thought il was all over so far as the cup
was concerned The Americans, he said, were
quicker and better in every point of the game.
and pIayed together in a manner which in polo.
as in other things, is essential to success. The
Englishrnen had learned a lesson from the
Americans and but for the postponements and
changes which the visitors had to make the re-
suit might have been different.
One thing at least he declared. had been
demonstrated and that that Anglo
American team would be invincible the world
over. and he hoped this applied to other things
besides polo.
Mr. Agassiz who responded for the Americans
alluded to the kindness and consideration with
which he and his colleagues had been received
hv the English polo players. and said the Ameri-
leans encouraged to try again
George Miller also spoke. paying a warm trib-
ute to the absolute fairness and keenness with
which the Americans played the game. He said
il was a remarkable fact that while the Wis
itors were not familiar with the English rules
not single time in the entire series had a
point been given against them by the umpire
and he expressed the hope that the Americans
would come again.