The San Francisco call., 1904-02-19
Basil Williams Meets
With Mishap at
Del Monte.

DEL MONTE. Feb. 18.-PoIo with a
thrill in it was the game which the
large gallery Witnessed to-day in the
opening matches Of the Pacific Coast
championship tournament Two games
were played, both Of them exciting
but the second furnished the dramatic
incidents Three ponies fell with their
riders. but the latter were able TO con-
tinue in the game after brief rest
Basil Williams. the English poloist,
1as the first TO send a thrill through
The spectators. While gallOping across
the field his pony stumbled with him
and tossed him off. Williams turning a
complete sOmersault Ia the pony's
struggles TO retain his feet he struck
"a illiams on the right hand and fore
arm. The hand was forced into the
ground and was severely bruised
Walter McCreery and Captain Chap
lin were the next sufferers There was
a scrimmage around their opponents
goal and the ball was finally driven
outside These riders galloped off the
field in their rush after the bali and
ran into some deep sand. The ponies
stumbled and Mr. McCreery's rolled
over on him, stunning him mOmentar-
ly- Captain Chaplin was more fortu-
nate, escaping unscathed
HAIG'S BRILLIANT PLAY.
-Four teams took part in the after
moons exciting sport and those cap-
tained by Neil Haig and Thomas A
Drisoon were victorious. To Captaiu
Haig belongs the honors Of the day
v ith The score tie and an extra period
Delng ordered he scored the winning
goal by a brilliant and difficult stroke
In this game the teams were balanced
% nicely and il was a desperate gal
lcping match throughout. The teams
were made up:
Reds 0C)-Basil Williams, w. Nc
Creery. r. Chaplin. Captain Neil Haig.
hites lD(-F Carolan. F. J.
Mackey, G. RaOul-DuvaL L. McCreery.
Referee, f. Ezra. Umpire. John Law
son. Timekeeper, J. O. Tobin
r. }. Mackey, the veteran. scored
Tor the Whites just at the end Of the
first period after an animated struggle.
captain Chaplin tied the score in the
second period. He scored again for
the Reds in the third period. The
whites played a fast game in the
fourth period and their efforts were
rewarded with goal which again tied
The score. 1t was necessary TO play
an extra period Captain Haig was
the star in this and finally scored the
winning goal The heavy weight cap
tain pleased the spectators nightly.
shouting orders to his men and cheer
ing them on.
DRISCOLL SCORES A GOAL.
In the first game the "B' team
wearing the White colors easily de-
feated the A team wearing the Red
jackets. The players lineup:
fB) Whites-Charles Garland. r A
DriscOll. W s. Hobart, J. Lawson.
iA) Reds-Paul CIagstone, c. To-
bin, r. NJ. TObin, E. Ezra.
Referee, l. McCreery; umpire. r.
McCreery; timekeeper, J. O. Tobin.
The Whites won by score of seven
goals to one. Tom DriscoIl was the
first to score, running the ball nearly
the length Of the field in six strokes
The Whites nearly scored again i'm
meoiately afterward. but r. NJ. Tobin
saved the goal Driscon scored again
near the end of the period The
r. N. TObin saved them from being
shut out by scoring early in the sec
ond period after a sharp scrinmage
The matches were witnessed by q
large crowd.
The band Of the Fifteenth United
States Infantry played during the in
tervals Of rest. Many of the infantry
and cavalry officers of Ord barracks
and the enlisted men took a keen in
terest in the game. The winning
teams viii play the deciding match
for the cups to-day.
II has been definitely announced
that after the meeting here the ponies
viii race at Tanforan for probably
two DAYS.