Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-21
RIVERSIDE POLO
TOURNEY BEGINS
CHICAGO MILLIONAIRE PLAYS
STAR GAME WITH MALLET
Reds Defeat Whites In Both Games
Of First Days Play.
Maekey the
Star

A notable polo tournament was COM
menced this afternoon at Chemawa
park, when the two first games of the
tourney were played The social prom
inence Of the players called out large
crowd, and both the club house and
grandstand were filled by the city's
most fashionable set, supplemented by
large number of eastern tourists to
whom midwinter polo was a decided
novelty.
1t was expected that play would be-
gin Monday and continue each after
noon until Thursday night 1t was later
decided to play two games this after
noon so that the players might rest
up for the cup play on Wednesday.
The English players and their meth
DDS of play were closely studied this
afternoon by the members of the Riv-
erside team which will play against
them on Wednesday for the Mackey
cup. The visitors, who played on each
team gave a very pretty exhibition Of
driving and team work, and the River
side team anticipated hard contest
Wednesday.
The teams in the two games this
afternoon were made up as follows:
Team A-Red-M. e. Flowers, F. j.
Mackey, w. l.. Roberts, F. D. Hudson
VS.. team C-White-G. Messervey, Ed
gar Hazel. alternating: II. G. Pattee,
M. Redmayne Sir George Prescott.
Team A. Red-M. T.. Flowers, F. J.
Mackey. w. L. Roberts. F. d. Hudson
VS.. team White-J. H. Wright, w.
f. Pedey, F. Menzies, Captain de
Crespigny.
The Reds made great winning, de-
feating the Whites in both games
played
Mackey's long drives for the Reds,
and the aggressive work of Capt. de
Crespigny, the crack English back, for
the Whites, were the features of the
afternoons play.
The score at the end of the first
game was to 1 in favor of the Reds,
by Mackey and one by Flowers for
the Reds, while for the White team
c." Pattee made the winning goal. No
score was made in the last period.
In the second game the standard of
the Whites was upheld by Capt. de
Crespigny. Wright, Hildebrand and
Newton, Messervey alternating. Those
who wore the red were Mackey, Men
zes. Pedley and HAZEL. But three
periods were played. and the Reds out
played their opponents at every turn,
winning by a score of to 1. A fea-
ture of the play that excited general
comment was the condition of the
ponies. No finer bunch of polo ponies
has ever been seen on local grounds
On Wednesday afternoon the first an
nual contest for the Frank J. Mackey
cup will take place. The English team
which competed with the team of tho
Riverside Polo club is made up of crack
English players whose names are as
sociated very prominently with the
game in their own country. Frank j.
Mackey will captain the team. He Is
at present resident of Chicago and
is said to be several times a millionaire. |
Sir George Prescott is another promi-
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Capt. de Crespigny of the British cav
airy service. F. Menzies of London
completes the team.
For the local team such old time
players as Flowers, Redmayne and
Pattee are listed, and they can be
counted on to give the visitors a spir-
tied contest.
The two teams will be made up as
follows:
Riverside team-Red-M. e. Flowers
(captain), H. G. Pattee, N. Redmayne,
F. D. Hudson VS.. English team
White-Sir George Prescott, f. ]. |
Mackey (captain), F. Menzies, Captain
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