The Glenwood post., 1905-09-09

DRAWS CROWDS
At Final Game the Tenth Cavalry
Team for First Time Wins
the Polo Championship
of the Rockies
SERIES OF BRILLIANT PLAYS MADE

The struggle for the Rocky mountain
polo championship began on last Fri
day afternoon and the final and decis-
i've game of this series was played
Tuesday afternoon the Tenth Cavalry
team winning the cup for the first
time.
The teams which We're in the contest
were the Denver Country club from
Denver, Cheyenne Mountain Country
club from Colorado Springs, Tenth
Cavalry team from Fort Robinson,
Nebraska, and the Glenwood Springs
team.
The first match was between the
Denver and Glenwood teams, and the
game was considered the fastest that
ever took place on the local grounds.
f. II. A. Lyle, w. g. Devereux,
Tom Baxter and Steve Baxter played
on the Glenwood team, while D. Tur-
ner, L. Hughes, Bullley Wells and
George Wood comprised the Denver
team
In the first period T. Baxter and
Lyle scored one each, while Turner
and Wood made one each for Denver
In the second period Devereux scored
three times and Lyle once, while
Wood and Wells each scored for Den
yer. The first goal in this period was
made in less than % seconds.
In the third period Devereux made
L., 6 1.
the pony kicking the ball through the
goal after Devereux had struck.
Turner and Wood each scored for
Denver. A slight accident happened
during this period, when Turner col
lded with Lyle and was knocked from
his pony. He recovered, however,
in few minutes, and was able to go
on with the game.
In the last period Devereux scored
once for Glenwood which made the
total score nine. Wood and Wells
each scored for Denver, but one of the
Denver players made safety for
which their score was cut down one
fourth, leaving them total of IA
On Saturday afternoon the second
game took place, the contestants being
the Colorado Springs and Tenth Cav
airy teams, which resulted in an easy
victory for the army boys. The
teams We're made mp of the following
players:
Tenth cavalry-Cook, Palmer, Mul
Ter and Graham.
Colorado Springs Hays, Bryant,
Webb and Harrison.
During the first period Thomas
Cook and Muller, of the army, each
made one point, but lost one quarter
Colorado Springs made safety, which
left it minus one fourth.
In the second period Palmer and
Muller of the cavalry each made one
point, while Cook made two, making
the total 64 Hayes of Colorado
Springs made one and one safety was
made during this period, making the
score up to one half point at the end
of the period.
In the third period Muller scored
oIiC lWo, Dub bIt
was subtracted for safety and one
half for a foul, leaving the army boys
nine points, while Colorado Springs
made another safety, which left it
one-fourth
During the fourth period Palmer of
the army made a goal and Hayes and
Webb of the Colorado Springs team
each made one, which made the final
score 10 to g
The third in the series of polo
games was played Tuesday afternoon
between the Glenwood team and the
Tenth Cavalry team resulting in a
score of 81 for Glenwood to "a for
the Cavalry boys
The grounds were in prime condi-
tion after the recent showers and the
game was fast, the victory being un-
certain mp to the last few minutes of
the game. The members of the army
team were: Muller, Palmer, Cook and
4 Graham. The Glenwood team was
composed of Tom Baxter, w. q. Dew
ereux. F. H A. Lyle and A. s. Baxter
During the first period the army
men made three goals and Glenwood
one. Two of the goals were made by
Cook and the third by Palmer. In
the second period the army men failed
to score while Glenwood made three
goals, score by Devereux, Lyle and
Tom Baxter, one each. In the third
period one each by Lyle, Devereux and