New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-19
BRYN MAWR'S POLO TITLE
SQUADRON Il rs BE1TEv
Troopers Make Good Fight, but
Lose Junior Championship.

Philadelphia viii hold the junior polo cn.-.
pionship for the coming year. The Brvn MAJ
second team from that city met the s1uadro,
A team yesterday In the only competition for
that title. and won IN an excellent exhibition q,
polo under trying conditions by the score -
G1h to 80 goals.
The game was played on the big field at Van
Cortlandt Park which is Squadron A'q bA.4-
quarters for polo A more miserable dav for a,
important polo competition has not been SOC,
this season. The field was as soft as ?. rub;e-
cushion, and. after the first period. it was 80
badly cut UP that It was almost Impossible 70
carry the ball for any distance with reasonable
accuracy. On more than one occasion the
sphere was completely buried in the raire and
the referee was forced to throw in a new one.
A steady rain fell throughout the game and
thick mist hung over the field, making tba
worst possible light for polo. In the final neriod
with the deepening twilight the spectators on
the side lines were absolutely unable TO follow
the erratic movements Of the ball
Inc POLO Association. whose blue flag held the
position OF honor next to the Stars and strinas
on the new fagpoIe near the Van Cor.,a,4.
manor mouse, was represented by n. L FJerber.
and W. A. Hazard. chairman and secretary, 70
spectfvely. while Foxhan Keene. who seldom
tbI,sfas4 q Oig poo game was among the few en-
- -uoldSIS VINO Draved the rain and ztcod
throughout the game on the side lines 1871
rive tents were erected on the west sfda -
the neId, three being for ponies while on +La
opposite side the Polo Associatfor had Ire 49,
quarters one or two automobiles were Dr.,
up ana there were two or three coaches. fust
suHlclent 10 show what might have been had IT,
gods Of the weather offered more sa+isfsc+o s-5
conditions Perhaps two hundred persons W.T.,
messed the game Bryn Mawr brought on nins
Teen ponies and as some Of the men had to re-
turn to Philadelphia at once il was decided a.
ter a discussion in the afternoon to hold the
game.
1t the first period the Squadron filed IT'S fsv
friends with great expectations. They did All
the scoring. which is not exactly the same as
saying they did all the playing, but they got the
results. Douglas, who was always TO be de-
pended upon, took the first goal from a brilliant
run nearly the entire length of the field Then
Nelson. the youngest player on the field took
the ball from Bryn Mawr and fairly flew down
the field, riding one of r. L. Beeckman's old
time favorites. Mineola. now owned by Joseph
H. Hunt. His run was awarded by a goal.
and less than four minutes after he made an
other. This gave the Squadron three goals and
Bryn Mawr began the second period without
point.
decided change came over the match in the
second period Bryn Mawr pushed the game
from the start and showed what they could do
under favorable conditions by making five goals.
while the Squadron failed to score. Bryn Mawr
exceIled in all around team work, and the men,
having had more experience, were quicker in
getting to the ball, and hit with more power and
accuracy Douglas and Nelson were the only
reliable hitetrs for the Squadron, and the troop
ers did not hold their positions we'll as the
visitors.
Brown made three Of the goals in the second
period and Harrison and Strawbridge one each.
The third period was full of excitement The
Squadron put forth its best efforts, and, to the
surprise of the critics, its defence was so good
that Bryn Mawr was completely shut out and
the troopers scored once. Hunt getting the point
after spectacular run the whole length OF the
field by Douglas.
The score at the end Of the third period was
AZ for Bryn Mawr to % for the troopers ana
there was yet a chance for the soldier lads TO
keep the junior championship for the NeW-foFk
clubs. But they were not equal to It
Harrison was thrown in one OF the runs down
the field but he not injured, although he
tore I'D the muddy turf for more than twenty
feet. Strawbridge and Brown added the final
scores for their side, and then. with darkness
gathering over the field so that the ponies looked
like mere phantoms, the rival teams lined up in
the centre Of the field and cheered for each other
right heartily. Rockaway held the junior cham
pionship last year. but made no defence this
year. The lineup and summary follows: