The San Francisco call., 1909-03-31
WHITES 9, REDS 5,
CLOSE SCORE
AT POLO
Fast Match Opens Series Pre-
Ceding International
Contest

SAN MATEO, March 30.-The first OF
series of polo matches to be played
before the all important one of Sunday
at the Ell Palomar field of Charles w.
Clark, between Burlingame and the
English four was held this afternoon
on the field of the Ell Cerrito club and
resulted in the defeat of the Bryn
Mawr team by combination composed
of three members of the Ranelagh
team reinforced by E. w. Howard or
Burlingame "B," by the close score of
8 to S. The Reds threatened TO split the
result with their opponents at the END
of the last period, but were staved on
by the valiant work of Rotherham ana
Gill until the bell removed all danger
of a tie score.
On the THROWN Drury shot the ball
through for the Whites in a minute or
play, but after mixed play midheid, IN
which Gill, Rotterdam ana ROSS
showed to good advantage, ana an an
angle shot for the Whites goal which
was stopped by Rotterdam. the latter
tied the score. With a sharp turn
Howard placed the ball near the
be more closely pressed moment later
Bryn Mawr forcing the ball to mloneId.
Rotterdam and Howard mi ssed scoring
in succession, but Colonel ROSS put
his teammates in the lead by adding.
another goal for the Whites
On long drive from the boards
Wheeler tied the score, Rotherhia1iin i1iL
shot for the Bryn Mawr goal failing
to carry through. Brown carried the
ball out of danger by a long it huliiths ms
drive for the Whites goal, put tne tue
advantage was lost on Drury erosstnS hn3
of Gill and the awarding OF Tree sp0t
ia the Whites by Referee Drlscol'
which narrowly missed scoring. Rotnf
erham made one of the finest shots o5
the dav soon afterward when he Score9
a goal for the Reds on neat packhan,u
shot from difficult angle. rulS c,, ?
long drive was stopped at the S
goal line by Gill. but Bryn MaWr ~, ~
2 was not to be denled anu eleu ~
Colonel Ross long drive failed, put
his teammate, Gill. added one l9I are
Reds on an equally long shot; DruIy tnl
lied the score on two short shots tol-
Whites 1Vh ties goal Gil found little diff in
Guilty in scoring for uhites the " IN hite t5e lead
board showing the Whltes III lho -
by to 4 at half time. 1IoD,.rd
got back into better form LOT the llthe LIZ
beinq and scored for the Whites, Fotn-
erham's long drive being put tnroHsi 11s,
the posts by Ross soon afterWard. f9i-
lowing GilIs hit out of BOUNDS the
whites forced the ball in fast play
along the boards to their opponents
GOAL Rotherham, who hit the sphere
from seemingly impossible angles
throughout the match, scoring aItsa !ta
Howard,s missed stroke. Although the
Reds pressed hard at times the next
few minutes of play was Indifferent,
Gill scoring the final goal Tor the
brown scored for the Reds, Gill fail
ing to stop the goal by narrow mar,
gin at the very line. Rotherham saved
again but on cross and Tree snol tue
Reds pressed and Drury scored, Brown
adding one more. On a long run Brown
failed to score, but HUM was on the
ball and drove it through. Following
Wheeler's knock out. Drury narrowly
missed tying the score. the ball hitting
the goal post the game ending with
Wheeler's backhand shot that broke
Ross upheld run.
-. f+Arnoon's match were
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis J. Carolan; Miss
es-.,s. .sil. :, MISS ga Eleaner Mior
Frances Howard, Mr.. and Mrs Joseph
Tobin and Lawrence McCreery.
The next game @ VIII IL be Pep piay'ed as' eeId On
/ owned by Francis Carolan. The lineup
! will be: Reds Francis j; Caroian;
George F. Parsons, G Wheeler eaI. and
T. Drury. e. ". Howard and w. Huhn.
! The game will be called at 2:30 p:
m. sharp. On Friday the game will
Palomar. the game being called at 2:3O
D., M The match will be San Mateo
4 polo club team against Bryn Mawr.
On Saturday there will be lot OF polo
between members of the local clubs.
4 Play will begin at 2:30 2. m. and will
be continued until Z o'clock
On Sunday at FL Cerrita will be held
the match which should for all time
settle the strength of the Burlingame
and English four.
/ Sundays play will see Burlingame
represented by Walter S Hobart, T. A.
Driscoll. John Lawson and Richard To-
hin while the tight little isle will be
upheld by the playing of Major Roth
erham, +. A. Gill. Colonel Ross and t
Drury
The Burlingame country club and
the San Mateo country club have issued
a special invitation to the public tc
attend the games. All the fields will
be open to the public. There are nc
charges for admission to any of the
games. and the public will be more
than welcomed by the polo men.