The San Francisco call., 1910-03-29
tiFRMOSIllO Wins
final POLO GAME
Coronado Tournament Comes to
End After Most Brilliant.
Season i'm History
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call
By ARTHUR INKERSLEY

CORONADO, March 2S.-The South
west polo team. consisting of the
members of the Weiss family. which
beat Riverside in the preliminary
match for the consolation cup. having
withdrawn, Hermosillo and Coronado
played the final match this afternoon.
Hermosillo winning a hard fought
struggle. goals to ?.
Tom Weiss Jr. was field umpire and
Tom Weiss Sr. acted as time keeper
and referee. The Coronado team was
made up of Fritz Nave, No 1; j. C.
Cowdin. No. 2; II. F. Robertson, No. 8,
and Major Colin G. Ross, back. The
Besley. No. l.; William DevereuX. No
2; ]. Foster Symes. No. ). and Cyril
Tobin, back.
The very last ball hit at the close
of the sixth period struck Devereux of
Hermosillo just above the eye, partly
stunning him and inf1icting wound
that required a few stitches.
Early in the first period a Coronado
player hit~a goal, but he was off side.
and the goal did not count. Coronado
was hard pressed and Ross hit the
ball behind the line for a safety. a
free hit was awarded to Hermosillo-
Devereux took it and in two strokes
put the ball between the posts. Be
fore the call of time Cyril Tobin nit a
second goal-Hermosillo ,, Coronado o..
The period lasted IL minutes.
In the second period there was much
gaIloping back and forth. AT last
Cowdin ran the ball down and Ross
saved, but Cowdin struck the ball
again high in the air. scoring goal
Hermosillo ?, Coronado 1. The period
lasted minutes 80 seconds.
n
hard play, and the eXhortation now
gallop" was heard frequently. Major
Ross had a good chance, but put the
ball to the left of the goal. No score
resulted for either side in this period.
which lasted . minutes so seconds
In the fourth period Robertson. who
had not been playing in his usual form,
got possession of the ball, but failed
to put it between the posts. After the
ball had been in play 515 minutes Dew
ereux scored goal from melee.
HermOsillo 3, Coronado l. Upon re-
sumption of play Captain Besley crossed
Coronado player and the umpire
awarded a free shot TO Coronado but
no score resulted The period lasted
10 minutes.
In the fifth period Symes did good
work for Hermosillo. taking care of
Cowdin. Coronado's No. ., and playing
we'll on the ball. Ross carried the
ball down the field. but missed goal
Almost Immediately afterward Cowdin
put it through. HermosilIo 5. Coro-
nado >. The period lasted 10 minutes.
In the sixth period Major Ross
worked like a demon to tie the score,
but the rest of the Coronado team
seemed slack and below form. Neither
side scoring again. the match ended
3 to in favor of Hermosillo. Cowdih
and Ross hit the goal for two losers,
while for winners Devereux scored
twice and Cyril Tobin once.
The Hermosillo and Coronado teams
will go to Pasadena to take part in
the polo tournament to be held there
in April under the auspices of the
Pasadena polo club.
All the players of the British and
Burlingame teams. as we'll as the mem
bers of fashionable San Mateo county
society who came to Coronado for the
polo tournament have gone northward.
The all America polo championship tro-
ply and the John ID. Spreckels all Cali
fornia championship trophy will be sent
to England.
Each member of the English team
carries away two individual cups One
is trophy of the all California cham
pionship and the other is a souvenir of
victory in the all America competition.
The English team leaves behind il the
reputation of having played the sound
est and most brilliant polo ever seen in
the west