The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-21
PROGRESS OF AMERICAN POLO
E\GLISH ~ nERS mar VAS
TERED orr OPEN 6AME.
PiAN ~ Point Judith HAS Enhanced In-
iere~ len Ne~Pari Tournament NeNt
National championships Nay Vet re
~ NarraEAnsett PIER Personal Notes.


NarragaRsettP PIER Personal Notes
hf'rr nv. weeks of polo al the Pom
judith Country T-l-Ih. with the open cham
, IionshIp rnatches still To bs decided. tn.
. most impressive Of the results achieve ed
10 that the long tournament has &C
Centuated interest IN the fortnight Of play
AZ the Westchester Polo Clubs annual
meeiing to begin Tomorrow al Newport
hut has killed oT the entry u the only
Meadow Brook first. Point judith Perro-
qu"ts and New Haven second teams
" intended To dwarf the importance OF
IN" WeSohester games the protrac;cd
series ~ cup events at NarrAgAnsstt
Pier has proved futile nor has the claim
heen substantiated that the grounds
have advantages over Newport as the
summer rendezvous Of the poloists
The especial prominence 81 the Point
Judith Country Club this season u 10
pointed out by followers 81 the game.
rests on the frail tenure OF holding the
Polo Association championships for the
second successive year and the presence
OF British players in the open events
Although IN the habyhood Of thu cham
plonship tournament IL was held for Ave
years al Prospect Park. BROOKLYN. " -
not expected that the Polo Association
will select the Point Judith Country
Club for 1911. II 10 held that the ma
tional organization should not limit its
gifts and prestige TO any one club Re
sides continuance Of special favor. To
ia. Point Judith committee might be-
taken as an Endorsement that the club
IL the American birmingham which
was one 10 the esrly season announce
msnts, and a r,ilinG factor Of the game
Ia thus country This WAS always an
impossible proposition Only Meadow
Brook "a the strongest or Westche-ter
a. ~" oldest might assert the preroca-
tives of birmingham Il ~ were desirable
To- give TO any American club controlling
power in the game To do so however
would be a. retroEressive a. 20 forsake
: rigiblr for a hot air balloon \ proof
IL I've disCuu'ent With the autocracy ~
the Nottingham clIh IN Great Britain
and the movement for an All England
Polo Association. free from pr vate
Jcalnusos and ChJ,Ss
Regarding the sames the beet from he
spectacular int rest wer- hstw~.n Amer
can and English or partly English teams
and the lived matches under IA. American
individusl handicaps Although Possibly
cnjoyable t. the participants when they
went through without harming men ur
ponies. the prarfic. matches Of pickup
teams based IN the merging - strong
and weak players did not prov. exciting
- IN" uulOOkers The weaker Players
only CIogg-Ci ths.fortsuf the msrs expert
amt in team tactics tue Combinations
did not rniI any better than oil and waier
They originated THE spring az Lakewood
and wers kept Ip AZ Meadow Brook ~ a
change on FnElish linss more sportsman.
like than team ratings by goals This
assumption - knocked into a cooked nat
by the resent Abolishment nv Hurting
ham - the recent form list and the sub
stitution 81 handspring nn the American
plan
4 team match on the American ratings
makes plain 20 the onlookers how each
competitor IL rated AZ a player. To quote
a Narragansett visitor. and they do not
expect prodisiss OF achievement from a .
goal man although always quick 20 re-
spond when player In performing above
Ia. class In pickup team matches there
- no such bulletin ~ class az the service
Of the casual spectator and thsre IL
consequent disappointment when Il -
perceived that one or two on each I'D.
have u do all the playing Polo on a
private feld il Of concern IN conditions /
merely 20 the players. but when offered
a. an attraction to spectato ~ who pay at
the gate every effort should be made /
TO give the worth 81 the money
The Englishmen At Point Judith hav I
proven apt At the American style OF play.
and. as when our players have joined .
in the game in Great Britain. IL seems /
established that an adept AZ polo is at
home under any prevailing rules The
difference ~ merely a. IN actual play
that IN thus country q player 10 never
ohside. Also instead 81 a free hit for 4
goal when team has hs-en fouled ~ in
England. IN this country the penalty ~
one Of scoring minus one-hAlf a goal
for foul and one-quarter Of a goal for
a safety hit The British pla ysrp accepted
the changes ss q duck takes To water
This was also true Of playing With a
team captain and heIng under the con-
troll Of a referee In England IN important
each s:1e has an umpire and
there ~ no appeal 20 the referee unless
they disagree A. Hurlingham the position
~ captain ~ not recognized. and the
wording Of rule il framed 70 ignore I
such an oficial viz. Each side shall
nominate an umpire. unless u shall h.
agreed 20 play with one instead
~ two The corresponding rule IN this
country reads There shall I've a field ,
captain for each team who shall have
the direction ~ position and plays OF
HE men He shall have the sole right 10 (
discuss with the referee questions arsng
during the game and to entsr protests
With the referee other PLAYERS shall
testify only when requested by the ref ,
cree .
To place the enforcement, 81 the rules !
and the running Of Of the game on III. |
referee instead 81 making this Official
a court 81 appeals for the umpire- has
been pronounced by spme 81 the EngIish-
men at Sarragansett Pier To be better
han their own method This has always
Deen the American idea. but u has not
Always been easy Ia obtain the services i
= .kilful referee He must Ia a cara.
lie player well versed In the rules who IL :
silling 10 forego his own plans for the \
fternoon 10 gallop IN the wake Of the a
contestants and who - absolutely IN a
,iaaped in his judgments The once .
Ia been filed often with distinction bv
7 l. Herbert. O " Bird, y & Potter
J. ARassiZ and Seward Cary btIt a. \.
nth others of equal prominence they are
lot always At the heck and call 81 the !
'laverS. This season the referee IN the