Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-29
AMERICAN POLO
PLAYERS SPEEDY
IN FIRST CAME
Harry Payne Whitney, For First
Time Since Recent Injury. Gets
Into a Real Battle, Helping
Collier, the Waterbury Boys
and Brown to Defeat the Green
Jackets, IL TO Biz.
March %.
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ASKING plays by Harry Payne
Whitney, II. J Collar and Law
renee Waterbury IN the initial
polo practise game hereyesserdayfor the
international cup were the features OF
the tryout. notwithstanding his recent
injury II. p. Whitney considered his
arm sufficiently recovered TO get in the
heat q the fray, and his playing was
a revelation.
The play was on No. 2 field. at George
]. Gould's grounds. Irregularities in
the turf, due to horses hoofs, caused
some misses of the ball., but on the
whole the ground was in good shape
for this time of the year. About 125
ponies. representing several small for
tunes, were gathered in two tents, their
owners fearing to leave them without
cover On account of the cold.
The White Caps lined up against the
Green Jackets, the final score being
II to 81 goals. in favor Of the former
cam. Lawrence and J.. M. Water
bury, jr. Whitney and Aleck Brown
formed the White Caps. The Green
Jackets were ]. A. Rollins. Collier,
Rene La Montague, J. S. Phipps. A S
Burden and Joshua Crane. of Boston.
H P. Whitney at first favored his
sprafned hand, but later rescued the
bali twice from the Green Jackets, and
by clever playing put 1t In a
lent position for the Waterburys to
score. Whitney. Collier and Larry
Waterbury were In the game for
the first time. The other players
executed some clever euv and
on the whole showed themselves 70 be
in pretty good trim for a hard season.
The summary:
FIRST GAME.
White-No. 1, L. Waterbury; No. 2.
j.. M. Waterbury. IT.; No. 3, II. p
Whitney; back, Alex Brown.
Green-No. l, ]. A. Rawlins: No. 2.
r. J. Collier; No. 3. r La Montague;
back. Joshua Crane.
First ~period-First goal, La Mon
tague. Green. 9 minutes IS seconds.
Second period-Second goal, Coll er.
Green, 8 minutes 80 seconds; third goal
J. NJ. Waterbury. White, l minute 90
seconds. Third period-Fourth goal.
L. Waterbury. White. 4 minutes Is
seconds. Fourth ~period-Fifth cal. L,
Waterbury. Green, 3 minutes 30 sec
onds.
White, 3; Green, 2. =
SECOND GAME.
White-No change.
Green-No. 1. ]. S. Phipps; No. 2,
A. S. Burden; No. 3, r. La Montagues
back, Joshua Crane.
First period-First goal. A. s. Bur
den, Green, l minute 40 seconds; second
goal, L. Waterbury. White, 4 minutes.
Second period-Third goal. L. Water
bury. White, IS seconds; fourth goal,
J. NJ. Waterbury. White. 2 minutes Is
seconds; fifth goal, /. Waterbury.
White, so seconds: sixth goal. Z
Waterbury. White. ! minutes seconds
White, 5; Green, L
THIRD GAME
White-No change.
Green-No. l, ]. S. NPhipps; No. ?,
A. S. Burden; No. 8, J. A Rawlins
back, Joshua Crane.
First period-First goal, j NJ. Water
bury. White, 6 minute : econds
second goal, H. P. whitney, White, J
minute 40 seconds. CPhipps peualized
4 goal for foul). Second period-First
goal. L. Waterbury, White. 4 minutes
40 seconds; second goal. Crane. Green
l minute 10 seconds.
White 8; Green, y.
Referee throughout-S. Lee.