Evening star., 1911-06-02
ALL-AMER|CA Wins
Polo Team Scores Victory
Over English Aggregation.
UPHILL FIGHT TO FINISH
Credit to II. p. Whitney for Turn
ing the Tide at Critical
Jmcture.
UPHILL FIGHT TO FINISH

NEW YORK, June 2-The Au-America
polo team won the first game In the
match for the international cup at the
Meadowbrook Club from the All-England
team by ~ to goals. The winning
goal was made in tho seventh period,
after desperate uphill struggle. which
had been protracted for nearly an hour
of actual play. in which the eight men
had been playing their hardest and the
ponies had been extended to their utmost
speed and endurance.
H. p. Whitney scored the opening goal.
but after that the Englishmen scored
four In succession, the score at the be-
ginning Of the sixth period being Sh goals
to ~ goals in favor Of the challenging
team. There were but three periods Of
play. In the sixth period the Americans
scored two goals and evened the match:
in the seventh period they scored the
final goal Of the day. which put them. for
the first time. In the lead since the
opening count. The eighth period was q
blank.
Whitney Prevents Landslide.
In the first two periods the American
four were q badly demoralized lot. with
the sole exception of Whitney. He kept
his nerve, played his position well and
by vigorous. terse commands to the 9TH
ers prevented the landslide that seemed
imminent. In the last three periods the
Americans played great individual polo,
but they were not backing each other as
usual in team work, although manifest
ly less nervous than in the earlier play.
In these periods. with Whitney always
acting as the steadier OF his men, they
were enabled to plea up the lost ground
part Of the eighth period they were on
the defensive. and they might possibly
have won by q larger margin.
The challengers revealed that they nao
been playing under cover in the practice
matches OF tho past six weeks. or. to
put the case In another way, they had
learned by study Of American methods
the sort Of tactics that would stand them
In best service.
Surprises Americans.
This change Of methods In the op-
ponents whom they had perhaps under
rated was q surprise to the Americans,
and 1t had an effect in increasing the
which Whitney 80 cleverly
The Americans have now q one
game hold on the cup that our junior
poloists lost at Newport a quarter OF
brought back from birmingham In 1909;
but the Americans will have to give a
strong pull on their lasso to yank the
cup over the line In the next game. This
is to be Monday afternoon, SO that
players and ponies will be rested up for
renewal Of the struggle. Should the
Englishmen win next time the decisive
game will be June Z, and while the
Americans believe the cup Ii not to re-
cross the Atlantic. they are not 80 con-
fident as they were when offering 10 to
I yesterday morning. A half hour before
the play began Payne Whitney told some
friends in the clubhouse that he would
cheerfully lay 20 to ! in thousands that
the Americans would surely defend the
cup. There were no takers
Summary.
PERIOD l.
Goal I. 81. r. whitney. America, 1 minute 30
seconds: goal 2. Lieut.. Edwards, England,
PERIOD 2
Goal 3, Lieut. Edwards. England. minutes
3S seconds.
No goals.
PERIOD
No goals scored. One-half goal penalty against
Milburn. America, for fouling Cheape, England.
PERIOD 5.
Goal f. Lieut. Edwards England minutes
IL seconds; goal s. Lieut. Edwards. England. 1
seconds. Penalty against Cheape for fooiins
Whitney, one-half goal.
PERIOD g.
Goal q. Milburn. America. 60 ssconds; goal 8,
L. Waterbury. America, minutes ~ seconds.
PERIOD z.
Goal Q. Milburn. America, minutes . seconds.
Penalty against Wilson for fouling L. Water
bury, one-aalf goal.
PERIOD 8.
No goals scored.
Summary: Amer1ca-Goals earned. 8: lost By
penalty. ": total, ~. England-GoAls earned.
4; lost by penalty. ]; total. q.