The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-06-02
FIRST POLO MATCH
WON BY AMERICANS
Continued from First page.)


against the playing form of The yisi-
hrs is the heavy growth OF grass ana
soft turf OF the polo field on Long
Island In India, the cradle OF polo
for the British cavalry the grounds
are almost barren OF grass and baked
as hard as a pavement by the tropical
sun. Members of the challenging |
team say that the dead and slow turI
which they find on Long island ne
cessitates quite a different style OF
play than that to which they are oc-
eustomed.
The visitors also find striking din !
erence in the rules Of the game mere,
in that there is no such thing as "ofr
sides in the American game while
in all other countries there is a strict
rule against what is designated as "ofT
side" play 1t is admitted by the
members Of the American team as
we'll as the challengers that the game
has been changed vitality by the
American Polo Association in ults
respect.
The following defnation OF 'off
side" play is Aven by the Captain
of the British team; "a player Is on
side when at the time of the bali
being hit no member OF the opposing
team is between him and the oppo-
ing team goal or goai line. and he Is
neither playing the bah himself norI
behind one of his own team VINO lis
playing it,"
The idea Of this rule, as explained
| by the visiting poloists Is to pre-
vent the first forward from cruising
around between the man playing back
for the other team and that other
teams goal, waiting for some MEMBER
of his own team to send the bali
ia him for slamnling it through to a
goal. This way of playing, the visi-
tors declare, robs polo of half its in
terest and reduces it to series of
rapid rushes first for one goal ana
then for the other.
But the American rules do 9d
draw the line against playing off side
and the cup is to be played for UNI
der American rules because the cur
is he'd here by virtue Of Harry Payne
Whitneys team having captured ii
in London two years ago.
Originally the Information Polo Cur
was played for at Newport In 1886
and was won and carried away from
American by an English team when
retained " until June, 1909. The
American team that lost the cup II
1886 was made up OF Thomas Hitch
cock. captain, Foxhall Keene, Kay
A mond Belmont and W. X. Thorn.
Ten years ago Foxhall Keene or
gained a team composed of himself
the two Waterburys, John E. Cow
dinand Rudolph Agassi as an exJr1
player, to recover the cup, But tht
cup did not come back until Harr!
Payne Whitney had spent two years
in preparing an expedition of fou
players whose team work nal beer
brought to state of perfection nery'
approached on either side OF the Al
lantic nor in India and who wer,
!. mounted on Che best polo ponies tina
| could be purchased at any price. Tn
u fastest ana cleverest of these ponie
are still at the disposal of the Amer
- can cup defenders anil many more o
II the highest quality have been pun
"a chased at a great cost IN England
a. Ireland and India, the stronghold o
m British polo.
r.. The Americans have acquire
practically all The Hefg best pole
.e ponies developed in our country dun
q. ing the last five years, Captain HarC
rs ress Lloyd of the British team sal
# before the game today.
a. This policy Of securing the worl
10 for the best polomounts, regardless
N. Of cost, has been descrSee1 by man
American spcrtsmen, who declare
n reduces the matches for The America
AZ polo cup to the basis of which tea.
p. has the deepest purse. 1t is said tina
an effort is on foot to ger away fror
this state Of affairs for future intei
" national games by using only Amer
p can bred ponies or horses for tn
d, American team, so that Uncle Sar
h may stand or fan by his own horse
+. and mem.
The same American players tina
j won the cup two years ago wi
- defed it. They are:
First forward, Lawrence Waterbur,
Number 2, NJ. ]. Waterbury.
- Number 3, Harry Payne whitney.
I Back, DeyereuN Milburn
They are New Workers and as
team have no equal in the Unite
States Milburn is a resident {
!, Buffalo and was a famous oarsma
ait Oxford University in England.