Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-06-02
For Greater Part Of Game Out
play The Defenders.
Then The Yankees Brace and
With Help Of Fouls, Win.
Tremendous Crowd Present-hext
Game Monday, June S.

| New York, June 1.-The American
| grip on the International polo cup
| was almost loosened today by bull dog
| tectics of the challenging English
| cavalry officers in the first OF the
| matches for the trophy. The Meadow
| brook four were outplayed and out
hit in three quarters of the match, but
out-rode their opponents until the
score finally stood Az goals TO 8 in
favor of America.
AS the Americans We're five 10 one
faYorites the strength of the English
team astonished the occupants of the
big grandstands which ranged the
side of the Meadowbrook Polo field
and for an hour and half there was
almost continuous excitement and APP
plause by the greatest attendance of
expert poloists that this country has
| ever seen mixed in with social New
York and a fair sprinkling of official
| life.
4 greater throng is expected on
Monday when the second match will
ne played, for neither team cared to
| renew hostilties on Saturday after
today's hard struggle. Meadowbrool
scored five goals, principally by the
riding of DeyereauX Milburn, while
A. Noel Edwards Of the famous Ninth
Lancers drove the bali -four times be-
tween the American goal posts, burt
three fouls for crossing cut each score,
| that of the Americans by a half and
that of the Englishmen by a full
goal.
1T was a keenly contested game
and faster one than was anticipated
after yesterdays heavy rain. Through
out most of the GO minutes of actual
play, the pace was set By the Eng
lish officers to the amaZement of all
but a very few of those present. The
ease with which they scored goals,
especially in the fifth period. brought
on what seemed 70 be over confidence
on the part of the Britons. for in the
seventh Milburn stiffened the Ameri-
can defence and with his hunter like
mounts dashed up into The game.
leaving Whitney 70 defend the goal
His demon-like play turned the tide
and his two goals with that of l..
Waterbury brought final victory to the
Americans
Up TO the time of the rally in the sixth
period the much talked of team work of
the Meadowbrook quartet was utterly
lacking. while the two forwards. the Wa
| terburys, seemed nervous and uncertain.
| J. NJ. Waterbury came two troopers. the
| first one q few seconds after play was
started On the other hand the English
challengers. after hiding their polo abh
| ity for several weeks shone forth Is polo
| stars of the first rank and uncovered a
game that was surprisingly effective. es-
pecially in the soft dribbling taps that
| almost invariably preceded a long drive
out
The defenders started off i'm a manner
that seemed to fulfill expectations. Whit
ney gathered the ball in mid -field and
| with the help of the two Waterburys
| drove the first goal inside two minutes
of play. Then the English crowded the
Americans back to their goal line where
| Lieut.. Edwards shot the second goal. In
| the second period Lieut.. Edwards again
emerged from a melee and, lodging Mil
burn. kept ON for the third goal of the
afternoon and the second for England.
No goal was scored during the third and
| fourth periods.
Milbun. in his anxiety TO save his goal.
crossed Capt. Cheape in the latter and
the American score was cut down to half
| a point.
| The defenders began to play desperate
ly and the visitors confidently, which was
particularly noticeable in the fifth period
when Lieut.. Edwards. by more of his
daring riding, shot two more goals. Mil
| burn started the American rally and
Capt Cheape was penalized for crossing
| Whitney The gong rang with the score
80 TO Il in favor of the challengers.
The sixth period saw the slump in Eng
fish horsefiesh. The little stable beside
the west grandstand from which flew
| the British flag, contained only mounts
enough for the team for two or three
periods, and when the sixth was reached
some of the ponies were going under foI
the first time. After that England was
always behind in the race for the goa
and it was only by clever work by Capt
Wilson that a larger American score
was prevented.
The score was tied, and eventually for.
tune swung over TO the American side
! of the field Toward the end. also, Eng
land suffered again when Cant. Wilson
crossed l.. Waterbury. The American,
We're still desperately defending their owl
goal when the final bell rang and mem
hers of both teams wiped the perspiratiof
4 from their faces and shook hands in tht
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