New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-15
POLO CUPS FOR CAMDEN
Southern Team Triumphs Easily
Over Piping Rock.
HANOICAPS ARE DELUSIVE
Game at Van Cortlandt Park
Largely a Matter of Glass
in Ponies.

cups OF Militia Field. at Van Cortlandt
Park. yesterday, the Camden IS CO team
defeated Piping Rock by II to y. goals
The winners had received ] goal by handi-
cap and the outcome once more demon
strated that a revision of the polo handi-
caps il in order Rain seemed imminent
Vet there was remarkable number Of
onlookers. Even the far side Of the field
was lined two ueep. and probably ten
thousand spectators watched the game
aud chcered each winning stroke
Except for Hunt all the players have
houses on Long Island. yet the game
counts Just the same for the South Caro-
Ina town. where the players who wore
the Camden colors pass the winter. The
.'cut-ups" on the side lines were Offering
odds Of . TO l on Piping Rock before the
start
TO account for the upset was easy al
terward Hopping. who is the most prom
islng three goal man now in the game
received absolutely no support from his
tessn mates. This was not their fault lot
they were "outponied." Try as they
might, the nags could not make good
for them. on the other hand. Camden
had out sixteen ponies of splendid ability.
The lot II put up at auction tomorrow,
would probably bring an average OF S,OVV
each.
Hunts four were only ordinary, but lie
Routilier had a quartet Of handy and
speedy ones. Phipps had three imported
and one homebred pony, all equal TO
Nottingham form, and Bacon had four
quite as good. He is the son of the former
Ambassador TO France. and big. husky
rider but his ponies, particularly chest-
hut and a bay. carried Bacon as though
he was a featherweight. He mas TOT
twenty months been oscillatinG at polo
between this country and France, and III
that period Bacons four ponies have
crossed the Atlantic ferry eight times
Davis. TO supplement his string. that In
cIuded bay racing pony. had the chest-
NUT he bought at Eugene 5. ReynaIs sale
ion Wednesday.
Camden was excellent in team work
Bacon had the first goal from piay-up
by Hunt The next count was Tor ripping
Rock. the goal being made by Grace
who made a short hit of ball sent up
Inv IIonping. Hunt cancelled this by
goal struck at a pretty angle. and after
one minute Of overtime Bacon gained the
last goal OF the period He roue HIS
chestnut mare. as fleet and handy as any
nag now being played in polo and car
Yied the ball the entire length of the field
with the whole pack in pursuit
There was no tally in the second
period. although Phipps. who rode his
American chestnut mare, after great
run. missed a goal by couple OF feel'
BOYER. Of Piping Rock, was penalized for
hooking his mallet over the pony and
lost half goal.
In the third period both Phipps and
Bacon gained goals by short hits from
serimmages.. Phipps made goal or the
same sort 10 open the fourth period ana
lie Boutillier had one by three-hlt
gallon. the count being by a beautiful
stroke made over his pony. Hopping, who
stole away with the ball from the throw
in. made q goal in forty-fve SECONDS ior
Piping Rock This left the score at halt-
time an almost certain index Of the final
result. Camden being and Piping ROCK
Jl9.
Camden had the ball out three times at
Piping Rocks end, and was always In
command OuTlIS tlc MIN pNAANN' So
xoals were scored. Boyer was penalized
IL quarter goal for q safety. An incident
before the sixth period was the chase OK
Peter Cool, assistant steward at the
Squadron A Club, by mounted police
lnan. Cool had been sent 10 the club Tor
o wristband by l.. j. Hunt. AS he re-
turned with his pony at sallop the po-
liceman ordered him 20 stop. Cool only
sode the faster, and the officer set sail
10 catch him. The finish was before the
scorers stand, and Cool won out, rs the
,pollceman lost his cap. Owing TO the
,plesdlngs of the squadron men, the po-
Siceman did not make an arrest
Bacon increased Camden's lead by a
Noal IN the sixth and also by the only
count OF the seventh period, In the latter
Hoppings pony slipping down, but with
,out unseating the rider This was the
nearest TO mishsp Of the game. Hunt
and Hopping made a goal apiece in the
eighth period. which ended the game.
III Z. Holt, who served as referee through
out the tournament, proved TO be a very
sair and quick official in that capacity.
piping Rock defeated Squadron and
sRumson TO reach the finals, and Camden
won from West Point
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