Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-05


sentative will have to admit. The
changes in the defending team an
nounced yesterday came as sur
prise in many quarters, but to those
who were CLOSE to the government
it was not one of the most unexpect-
ed things in the world. Ever since
the matches have been arranged
there has been more or less discus
sion as to who would play on the
team, and at one time, only two
weeks ago, rumor had it that Harry
Payne Whitney, the captain, and,
in fact, practically the whole show
in polo, would not be on this years
team. Immediately there was de-
NAL, and to prove 1t Whitney has
taken part in all the practise matches
since. Then there was talk Of Monte
Waterbury being dropped, but time
went on with no changes in the
team and Old Rumor was again lin
bad"
@
But the blow finally came and
when it did land its effect was ire
mendous The team has gotten a
good round shaking up and now you
wouldn't know 1t at all. Imagine, If
you can, Captain Whitney and the
Waterbury brothers, the brilliant
Larry and the tolerable Monte. being
thrown heller SHELTER off the great
interna tional polo team, That's what
has happened. and we do not know
whether to sob in sorrow or just wait
and see how things come out. So of
last years crack team-the victorious
team-we have only Devereux Mil
burn left, and he has been injured so
many times during the practise peri
DDS that his value may not be what
it really should. Those who wit
messed the play at Meadow Brook
two years ago will have to be shown
before they will believe that the posi-
lions filled so capably by Whitney
and the waterburys will be as well
taken care Of by the new men who
have been placed on the team.
o
OF all the men who performed in
the last matches, the work of Cap
tain Whitney shone above the rest.
Each and every man had his brilliant
but Whitney, as captain,
not only played we'll, but guided well.
had many opportunities to
show in a spectacular way and he
lid so. Larry Waterbury, always
L good man, played excellent polo,
and the one weak spot, perhaps, was
Monte Waterbury. who was retained
IN the team because he played much
with the other men and was a most
acceptable teammate. Now that
great four-and great four it was
mas gone to smash, with the why
fore still as secret as the grave. But |
he story is sure to come out-sooner
Or later. 1t is the desire, evidently, |
1t present, to hush the matter up until
the international matches are over,
but it is also believed that it will be
too much of a task because of the
'act that so many persons know so
much about the numerous big and |
little muses. and fuses that have |
occurred in the inner circles ever |
'ince the present contests have been !
arranged.
For the want of more substantial |
eason, the report Is sent broadcast |
hat Whitney and the Waterburys |
lave been relegated off the team for
he simple reason that the men were
lot able to get in proper condition,
md for the reason that they are in
grand condition, so the story goes,
:. E. Stoddard, Foxhall Keene and
Malcolm Stevenson have been substl-
uted. 1t is, perhaps, a glorious way
# arranging affairs so that there will
De as little odor as possible. but
Everybody who is interested will soon
Know, and almost officially, too, that
he Waterburys and Whitney were
lot dropped from the polo team be-
,ause of their lack of condition, but
because of some personal chickering's.
The fact is we'll known that the
Whitneys and the Keenes had little
owe for each other. On the turf they
dashed and in Wall Street they
IL ia ,n1 .ba Xu,i,no,,. have oaa
orally triumphed. This sore spot
has grown, it seems, since William
: Whitneys death, and F'oxhall
Keene has always felt that he should
De at the head of polo affairs, a po-
iition held by Harry Whitney. That
his Whitney Keene feud is a part
If the big change in the team, is
almost a certainty. The lack of con-
1ition story doesn't hitch at all. The
form of the players has been very
good and with the matches only
few days off the reason for the up
neaval is difficult to explain. We
are sure of one thing, though, we
seem to be doing our best to do our
in all our matches with foreign
G
Foxy" Keene, as he is known in
sporting circles, has finally passed
Whitney in the struggle for social
honors. AS captain of the polo team,
Keene win be the white haired boy
if the Americans win,
which is doubtful. In any event,
though. he will be the big man in