New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-28
United States Holds polo
Cup in Stirring Match
with England.
VICTORY IN SECOND
GAME MERE FRACTION
Holding of Trophy the More An.
preciated Because of Changes
on Eve of the Struggle.

on Eve of the Struggle.
In the most spectacular series a,
matches ever fought the Americans von
the annual battle for the now famou,
Westchester international polo cup lau
June, which the Duke OF Westmnst.r
and other sportsmen OF Great Britain
have expended over 100000 trying to rs-
cover. BY a trick Of fortune. Harry
Payne Whitney and his trusted lieutep.
ants, Larry Waterbury, Monty Waterbury
and Devereux Milburn, were again in IN,
saddle to defend the trophy against IN.
English challengers on the now histori.
field OF the Meadow Brook Club, at West.
bury, Long Island. II was the same gal.
liant Big Four" that captured the cup at
birmingham in 1909, and the men played
the game OF their lives against Captain
Leslie St c. Cheape, Captain A. Noel Ed.
wards. Captain r. Gerald Ritson and CAP.
tain Vivian n Lockett. The score Of the
first match was OF goals to and OF IN.
second AZ to AZ.
The victory OF the Americans over ths
English chalengers was only accom-.
pIished after a number OF discouragins
and disheartening accidents and mishaps
that caused many an American follower
Of the game to believe that the cup was
once more to cross the Atlantic Ocean,
where il had remained from 1885 to 100, I,
the latter the year OF Harry Payne Whit
news wonderful assault and mastery Of
the English off-side game.
The English team, largely financed By
the Duke of Westminster arrived IN
America more perfectly equipped for thu
great contest than ever before. The
string OF ponies OF more than twoscofs
head. were the pick of the realm and
worth kings ransom. The men-cavalry
oficers-proved themselves wonderful
players, and they missed their mission
BY the narrowest OF margins.
on the other hand, the Americans failed
TO round out in practice, so that a scant
week before the opening game, and to tn.
amazement of all except the close follow
ers OF the sport. the team to defend the
cup was named as follows: No. !, Louis
L. Stoddard, OF Meadow Brook, I-goal
man; No. ., DevereuX Milburn. OF Mead
ow Brook, 9-goal man; No. g. FoXhau
=. Keene. OF Meadow Brook, a 9-g0a
man. and back. Malcolm Stevenson, ~
the Rockaway Hunting Club. a '-goa
man.
CONSERVATION shook the American asso-
citation TO its foundations. 1t had been
realized that Harry Payne Whitney and
the Vaterburys had been playing below
form, yet the change from the old guard
proved a shock, especially rs the dashlnS
veteran. Foxhall p Keene, was named az
the captain. In the early practice Dey-
ereux Milburn had met with number OF
bad falls. but he had survived them, and
was ready for the cup contests, when, on
the eve of the matches, Foxhall p. Keene
was thrown from his pony and his collar
bone broken.
At the eleventh hour. and only four DAYS
before the matches. Harry Payne Whit
ney and the men who had stood so splen-
didly by him were named once more 70
take their places In the field. That they
realized the task was shown by the faea
tndL IHtN ODtnSu buS BhihC g. pNN'' IN O'''-'
pace as TO bewilder the Englishmen By
the suddenness of their attack.
In the first four periods the swift on
slaught OF the Americans tailed goals
to England's /. Then the Englishmen set
tied into the battle and held, but II wal
such a desperate fight that In the sixth
period Monty Waterbury had two OF the
fingers OF his right hand broken by a cla
from a mallet In a melee, and Louis stoo-
dard took his place. The remarkable thfnS,
about the first game was that not pom
atty was charged against the Ehglshmen.
while the Americans lost a goal and =,
half because OF two crossings BY Larry
Waterbury and one by Milburn.
In the second game +. NJ. Freake re-
placed Captain Edwards on the English
team at No. 2, while Louis StoddaId
played No . on the American SIDE In hs
place OF the injured Monty Waterbury. In
this game the Englishmen rode their
ponies like demons. giving the Americans
points in thrilling ride-offs, and they also
got their mallets TO the ball with much
better efrect-a thing they had failed to do
I'm the first match. Stoddard proved him
self a worthy successor to Monty Water
bury, for he scored four Of the five goals
on the American side. Captain Chesps
tailed the same number for the chal-
leugers./
1t was the penalties. however. that
proved the sll-important element in the
final score, for with each side having tai
lied goals apiece. the accidental safety By
Captain Ritson. at cost of Il goal, and
the penalty against Captain Lockett OF
y goal for crossing Larry Waterbury, re
duced the English margin the slight frsc.
ton which spelled defeat, as against the
- goal charged against the Americans
for the crossing by Harry Payne Whit
ney. In all the annals of polo there Is
not the record OF cup match being won
by SO slender a difference in the score.