New-York tribune., 1913-06-17
.LEOPARDS SCORE IN
A FAST POLO MATCH
Defeat Great Neck FreebOOterS
by Safe Margin, Even with
TWO-GOaI Handicap.

TW0-Goal Handicap.
I'm the first game Of the Great Neck
Polo club tournament At Great Neck,
yesterday. the Cooperstown Leopards con-
cedcd two goals by handicap to the Great
Neck Freebooters and won by 91s goals
to Ga
The winners were J. C. Rathborne
Rene Ia Montague. Joseph Is. Thomas
and +. Ambrose Clark, and for the Free
hooters the lineup was John Hobbs. OF
Los Angeles; r. lie Boutillier. 2d, y l.
Tlney and Carlton +. Burke, OF Pasa-
dena, Cal.
II was the opening game on New
York field OF the seasons tournaments
scheduled by the Polo Association. The
, trophy IL the Second Great Neck Chal-
lenge cup. to become the property OF the
club winning I'm three Of the annual com
petitions. There are individual prizes for
the team winning each year Meadow
Brook. Point Judith and COoperstown
have one leg and Great Neck two legs on
tho cup.
Great Neck and the Cooperstown first
team will meet In the second round this
AFTERNOON. lNfg Ntlf NiA''''' ''''N 49,
ner-up last year.
La Montague played mp TO the form
that made him a substitute for the United
States team IN IN international match,
and led IN scoring with six goals. lie
was well supported by his teammates,
OF whom Rathborne and Clark each
gained two goals.
The Freebooters did well in team tao
ties under the handicap of not having
played together before. Hobbs had not
been m the saddle since the Coronado
tournament In April lie was added to
take the place OF c. Appleton. after a
wait of forty minutes for the ao-
sentee. Hobbs played a capital game on
ponies offered 10 him By the other play
ers. Two to carry him nicely were w.
r.. Grace's skewbald Pinto and his chest
nut pony Mary.
Tilney Was the hardest hitter for the
Freebooters. II was his first game on \
flca-bitten gray pony from Texas he calls
Navahoe. that proved to be handy and
fast. lie Boutilier had good ponies and
was reliable In stick work. Burke was
well served by hve California ponies. and
he is a sturdy back and daring lying
man"
La Montague made the only goal OF the
opening period by a short hit onside. In
the second Tilney's pony slipped FOR the
only fall OF the game. Rathborne scored
by backhand angle hit and Burke got
goal by an Oflslde shot from scrim-
mage.
A goal was made I'm twenty-eight sec
onds TO open the third period, Rathborne
meeting Burke's hit-in and scoring on the
second stroke. La Montague made an
other goal by a short hit from play-up
by Clark. The Leopards closed the period
with a lead Of to 3. including the handi-
cap allowance.
Tilney scored the sixth goal by long
offside lofted hit and La Montague the
seventh and eighth. the latter by Dack-
hand turn of Burke's ht-in. Rathporhe
was penalized FOR foul cross on lie
Boutillier i'm the nth period.
La Montague had the ninth goal by TWO
long drives and n third short offside hit IN
the sixth period. In the next scrimmaSe lie
Boutillier was penalized for a ioul cross
Clark made the tenth and eleventh goals
the last by long offslde HIT the pail
hitting a goalpost and rolling only an
inch over the line on the rebound.
Burke made the twelfth by an oHs!de
push from Hobbs's play-up, La Montague
the thirteenth in nineteen seconds by vol
leying Burke's hit-in and Burke the four
teenth with three hits from the throw-in'
lie Boutlllier had the fifteenth and last
goal by riding with the ball for three
strokes. the last made while Clark was
riding him of Hobbs had to make
safety I'm the seventh period.
The summary follows:
cOOpERSTOWN GREAT NECk