The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-06-09
AMERICAN AND
|. ENGLISH POLO
TEAMS COMPETE
MOST IMPORTANT EVENT OF
THE YEAR IN INTERNATIONAL
SPORT WILL BE STAGED TO-
MORROW AFTERNOON.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

4 Meadow Brook. L. T.. tomorrow afte
noon when the American and EngIi
polo teams ga.1op out on the fie
for the initial game Of the sixth mat,
for the International Polo Challen;
CUP Play for this prize ranks secor
1 only to the races for the America
1 yachting trophy, in competitions whic
| nave to date brought together repr,
] sentative amateur sportsmen of tt
United States and@Great Britain.
Lacking somewhat in the tradition
ana prestige surrounding the battle
| Tor possession of the famous blue rib
Don or ocean regattas, the polo cup ha
the advantage of that man to- man eIe
ment of sport which thrills the spec
tators, who watch the game progress
| ing IN confined area Immediately be
fore them.
"A game which requires courage team
| work, physical strength and endurance
combined with control of temper an,
| aolnty to sink personality in favor o
| combination advancement, arouses tn,
greatest interest among followers y
modern sport, In the coming pole
matches are found all these requisite:
speed by the additional elements NJ
International tinge and the speediest
ponies ever collected for polo play.
There are still other angles which
dud interest to the attempt of the
Engilsh team TO regain possession of
the polo trophy wrested from England
ia 1909. The polo authorities of the
challenging country have spent vast
sums of money and devoted two wears
TO preparing for the play bout tn he
gin. Fully aware of the prenara tions
pelng made abroad, the American as
soclation has kept pace with the re-
sun that an outlay amounting to close
10 100000 has been necessary before
ne ne opening contest. For England, the
luke or Westminster, prime mover in
the efforts to recover the cup. is said
personally to have contributed ahout
S20o,oO0 and secured $500, 900 from fell
low polo enthusiasts throughout the
British Empire
with this sum the world, outside of
the United States, has been curried
Tor ponies suitable in speed and sta
NINA for worlds championship play.
me mounts of the English team show
hey h a1tee Come Of msgifffsoSRFead gfgssareh, for
rama, Egypt, New Zealand Arsen
me and India Forty four is the total
u the squad and since the ponies are /
ne PICK OF almost 5000 offered it is |
'afe to say that the real valuation is
n excess of the 100000 placed upon |
mem for bonding purposes
-lSo represent the best POLO playing
alent that the Britith umpire can
coast. Composed of Capt. r. G. Rit-
on, Elliskining Drag who leads
he team; Capt. Leslie ST. George
sneape, Kings Own Dragons; Capt.
\. Noel Edwards Ninth Lancers and
APT Vivian Lockett, Seventeenth
the combination is one of
layers who have spent years of their
nd F. M. Freake England has two
eservists who have played in pre-
logs interna tionaI matches and are by
experience and training ready to act
n the capacity of substitutes should
heir service be required
l, |
900 players from all parts of the I
United Kingdom, is a most formidable
'olo four. Captains Cheape and Ed
Yards were members of the challeng-
ng team of 1911. Mr.. Freake and
4ord Wodehouse PLAYED on the cup
offending team of 1909 Captain Rit-
on is noted for his riding and re-
narkable wrist work with the maIlet
,aptain Cheapes strong forte lies in i
is hitting and horsemanship. Captain
edwards combines both accuracy and
ength in his strokes and also is noted
"a plain Lockett claim that he is the
ongest driver and hardest rider in /
English polo today. During the prac-
Ice play since the arrival of the team
n America the work of the invaders /
as been a revelation to those who
ave watched their game and caused
he four to be installed faVorites in
he wa gering.
In selecting a team to oppose this
owerful combination. the Polo Asso-
ia ton startled the American followers
f the game by naming Louis e. Stod-
ard, No. 1; Devereaux Milburn, No. 2;
'oxhall Keene, captain and No. s. NAL
ohm Stevenson back. The selection
this cup defending four. which was
lade less than a week before the in
nexpected move, since it broke up the
amous Mea dowbrook Big Four"
yhich regained the trophy in 1909 and
successfully defended it two wears
ster.
of that veteran combination. Mil
urn was the only player to be re-
aimed and he was shifted from back to
20. >. The original Meadowbrook team
onsisting of Harry Whitney J. Fl.
Jr.. l.. Waterbury and De-
ereuax Milburn, were all nine goal
layers, the highest ranking give by
ne Polo Association. The playing
trength of the United States team :
Jagged by the same system equals 50
oals for Captain Keeus is ranked at
inc: Milburn, nine; Stevenson seven,
nd Stoddard seven.
Regardless of the actual lineup
owever. the matches will undoubtedly
tract the greatest gathering of spec
ltors that ever attended a polo series
he Meadow Brook Club, where the
ames are to be played, has enlarged
= SIdHuS 10 dCIoIHIIlOudte 1o.UUU spec
ators: auto parking spaces and room
Or standees will more than double this
tendance each day and the revenue
erived from the gate receipts will be
Lrge.
The silver cup, the struggle for the
ossession of which has aroused such I
sporting Juror until re-
emily has reposed in safe deposit |
ault in New York City. 1t was first
nered by the Westminster Polo Club
{ Newport, R. l., to be known as the ]
Challenge Polo Cup An .
nglish team sent by the birmingham |
olo Committee won the cup the same i
ear in two straight matches. Four
oxhaH Keene and L. McCreery at
empted to regain the trophy. They
tk1r go. x4-,v- / f,