New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-04
ENGLISH PRESS LAUDS
CHANGE IN POLO TEAM
Ritson, as Captain, Expected %
Add Great Strength to
ChaIlengerS.
BUCKMASTER OFF HIS GAME
Ponies Now on Way to Thi
Country Believed To Be
Equal of Those Available
for American Players.
fBy Gable to The Tribune. !

IBy Cable to The Tribune1
London. May 3.-Regarding chang.
in the English polo team The DAN.
Mail" says:
Now that Buckmaster has dronn.a
out Of the coming struggle, II truth :.
told there Is a feeling Of relief in Br,,.
ish polo circles. His great ability !,
the game admits Of not the sligb,...
question, and on form he was IN n.
right place as captain OF the team I'm.
with his undependable shoulder \.
would have been a source Of weakn...
instead of strength to the team had h.
decided to take the chance Of his IN.
jury becoming better by the time Of IN.
international matches. Buckmas,s,
was completely off his game at Eta,
and Hooton Park, and his decision =.
drop out causes no surprise 20 tbo..
who watched the international trials.
Another reason why Buckmaster l.e
the team was because Of the abol,t,o,
OF the off-side rule, which has ALTERED
the tactics of the game TO such an or.
tent that the oldtime Cantab combine.
ton is no longer Of such great yaus
TO it's side as IL was a few years am
Ritson, who. it is authoritatively an.
nounced. will now captain the team
and who is one of the best PLAYER,
India ever produced. was asked by the
Duke Of Westminster a year ago "a
play for the cup. an invitation lonr
preceding that extended TO the Other
members Of the team. He will be al
No. >, and advantageously placed 10
control the play of the -nglish four.
The reason Cheape was asked 10
play at No. | was because his work al
back in the trial games did not inspire
full confidence. The new back Cap
tain Lockett, although he has not
played so much polo in England as bis
colleagues, and never has been espc
cially we'll mounted nor with first class
players in India, is said TO have shown
a greater Improvement in the last six
months than any other player in the
empire.
The Times" says: He is the pos.
SCISSOR of all the qualities OF an inter.
national player. He is a fine horse
man, a sound and quick striker, WITH (
a cool head and a stout heart. and ma!
be expected to provide another ex.
ample of the condolences so often seen {
in different games that an eleyepn F."
hour selection is abundantly justified.
Captain Edwards is definitely placed
at No. 2. THE Daily Express says:
Thus England will have 4 solder
team right through, composed OK fou;
strong, determined and busting play {
ers. big hitters and fine horsemen %
the whole, it would be difficult TO In
prove upon the side. and our prospects .
of regaining the cup are certainly noun
ing worse for the recent changes.
Ireland may regret that for the mrs.
time the Emerald Isle is not represent
ed on the team. Cheape represents
Scotland, but the others are all Eng
lish. although in 1911 Edwards was us
only Englishman. Hardness Lloyd being
an Irishman and Wilson an Australian
Freake will sail with the team neN
Wednesday on the Oceanic but LOW
Wodehouse will not Join the players u
the United states until the beglnnm
of June.
THE Daily Express" says: i"
defeat OF 1911 was put down on ul'
side to a want Of first class ponies
sufficient numbers TO cope win Wv
wonderful studs owned by the Amen
can players. This year there viii q
no such excuse, assuming always tn'
the English ponies get acclimatea
time for the important games. suL"
cannot be hoped that England VIII nav
any advantage in ponies this year. "
spite the fact that the Duke OF "e''
minister has spared neither expense i"
trouble to get together the best pos"
Bile stud In this country.
Captain F.. d. Miller's knowledge
what the polo pony needs has he''
been surpassed"
The ponies are leaving on board y.
Minneapolis to-day. Included IN :"
number IS the famous Energy riuO'
at Meadow Brook by Captain Haruie III
Lloyd three periods Of each ma'c"
1911, and Machine, Tiger, NUM-,
Pretty Boy and Kilkenny. all OF WE.
also took part that year, and al ,.
sonally owned by the Duke OF VIZ"
minister: Pigeon, lent by Lord As..
and st. Leger, played by Captain :"
Edwards in 1911.
r. n. Grenfell. who has been play
on the second team, Will not go T"
United States, but has lent Flyihs
ders and also Coco. an Argentine P
once sold by Grenfell to PnlpP'' III