The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-11
VAUNTED ENGLISH
| POLO TEAM FALLS
| BEFORE AMERICANS
Britishers Outridden and
Outplayed in Opening
Game Of Match
TOUTED TEAMPLAY
FAILS TO SHOW
American Defenders Easily Show
Superiority to English Players
and Win by Score of
5h Goals to 3

Meadowbrook Club. Long Island, June
lo.-Outriding and outplaying the English
polo challengers the American cup de-
Tending team today won the opening
game of the sixth international match by
score of 5la goals to 3. The English
Players did not show the vaunted team
play which had been credited to them
before the game, nor did their ponies
outclass the American mounts. In fact.
the reverse was quite the case and in
almost every run down field the Amer
lean players either held their own or
the ball
The combination work of the American
four with Larry Waterbury at No. /, j.
NJ. Waterbury. Jr., and l.. e. Stoddard
at No. g Captain III. p. Whitney at No.
and Devereaux Milburn at back, was
superb.
The challenging team. consisting OF
Captain l.. st. George Cheape at No. 1,
Captain A. Noel Edwards at No. 2, Cap
tain r. G. Ritson at No. 3 and Captain
Vivian Lockett at back, appeared unable
to work together consistently, due in all
probability, to the close covering of the
Americans.
Odds Not Warranted
Hardly had the game begun before 1t
was seen that the wagering odds of to b
ON the English were not warranted, for
the big tour carried the play into
the English end of the field and kept the
cavalry officers busy defending their
goal.
The drives of the Americans were made
with excellent direction and length and
they never appeared to have difficulty
| in hooking the bah out of scrmmage.
| The E.nglishren were apparently stunped
| by the fiercepess OF the cup defenders
| attack and failed to hold together in team
work. The three goals scored in the first
| period went to the United States and
| it was until the second period that the
! English four got going.
Rtson and cheape cut loose with some
remarkable long drives and the invaders
| began to team up in fashion that proved
Ithreatening. The work of Captain Lockett
| at back was remarkable in view of the
attack piled at him. Larry Waterbury
was playing rushing game and his
! encounters with Edwards and Cheape
We're frequent and thrilling. Finally he
was penalized fer riding across Cheape.
| who had Just secured England's first
goal with "a fine shot from a hard angle
| Larry Waterbury scored the American
| goal in this period.
English Are Rushed
| The English four were rushed hard by
the defenders early In the third period
and Larry Waterbury scored for the
Americans in 81 seconds. The ball was
carried up and down the field without
score the remainder of the period.
The fourth say the Americans miss
ing several easy chances to score and
Captain Cheape also failed from a clear
field The only goal of the period was
scored by Larry Waterbury, which he
partly nulifed by foul in crossing Cap
tain Ritson.
The fifth period saw the English at
their best Captain Ritson scored with
"A lofting shot which the Americans were
unable to reach, and Captain Cheape
followed with I5-yard stroke. which
had Just enough momentum to carry 1t
through the goa posts.
The succeeding session proved disas-
trous for the defenders for Monte"
Waterbury was hit ON the hand by an
opponents mallet and his finger broken
in two places. He will not be able to
play IN Saturdays game.
Open riding and individual play marked
the seventh period in which no goal was
scored.
| The American team, however. lost half
| a point because of a cross by Milburn. In
the final period the English kept the
ball III the American territory for sew
| eral minutes but Stoddard finally cleared
! il and in a run down field paved the
way fcr Larry Waterbury TO score the
| final goal of the game.