Evening star., 1913-06-15

fore the challengers got their bearing unu
attacked the American goaI en- Lnasse'
Milburn, by splendid play. STAYED on seN-
eraI dangerous shots, but the EnsiiSh
four were not to be denied and fnally
Capt Cheape scored the first goai OF tne
game after a dash from midfield in sos
Foul Called on Whitney.
While there was no scoring in the Sec
ond period the play was of fast and
DANGEROUS character, and eventuaiiy
Whitney had a foul called upon him for
riding across Capt Ritson at right
angles.
In the next session the Americans
showed the first flash of real combina-
ton work The ball was kept hover.
ing around the English goal until
Stoddard scored after MilDurn hao
missed two comparatively easy shots.
This period appeared to encourage
the cup defenders, and they charged
full tilt into the game In the 1ourth
period Stoddard scored twice in quick
succession, picking up the ball In the
most approved fashion when 1t was
passed to him by Whitney and Water
bury
Capt. Cheape was the hero of the
fifth period OF the play. his nriiilans %
rushes and drives appearing to daze
the American four. Both Freake and
Ritson played into his hand at every
opportunity. and despite the desperate
massing of the American forwards
about the goal in support of Milburn
Cheape succeeded in scoring two goals
Capt RitSon. however. offset this with
a safety which cost the English four
one-quarter of a point
Make Best Bid in Sixth.
Both fours made their best bid for the
game I'm the sixth period. and so evenly
were they matched that in a continuous
Of ha
field and then the other each side
scored two goals. Early in the period
the play was almost entirely in Ameri-
can territory. and shot after shot was
full in his fourth attempt, and immedi--
ateiy after the lineup Ritsou and
Freake rushed the ball down to the
posts again. where Freake counted. The
showed their final flash. and by the
most spectacular kind of an individual
game forced the ball through the
closely grouped English -four. Capt;
Ritson. with backhand strokes. drove
the ball to right and left of the posts
only to have either Waterbury or Stod-
dard or whitney rush 1t back again. In
this sustained scrimmage the Americans
won out. for both Waterbury and Stod-
dard each succeeded in scoring goal:
game, for although the players or ponies
never faltered during the final two
periods. they were so evenly matched
that their rushes and rallies came to
naught. During the seventh session the
English team was penaliZed half point
for a foul and this. as 1t ultimately de-
veloped, was to cost them the game and
another chance at the cup during the
1913 series.
Lockett Crosses Waterbury.
In a general melee about the English
goal Capt. Lockett, whose desperate ef-
forts to swing the game were noticeable
even In the excitement of the milling,
crossed Waterbury so sharply that a
foul was charged against the British four.
Slight as was its margin the United
States team played a defensive game in
the final session and succeeded in keep
ing it's goal clear until the gong told
the tale of another victory for the United
States and a $4,000 invasion by Eng
lands best poloists which just failed to
accomplish its purpose.
The two fouls. one Of which was called
upon each team. were imposed in ac-
cordance with the rule which states that
players shall not cross or charge into
each other at right angles because Of the
danger of a bad fall when this occurs.
This rule was most carefully observed
by both teams, except In the two cases
which brought penalties. and these were
due to the pack" play. which prevented
the opponents from. realizing that they
were fouling until the rule had been
broken. The safety play by Ritson, was
a safety stroke made at the expense of
one-quarter Of point when 1t was evil
dent that the only way to prevent an
American score was to put the ball out
Of play by driving 1t across his own line
by safety shot
Lne-Up Of Teams.
The lineup Of the two teams was as
follows:
United States-No. /. L. E. Stoddard: No. 2,
L. Waterbury; No. 3, 81. p. whitney; back, D.
MiIburn.
England-No /, Capt. L. ST @. Cheape; No. 2,
3. NJ. Freake; No. 8, Capt. r. G. Ritson; back,
C1pt. v. Lockett.