New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-15
Raised Dust on Roads and a
Din When the Defenders
Scored Goals.
AVIATOR STAYED AWAY
Great Crowd Was Well Pro
tected from the Importuni-
ties of Spectators
other Notes of Game.

noon there was a good sized gathering Of
cars at the Meadow Brook field. parked in |
positions Of vantage TO act as miniature !
grandstands for their owners. Another !
hour and the roads Of Long Island were
covered with them No windstorm could !
have raised such a cloud of dust in the
vicinity of Westbury, both before and after
the game. There were cars of low and
high degree and Of vintages that dated
back almost to the earliest years OF their
introduction. But for the greater part the
machines were of high class types, and
it was noticeable that limousines were pre-
ferred 10 touring cars by those who could
make choice No estimate OF the num-
her of cars that surrounded the field
could possibly be accurate, but there were
At least 1000 and the number might have
been double that.
While only small percentage Of the
machines were so placed that their occu-
pants could watch the play, the cnauf-
feurs managed to add to the general
hlarty Of the day Of victory. With every
announcement Of goal for the defenders
the roars Of the crowd were supplemented
by a perfect storm Of approval from the
motor contingent. the noise ranging from
squeaky gasps by little bulb horns to the
forbiddng rumble OF the big electrical con-
trvance.
Before the game ended the gathering Of
cars began 10 break up and again the
clouds Of dust raised from the plains Of
Long Island to choke motorists and train
riders alike Passengers on departing
trains could see actually less than hun
dred yards until they had travelled a mile
from the field.
The wind was most accommodating. II
served 10 temper slightly the rays OF
truly torrid sun, and came from direc-
ton that blew the dust away rather than
across the field.
Soft drinks were as popular as peanuts
at a circus. Man could not live on polo !
alone with the mercury fairly bubblng.
Foxhall p. Keene carried his arm in /
sling II he gave a thought of his dis !
appointment in not being out on the field |
in boots and spurs his face did not show
IT, He and Monte Waterbury. both of
whom were put out of the struggle by &C /
cdents, were not always able to hide their !
restlessness.
The hawkers found their flags drug
on the market, but the little colored para
soils sold like hot cakes. They helped
little in keeping the sun off tender necks
without obscuring the view Of those be
hind.
monoplane went skimmng along out
AoI
gard for his license and steered clear OF
the field and its banked stands.
One fair enthusiast described polo to
her escort on the way to the game as the
cocktail Of sport-half racing, half hockey
and dash Of football.
One pair Of horses hitched TO a well
appointed station bus. drove up behind the
west stand among a thousand automo
biles II caused as much comment as the
first motor car, not so many years ago.
Times have changed.
Even money was the prevailing price
for those who cared TO wager. One chap
with a strange hat and a talkative tie bet
81 with a friend. which led a passerby to
remark: What will the poor fellow do
II he loses"
1T was the most wonderful sight I ever
saw" was an expression heard many
times on the way home.
Among the lawn tennis players who
watched the great struggle were Billy
Larned, the seven times holder OF the
national championship; William ].
Clothier, the former holder Of the title A;
George L. Wrenn, jr, and a host OF
others.
Two Of the American ponies had small
hags-the futtering Star Spangled Ban
verifying from their headstalls during
the parade before the match.
Some OF the ushers with an eye 10 a
stray quarter or two, armed themselves
with dust cloths. with which they brushed
off the seats. II saved many a gown and
brought its Just reward.
Lemonade, and mighty weak lemonade.
at % cents thick glass, was one of the
ways TO spend money
For once the spectators in the east
stand were compensated for having the
sun In their eyes by a refreshing breeze
in their faces. Spectators in the lower
tier Of boxes and seats in the west stand
were cut OF from the tempering currents
OF air and they sat hot and dsconsolately
tanning themselves until the beginning of
the great battle.
E,vsrv effort WAS made IN guard the |
crowd from the depredations OF ticket
spectators, hawkers OF programmes and
the horde OF roustabouts who made them |
selves a nuisance by soliciting the care
Of motor cars while their owners watched
the match Hobart Weller, an assistant
in the District Attorneys office, was on
hand ready TO find true bills and prose-
cute spectators who sold tickets on the |
railroad trains. Altogether. he had one
OF the busiest afternoons Of his career.
One fair enthusiast as she stepped from
an automobile at the west stand gate
picked up horseshoe. II wasn't pony's |
footgear. but she chung TO IT, hoping II
would bring luck TO the Americans II
did.
Evading detectives during the presenta- |
ton OF the international polo cup, pick
nocketa managed to reap harvest from |
49, acores NJ spectatorg croWdinR around \