Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-10
AMERICANS AND !
BRITONS READY
FOR POLO BATTLE.
Thirty Thousand Are Expected
to Root for Yankee Defend
ers of Cup.
INVADING PLAYERS ARE
FAVORITES IN BETTING
Shift in Defending Team Is Ru-
mored as Hour of Game
Draws Near.

MEADOWBROOK CLUB. Long
Island. June 10-The American ana
English polo teams met here this aft
ernoon in the first game of the sixth
match for the international Challenge
cup.
Weather conditions were ideal The
field of play stretched away a.
smooth and green as a giants billiard
table. Overhead the sun shone from
a cloudless sky and there was just
enough breeze from the northwest to
ripple the flags and pennants tha1
topped The stands
Although the opening drive was
not scheduled until 43o, the specfa-
tors began TO assemble several hours
before game time.
Shortly after the luncheon hour
motor cars began to dot the surface
of the Hampstead plain and soon
long, thin cloud of dust marked the
trail that led TO the huge open stands
between which the cup battle was
to be fought.
BY 3 o'clock the south end Of the
field was black with parked aufomo-
biies and the vast stretches Of stands
began to blossom under the gay
colorings of summer costumes.
At frequent intervals special trains
backed into the club spur and dis
charged their thousands Of specta-
tors, who were Immediately swallowed
up in the crowds. 1t became evident
early that the capacity of the stands
and fields were to be tested There
were seats for about 13 600 IN the
two stands and clubhouse and these
accommodations We're r-subserihnd
today by almost 10000 applications.
The overflow Of stands was estimated
at close to 1900. when the referee
threw the ball into play
NEW YORK, June 1o.-A great
throng of sport-loving persons anx-
iously awaited today the start of he
first of the polo matches between
United States and English teams for
aessession of the Westchesfer cslx
The trophy for many years has beef,
regarded as emblemafic of the worlds
championship, and the Enthusiasts
who, from long before noon, fiocked
to the scene of the contest on Long
Island, felt, no doubt. that the oppos-
ing fours represented the best combI-
nations of mallet wielders and mounts
in the polo world today.
By bridge and tube. by AUTOMOBILES
and train. the throng started early
for Westbury. Long Island where
the Meadow Brook Country Club was
prepared TO accommodate the largest
crowd that ever witnessed a polo
game here. Additions to the stands.
which were in use when the Arnerf-
can team defeated England two years
ago, had made il possible to care for
nearly 10000 persons, crowd COM
pairing favorably with those seen at
many of the championship baseball
games, although polo as sport has
generally been regarded as limited
in its following. As usual men and
women of society circles were con-
spicuous in the crowds.
Although not officially representing
the United States in this peaceful
trial a arms with England, Secretary
William G. MeAdoo was among those
for whom box had been reserved.
while the British ambassador. sir
Cecil Spring-Riee. was expected to
be present to encourage the kings
men. The United States army, which
has recently taken up polo. was also
expected to be represented by Major
Thomas H. Barry. Major-Generai
Leonard Wood Colonel Henry P.
Allen aud Colonel Charles G. Treat
The fashionable colonies at New
port. Lenox and Tuxedo were report
ed as practically depleted by the
rush of society to the game ana
many came from more distant points.
Conspicuous in the throng We're many
who had been spectators during the
past week at another interna tional
contest, the Davis cup tennis pre-
liminary, in which the Americans de-
feated the Australasians. and SPORT
ing gossip in the corridors OF the
large hotels were strangely mixed
with the vocabulary Of the tennis
court and the polo field. as the en-.
thusiasts triumphed over one victory
and discussed the chances of an
other.
Talk of shifts In Teams.
So many overnight changes had
been made in the polo situation that
this feature was the centre of the
polo gossip. The final decision of the
American Polo Association to pit the
old big Four against the English
ehallengers developed a shortening
of the odds reported in the betting.
but the English quartet seemed to
still rule a favorite.
The lineup as agreed upon today
included no further changes, al
though there was still gossip of
proposal in the English camp to sub
stitute Lord Wodehouse for Captain
Vivian Loelxett at back It was
doubtful, however, that this move
would be made in the first game
The lineup. therefore. stood as foi-
lows:
Americana l. L. Waterbury,: No
?, ]. M. Waterbury. jr.; No. 3. II. r.
Whitney,; back. Deveraux Milburn
England--No. 1. Captain L. st. q
Cheape; No. 2, Captain A. Noel Ed
wards; No. 3. Captain R. 9. Rifson.
back. Captain Vivian Lockett
The English playing contingent
moved over early today from the
Piping Rock Club, where they have
been practising. TO the Meadow Brook
course. followed By the squad of