Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-05-05

does not need to train as severely as
his teammates, as he does not take
on flesh to any great extent during
the winter months.
Know. Each Other
The big Four" are great polo play
ers They not only occupy the highest
rank in the handicaps in America
and in England, but they have been
playing so long as team that they
know and understand each others
play perfectly.
This is a big asset. and the real
strength of a team. If new member
was introduced in the team it would
take months of practice to attain the
knowledge of just how the other polo
lists play the game. The members OF
the big Four" are never tied up with
the red tape of team play, but each
player knows just how his mate plays.
This often enables the team as a
whole to score victory.
Anticipating play is one OF the
fine points Of the game. If members
of the team were all at sea regarding
just what player will do, his value
to the strength of the team is lost.
II the American cup defenders are
made up of Whitney, Milburn and the
Waterbury brothers, it will have a big
over the English team. The
challengers for the cup have never
played together as a team. Individual
y, the English poloists are much bet
ter poloists' than the team that came
over here in 1911 Capts. Edwards and
Cheape were members of the 1911
team and have played together. They
each others system OF
play. Buckmaster, the only man who
ranks in the handicap list as high as
the members of the big Four" has
played with and against Cheape and
but the trio have not had
as members of one team.
This will prove weakness to the
despite the fact that they
have been practising several weeks
in England.
The fourth member of the English
team has not yet been decided upon.
He will not be selected until after the
eight members chosen by the Hurl-
ingham Club of England come to
America and practice here. 1t is
known, however, that Buckmaster,
Cheape and Edwards will hold down
three of the positions.
A few months practice scarcely suf-
fees for team to coordinate in
tricks of the game. There are many
angles and curves to polo. But the
chief essential is to hit the ball, but
If direction" is missed hitting the
ball is merely SO much waste effort.
Anticipating a play enables a poloist
TO checkmate his opponents effort
to secure a goal and to obtain the ball
and make the most of his advantage.
up combination plays by the
team is another essential, and if one
team can fathom the signals of their
ldversaries they have, to use a sport
ing phase, IAN ace in the hole"
Whitney Great Leader
Whitney and Buckmaster will be
he respective captains of the Ameri-
can and English teams That point
has been settled. Relatively, they are
.qual as poloists. but as a team cap
ain Whitney has no peer. Whitney,
mike Lawrence Waterbury and d.
Milburn, does not depend on hard
lrive to earn a goal He assists his
teammates to score by placing the
1all into action and by dribbling
plays. Whitney is probably the best
1oloist in the world in the matter of
play that is to be made
~ his adversaries 1t was his instruc-
ions to his teammates that pulled
hem out of mighty tight place in
he games of 1911, when the English
men had winning lead. At that par
ocular period of the game the Ameri-
ans were all at sea in the matter of
cam work Whitney realized the
orm of his players was going to
pieces and he was quick to act. In no
tentle terms he gave them orders and
made them get together" A heart
o heart talk to his teammates during
heir half TIME session caused them
o make q great rally, and by steady
uphill work and brilliant playing the
Americans turned seeming defeat into
positive victory
In the games recently played az
lakewood all of Whitneys skill and
of the game again came to
he surface. He did not play often in
9IZ. Lawrence Waterbury displayed
III of his old time dash and hard
'iding. In rough tactics Lawrence
is hearty the equal of
}eyereaux Milburn who stands alone
-mong poloists of the world as the
,reatest of all backs.