The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-06-04
POLO GAMES
COST 100000
English and American Teams to
Meet In June.
TWO YEARS GETTING READY
Most Brilliant and Dangerous of Pas
times-Britishers Have Brought Over
Unusually Good Ponies-Americans
Have Slight Advantage.


Unusually Good Pones-Amerieans
Have Slight Advantage.
The American and English polo
teams are ready for their international
clash at Westbury, n. j.. June 10 and
IA. When the four Yankees and four
Englishmen canter on the field to play
for the worlds championship the 30.
600 spectators will be entertained and /
thrilled by the most expensive game
ever arranged in the history of modern |
sport.
For the match, in which eight men
will take part-four Americans and
four Englishmen-$1,0 100000 has been
spent, or at least will be before the
games are over Both countries have
been getting ready for two years.
This is terrific cost for games that
last only an hour, but the men who
know polo say it is worth it. To them
polo is the greatest game in the world.
It is the NEST brilliant and dangerous
of pastimes. 1t has electrical changes,
as has baseball. 1t requires unison Of
eye, brain and hand to a degree that
no other game knows. 1t requires. too,
a combination of working between
horses and man as can be attained only
by long continued training The game
is spectacular in the extreme. The
fight will change in u few seconds from
one end of the field to the other. A
single drive may change the whole
complexion of the play, and all the
time there is the possibility of a spill
that means broken limbs or death.
There is no place in polo for q man or
pony that has not the stoutest of
hearts and the strongest of muscles.
/ The United States team is ready to
meet the Englishmen, and as the lat
ter say they have this year corralled
all the finest ponies in England, Ire
land. Egypt and India if they lose
4 again they will not be able to say this
\ time that it was owing to the lack of
H good mounts. There is no doubt that
two years ago the Americans had the
faster animals. There was little TO
choose between the two teams. The
Englishmen excelled in the technique
of riding and were gentler with their
ponies, their riding being in marked
contrast to the loose seats of the
American players. Team work was
marvelously good on each side. but the
Meadowbrook four excelled in lining
out for passing the ball
The American team and it's substi-
tutes are as follows:
Harry P. Whitney, captain; Dew
T E,,.
bury and j. NJ. Waterbury. Jr. The
substitutes are r. L. Agassiz, Joshua
: Crane, J. S. Phipps, L. e. Stoddard G.
c. Rumsey. Malcolm Stevenson and R
Montague Mr. Whitney, Mr. Ailburr
and the two WaterburYs formed the
winning four two years ago.
The British team will be selected
from among these players; Captain
| Leslie ST G. Cheape. Captain R. G
Ritson. Captain G. E. Bellville. L. NJ
Freake. Noel Edwards. Vivian Locket
and Lord Wodehouse. Captain Cheape
and Captain Edwards were on the Wis
8 iting team in 1911. ,s
, The big four-Whitney. Milburn ant
the two Interchangeable great poll
: players. They occupy not only tn,
0 highest rank in the handicaps in Amer
lea and in England, but they have beer
: playing so long as team that the.
know and understand each others pla.
perfectly.
!. This is a big asset and is the rea
= strength of a team. If a new membe
= was introduced in team it would TAX
|. months of practice to attain the llnowl
n ~ iY5cf hnv Of op or m
the game The members of the bi
> four are never tied up with the re-
?. tape of team play. but each playe
knows just how his mate plays. Thi
:, often enables the team as whole t
il score victory.
10 The American cup defenders wi
: have big advantage over the Englis
:" team, as the challengers for the Gu
by have never played together as team
IL as individually the English poloists ar
: much better poloists than the tear
We that came over here in 1911. Captain
m Edwards and Cheape were members {
If the 1911 team and have played t.
: gether. They understand each other
= system of play
i. The English team received a terrif
70 blow when Captain Buckmaster al
~ nounced he would not be able to a
- company the team to America. Bucl
aT master is considered the best poloist
ut England Captain Ritson. who has r
ST placed him, is a crack player an
= some experts consider him the equal {
Buckmaster
I'd. Captain Vivian Lockett. the newe
member of the team. is a clever playe
nd but is not in the same class with Il
a+hnr 4hraa