Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-15
AMERICAN POLO
-FOUR VICTORIOUS
Wins Second and Deciding
Contest Against British
ChaI1engers.
DESPERATE HOURS PLAY
THRILLS $4,000 PRESENT
Invaders Excellent Teamwork Il
More Than Offset by Individual
Brilliance of Defenders. .

L., June l4.-By the narrow margin of ONE
quarter or one goal the American polo
team Won the second and deciding game
Vi the international cup series at the
Meadowbrook Club this afternoon and
thereby retains the trophy for at least
another year. The score was AZ to IA.
Ihe slight advantage of the United
States four over the English challeneers
at the end of one hour of the most des-
perate kind of play is fully indicated by
the trifiing difference in the scores of the
two teams. Polo play of the type shown
by both the fours in the crucial game this
afternoon has never been seen heretofore
In either national international con-
tests in this country.
Spectacle Thrills $4,000.
The spectacle thrilled the crowd of 3d.
OOO persons until the dignfied assemblage
was fairly carried away and rooted like
a typical base ball crowd during the final
period of play. The shrll shrieks of the
feminine portion of the throng rose high
above the deeper notes of announcement
from their male escorts, and the gather
ing swayed in unison as the ball WAS
rushed up and down the field. first threat
ening one goal and then the other
When. finally, the changing gongs an
nounced that the last period was ended
and the thousands realized that Eng
! lands invasion had gone for naught there
was a rush of enthusiasts from stands to
field that fairly engulfed the competing
players, now shaking hands, while from
outside the inclosure there arose a ter
rifle din Of automobile horns and sirens
proclaiming another American victory in
an international contest
Desperate Playing the ,.:der.
Both the game and the setting were
we'll worth the enthusiasm and excite
| ment created. Clever team play like that
shown by the American four Tuesday
| was. to be sure. missing but in its place
| was one uninterrupted series of dashing
and desperate plays that swayed the
spectators to a degree seldom seen at
sports OF the type of polo.
| Never for moment did the action lag,
and the game. was one continuous spec
| tacle OF rushes first in the direction OF
| the American goal and then toward the
poles of the Union Jack
! In this sixty-minute melee the English
/ showed better team attack than the
Icup-defending four, and their ponies. too.
played the game though they knew
! the international honor at stake. 1t was
only by daring flashes of individual play
that the Americans were finally able to
| emerge victorious.
| Teamwork Proves Poor.
The substitution of l.. E Stoddard for
| Monte" Waterbury, made necessary by
| the accident to Waterbury Tuesday, and
| the moving back Of Larry" Waterbury
F.! to No. =, caused a noticeable break in
+, the team play of the Meadowbrook Big
| Four Neither Waterbury nor Stod.
! dard appeared to get in combination and
| repeatedly missed the balls fed to them
| by both Whitney and Milburn.
To offset this the forwards eventually
| cut loose with such desperate individual
play that they actually overName the de-
feet of lax teamwork and won on merit
game which probably will stand for
years polo thriller
The English four. on the other hand,
benefited by the change which brought
A. NJ Freake into the game in place o
Capt. A. Noel Edwards.
Freake a Tower of Strength.
The veteran internationalist proved a
tower of strength. teaming up with both
Capt. Cheape and Ritson i'm a manner
which opened the eyes of those who had
seen the opening performance of the
challenging four Tuesday. Capt Cheape
fairly outdid himself with ais efforts to
| turn defeat into victory, and both Ritson
and Freake played polo strokes fore and
backhand that astonished the spectators.
The assemblage was fully in Keeping
with the play that developed. No CON-
petition. either amateur or professional,
In the history of American sports ever
attracted such a notable gathering The
list of prominent box holders and grand
stand patrons included hundreds of men
and women of standing in both American
social and official life. To which must
be added several hundred whose names.
titles and distinctions assure them of a
welcome TO the royal courts of England
and continental Europe.
Accept Defeat Gracefully.
While the English four and their Sup
porters were chagrined that the chal-
Iengers should have lost the final game
by such a narrow margin they were frank
in expressing their opinion that the bet
ter team had won and loud in their
praise of the perfect treatment accord-
ed them both off and on the field. They
were, however, far from convinced that
the same result would develop in
another series. and expressed the opinion
in an unofficial way that another chal-
lence and series might be expected next
year unless unforeseen obstacles should
arise.
1t was fair game and We did our
best" was the only comment Capt. Rit- t
son Of the British team had to make
tonight on the outcome Of the strug-
gle The captain said he was so tired
he could scarcely taIh even
Can't E. d. Miller. personal repre-
sentative of the Duke of Westminster,
expressed disappointment over the re-
suit I'VE may challenge again, but
we will not be able to say when until
after our return, he said.
"Score Tells Tale" Says Whitney
."rhe score tells the tale said capt.
Harry Payne Whitney OF the American
team THE game was probably tie
closest ever played, and ! have never
taken part In a contest that such a
struggle from start to finish / cant say
any more, for / am all in.
The terrific heat undoubtedly bothered
both the English ponies and players and
Mr. Freake was temporarily stunned by
a mallet blow during the play. He soon
recovered and. although complaining OF
giddiness from both the blow and the
heat, played desperately until the end.
The mishap to Mr.. Freake and the fall
of Devreuaux Milburn from his pony In
the seventh period were the only acci-
dents of the game.
The Americans failed to get the Jump
on the English as they did in the open
ing game and the ball seesawed up and