Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-17


tory. In England they are making a
big time over the success of their team
and they are enjoying our defeat i'm
mensely. We are not crying over the
split milk" and we will be back at
them again with a challenge for next
year. perhaps. We will have to go
3 over to their polo field, of course, for
our future attacks on the cup, but We
won it that way before and we should
be able to do SO again.
Q
The cup was won by the better team
, and we haven't a leg to stand on. In
the first game We were all but dis
graced by the superior play of the
Englishmen. They played rings
around Us and they beat us S1a goals
to 3. In the second game yesterday
the Britons also showed to advantage,
but the score was much closer, the
final tally being four points to pa.
This result came about through each
team securing five points, but the
Yankees lost two and one-quarter
points Through penalties and the Eng
ushmen lost one point. But taking
the play of the second game as
whole the Britons were easily entitled
to the honors, although the Americans
made wonderful fight for victory
in the final period of play. They even
got in the lead for a moment. but
they lost half point by fouling as
did England also, but the Britons
came back with a tally, and this took
the game and the cup.
@
The American team was not as
good as it was last time or the time
before or the time before that, the
occasions on which il defeated the
English team. The English team this
year was perhaps no better than were
the other two teams sent over here,
but ii didn't have to be. We weren't
there with the goods. that's all. and
We were beaten by a team that we
could have beaten last year. The
Englishmen this year were more
daring than in previous years, but
this appeared to be all the more so
because our boys were not as des-
/ perate as usual The fact is, the
Britons outplayed US at every turn,
and the only real credit we can claim
is that we gave them a great battle
at the very end. In horses and in
horsemanship and in cleverness Of
play the English seemed to shine over
us. We got an awful licking, but we
were game-if that is any satisfac-
ton.
9
The British played a beautiful game
throughout. although they were
rather fortunate we might add, to
stall off defeat at the end. In the
opening period, as in the final game,
they played us off our feet We were
SLOW and sluggish and didn't seem
able to follow the ball or offset the
efforts of our opponents. The Eng
lishmen took advantage of our leth-
argy by making two goals in hurry,
and from then on they seemed to have
victory in their grasp. The bold stand
we made at the end was encouraging
but the better team won after all.
c
I'm individual work on the Enghsh
side it would be difficult to pick out
the man who should be featured.
Major Barrett. who is captain of the
team, did the most scoring, getting
three of the five goals, but Lockett
and Cheape and Tomkinson were al
WAYS in the thick Of the play and it
was the grand work of Lockett, who
failed to tally point, that did much
to stop the Yankees from scoring.
Barrett, as in the first game, was
ever on the ball and in the scrim-
IMAGES his work was very clever
| Cheape made one goal and TOmkinson
made another, which, with Barrett's
three goals, gave the English team
five goals in all The two fouls, both
Of which were made by Lockett. lost
a full point for the Britons, Their
play as a whole was excellent and
their teamwork was about perfect.
They have no apologies to make for
their victory. 1t was clean-cut and
honest to the core
o
| The Americans played ragged and
desperate polo, rather than good polo.
They were on the defensive, in a way,
from the very start. They rode pell-
neil into the fray, and they followed
the play, rather than forced the play
Rene La Montague. the player who
took the place of Harry Payne Whit
ney. could not be blamed for the de-
feat this time. He played about as
well as the others. Milburn, perhaps,
was the star for our side, and Larry
Waterbury, for once, seemed to fail
us. We lost two and a quarter
points Larry Waterbury was re-
sponsible for two fouls, and Milburn
and Monte Waterbury each offended
once. \ safety by Larry Waterbury
accounted for the quarter point.
G
George Munroe, the popular little
boxing promoter and referee, is on his
way to England to see the three i'm
portant fights to be held in Europe
in the near future. Munroe sailed yes
terday on the Mauretania, and he
doesn't know just when he will be
back. The departure of Munroe for
England at this time recalls the fact
that just eighteen years ago this