New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-17
Game That Decided Fate of
Cup Hardest Ever Seen
in America.
HALF DOZEN FOULS
CALLED ON PLAYERS
America Penalized for Four, as
Well as Safety-Invaders
Twice at Fault.

/ In the wealth Of cleverness displayed by
, players and ponies, the hard-hittiug and
! harder riding, and the grim determination
that marked every minute OF every period,
yesterdays polo game stands almost by
itself among such international clashes
since the coveted trophy found home in
| America, five years ago.
1t was a clean-hittlng game, unmarried
| by any accidents, but not less than
six fouls were punished by the umpires,
due to overzeal in crossing, and, in one
! instance, to q wrong hook of mallet.
| The ore safety was against the Ameri-
cans and made by accident by L. Water
/ bury. Four fouls took pa points from
their score, Great Britain losing only one
full goal.
The men and ponies were always after
| the ball, which was in strong contrast
with the opening days game. The Hur-
/ bingham men rolled up three goals before
/ the defenders had made tally, but 1t was
4 not in the busting and commanding style
Of Saturday. for the Americans were at
all times contenders and went after the
/ ball as a terrier goes for rat.
/ It was a pleasure TO see such good work
/ by the losers, for II demonstrated that IL
/ the men had been placed in the same
order Nottingham would not have had
such an overwhelming victory on Satur-
/ day.
/ Jacob was missing from the parade OF
American ponies, which bears cut the
/ report Of the Texas gelding being blind.
| Nineteen I'm all were out In III. +. Whit
ney's string, each being led by n stable
boy in a light blue shirt and brown cor
duroy breeches. Instead OF being led
across from Old Westbury by the back
road, as is customary, Fitzpatrick was
afraid of being late. and hurried the nags
over on the station road. They came
through a dense fog OF dust kicked up
from the traffic TO the field, but there was
time enough to clean them up before
the parade and get the dust out OF their
nostrls
There were twenty-six ponies sent
through the walking drill by Faulkner,
Lord Wimbornes trainer, and they were
a beautiful group of miniature racers
But the whitney ponies did not lack for
good looks, although the impression was
that there might have been more OF them
Cheape, l.. Waterbury and La Mon
tagne, all with sweaters on as con-
cession to the cold wind, were the first
10 appear for a preliminary canter. After
n few hits they went back TO discard the
wraps and when out again the entire
party was ready for the lineup.
First Period.
Joshua Crane again did all the throw
ing In Of the ball. l.. Waterbury was thu
first on the ball after the throw-in, and
he pushed IL before La Montague, wht
made a neat offside hit toward middle
field, where J.. Waterbury had rushed In
expectation Of the stroke. lie was or
time. and the onlookers were beginning
TO shout that the Americans had thu
ball.
Barrett headed off the hit, however
and passed the ball TO Cheape, who rod
with II for two hits straight for tn,
! American posts. Mllburn interviewed
but he swung the mallet too soon anC
the head was some inches short OF thu
sphere. This gave Cheape an opportunit!
for a nice nearslde backhander, and al
though the angle was difficult one, h
hit the ball through for the openln'
/ tally
In the scrimmage after the throw-iI
: Lockett got the ball clear and hit Il