New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-17
MONTE WATERBURY
new POLO CAPTAIN
Appointed to Lead Ameri-
can Team in Defence OF
International Cup.
TAKES PLACE HELD
BY HARRY p. WHITNEY
Revision of Handicap List Shows
Marked Advance in Game
Saws II. l.. Herbert.

! NJ. cMontc0 Waterbury. jr" VIII ne
captain OF the American polo team tha'
will face the English chsllengers Tor the
international Gun next June.
The appointment was made YESTERDAY a.
meeting Of the executive committee OF
,be Polo Association. which was held az
,bo Whitehall club. Battery Place.
In making the announcement H. /"
Herbert chairman of the association
said:
Monte Waterbury has been una"'-
mou.lv selected to MI the vacancy LETT
omen BY the resignation Of Harry FaEne
whitney. We cecl that We have appointed
= worthy successor 20 Mr.. Whitney as the
now cantsin was a member Of the team
,ho, -eeained the cup from the Englsh III
taio He has PLAYED in every lnterhapona'
cup series. and II will be remembered ."N'
two fingers OF his right hand were oroNe,
m The sixth period Of the hrst mS'O"
AGAINST the Britons. He will have the CO.
oneration Of the committee and MI. "h'-
new in getting together the team.
"Of course. practically the same men
a-e eligible for the American team con-
,,nued Mr.. Herbert. and Monte water
hurry will be engaged in making up isl
~ the elislbles and submit IT 10 the exec
,,tive committee for its approval prooaDiy
The latter part of next month.
THE announced retirement OF MAJOR
1ouis F stoddard. which we all regret
and Of Harry Payne Whitney surely
leaves two positions open. Major Stod-
dard. however. has already ohereo 'he
use OF his splendid string OF ponies 10 tile
team. and this offer has been accePteu.
We will certainly regret mis- absence. vi
course. only the early practice at Lake
wood and Cedarhurst will indicate the
probable formation of the cup defenders
AS to Larry Waterbury again playing
~ No. /. with Monte Waterbury al NO
and Devereux Milourn at back. IL Is
NOW too early to venture an opinion
Foxbau Keene. Rene La Montague, Nal
colin Stevenson n. l.. Phipps, r. > Won
Stade and r. J.. Agassiz are all sure 10
take part in the preliminary pracuce anu
the selection of the. four TO deiehd 'he
cup will depend upon their work
In the opinion Of Mr.. Herbert polo is
making rapid advances in this country
He pointed TO the great growth or the
game and TO the fact that the January
revision Of the handicap list was greater
than ever before. as the ratings OF III
PLAYERS were unchanged.
Practically throughout the entire list II
was move upward, as under the old rat
ings the total goals stood at ll6, while
under the new ratings the total stands at
la4 gain in playing skill Of IS goals.
There was no change made as TO the
handicap Of the former international play
ers, as the Waterbury brothers. whitney
Milburn and Foxhall Keene all remained
AT goals There were only three changes
Of Meadow Brook Club players, Morgan
Belmont being moved up from TO
goals. c. G. Rumsey from to and T. d.
Morgan. jr.. from to 3.
There was gain I'm skill also in the
Cooperstown line. as f. Ambrose Clark
was rated al goals instead OF ? and +.
s. Won Stade moved up from TO goals
The only change made in the Rockaway
list was that of Cortlandt Palmer Dixon
ID who was moved up from TO 4.
OF the two changes scheduled for the St
Louis Country Club the most important
was that OF Dwight F. Davis. who offered
the international lawn tennis cup, who
moves up from goals TO 3. The only i'm
portant diminishing OF skill which was
shown on the list was that Of r. i. Agas
sz. who loses two goals and will here
after be rated at 6 instead Of s, as hereto
fore.
The executive committee conducted it.
affairs with dispatch. and it was alto
gether one Of the most important session:
that has been held for some time. The
officers present included:
II. L. Herbert. chairman; w. A. Hazard
secretary and treasurer; August Belmont
John c. Groome. Joshua Crane, Charlie:
Wheeler and Alexander T. Prim jr. The
only absentees were Harry Payne Whit
ney. who is on shooting trip abroad, and
r.. L. Agassiz.