The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-01

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New Orleans, and later there were
meetings in Texas, the Pacific north.
West. Chicago ana the Middle West,
with the annual competitions among
the clubs about New York. .Philadel-
phia and Narragansett. There were
also tournaments at Buffalo and New
port, with one for army teams al
Washington.
For the fifth successive year the
championship meeting Of the Amerl-
can Polo association was held in con-
junction with the tournament of the
Point Judith Polo club at Narragan-
sett Pier. The three events. the sent.
Or. junior and open championship
were Won by teams from the Coop
erstown club. the first time that any
club has gained the triple crown.
A successful defense Of the Inter-
national cup from a challenging Brit
tsh team was the outstanding feature
Of the polo season. The games were
played at the Meadow Brook. club
field. Westbury, L, l.. June 10 and IA,
under the auspices of the American
Polo association The challenger rep
resented the Hurlingham club OF
London. but the cost OF the invasion
ponies WAS betrayed by the Duke OF
Westminster. The two games at
tracted nearly 100000 spectators, and
both were close and exciting contests,
the second, a record for the narrow
margin of victory in an international
or championship polo game. The
American Polo association team beat
Nottingham in the second game by
I 1-2 goals to 4 Ia.
Harry Payne Whitney was Captain
Of the American team, and the great
err number OF ponies used by the
American players were from his pri-
team vas No. 1, Lawrence Waterbury;
No. Q, ]. M. Waterbury, Jr.; No. g,
Harry Payne Whitney: back. Dew
ereux Milburn. j. NJ. Waterbury had
a finger of his mallet hand broken by
being hit with a polo ball and retir-
ed @from the team.L r.. Stoddard
took his place. and in the second
game was No. 1. the others being UNI
changed. Stoddard and Malcolm
Stevenson were the substitutes for the
first game. and four were ON the side
lines in the second contest: Stevens
son. r. l.. Agassiz, Rene La Mon
.tagne and H. c. Phipps. The Hurting
ham lineup for the first game was No.
I, Capt. Leslie St.. George Cheape: No.
2, Capt. A. Noel Edwards; No. 3,
Capt. r. G. Ritsow; back, Capt. vivi-
an Lockett. The substitutes were +.
M. Freake and Lord Wodehouse. Mr..
Freake~w was No. 2 for the .. second
game. \.
In the final for the senior cham
pionship. Cooperstown. represented by
the regular team, F. 8. Won .Stade, c.
c. Rumsey, C. p. Beadleston-and. NAL
colin Stevenson, defeated q Meadow
Brook club team comprising j. b.
Thomas, j. NJ. Waterbury. Jr.; J.
Watson. Webb and .Devereux Milburn,
by 8 1-2 goals to '3.4. Meadow
Brook held the title and the Aston
gold cup for four years in succession.
.Cooperstown won the open cham
%pionship final from Point Judith by
z to 2 Ia. j. NJ. Waterbury, Jr.; j.
Watson Webb. Lord Woodhouse, and
Devereux Milburnl made up the latl
ter team. In the junior champion.
ship final Carleton F. Burke Of Cali
fornia took the place Of Malcolm
Stevenson, who had to withdraw .un-
der the rule which .forbids a player
having q handicap Of over five goals
to take part in the competition.
Cooperstown won after a close game;
the Great Neck team being the run
ners-up. T.;
Within the month the American
Polo association has accepted. a chal=
lenge frondtthe Hurlingham club for
a match In 1914 for the. international
cup, the games to be played during
June at Meadow Brook.