New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-17
Huge Crowd, Reused to the
Height of Exultation,
Suffers a Relapse
FOULS COST DEFENDING
PLAYERS TWO GOALS
Challengers, Who Won So Easily
on Saturday, Find Their Match,
but Win Sensational Victory.
Bv HERBERT.

Dy T1ENDLN
Great Britain once more rules ths
polo world Lord Wimborne's team
from the Nottingham Club fought it's
way to a grinding. sensational, hard
fought victory over the American four
or the Scared field at Meadow Brook
Yesterday in the second, and. as II
turned out. the final game Of the in
ternational match. The much sought
and highly priced trophy will now taie
another trip across the Atlantic Ocean
! The score was goals 10 2&. put
these figures paint faint picture OK
struggle that was decided only in the
last minute OF playa struggle tnat
waxed hotter and hotter as the tide
ebbed and flowed and eliminated IN
A daring, dashing reckless fight under
the shadow of England's goal Victory
for the challengers was hardly earned
and well deserved. but defeat for the
defenders after the wonderful uphill
fight they made was msddening.
when ii was all over. $1,000 men and
women stood in their places limp ana
exhausted. Plenty there were who re-
ioiced in the elation of winning, Tor
be it told England had host OF fol-
levers in the gayly banked stands. but
the majority found it hard TO recon-
cile themselves 10 stunning defeat
that came at moment when victory
looked so sure.
! II is hard to tell in cold. soulless
type the range Of emotions which
I swept through that vast throng in tho
last two minutes of play. From keen
! est exultation to sharpest disappoint-
ment they went. and there was reason.
England Begins with Rush.
The challengers began as they dih
on Saturday. when they won so easily
b. So goals to 3, and scored twice in
the first few minutes Of play. II looked
then rs if Captain Waterbury was
leading forlorn hope. It looked
much the same way when Tomkinson
shot a pretty goal at the opening of
the sixth period, making the score read
4 10 q in Engand's favor; but the
end was not yet.
/ The men of Meadow Brook, with their
| backs 10 the wall. rose so their great
est heights and slowly but none the
less surely fought their way from be-
hind 10 a place i'm the lead. within less
than two minutes Of the final gong.
| Devereux Milburn, super -Milburn for
the day. seemed bent on saving the cup
single handed. and he lacked not the
s,pport from his then thoroughly
aroused and determined mates. IA"
broke ,.yay in the sixth period and
scored a goal on three long accurate
hits. and then after an end-out by
England followed up his own hit-in,
carried the ball up the field and finally
nassed II TO Larry Waterbury, who
shot another goal from hard angle.
These and a foul cross by Lockett
made the score 3l2 to 2s4 and put the
game in reach of the defenders. ip
The seventh period was barren to
both sides, more barren. however :"
tho Americans. as foul cross by Larry
Waterbury cost them a half goal
Then came the eighth and final period
as a climax to all which had gone be-
fore. with more sensations crowded.
into seven and a half minutes than had
been experienced by the average citt-
| zen since the second game OF the inter-
national match year ago. which ended
in much the same exciting way.
The Last Desperate Stand.
The players OF both teams realized
full well that the final issue hac come;
the thousands on tiptoe in the stands
watched almost with bated breath the
last desperate stand. This game OF
polo had suddenly become mighty
serious thing.
Riding had been daring and reckless,
but IL soon became more reckless AMI
Z Captain Lockett was penalized haif "a
goal for crossing In spite OF a vigor-
Gus protest by Major Barrett. This
put the score at 3 TO "a. and the
crowd quickly realized that only one
goal stood between America and VIC
tory. In less time than il takes 20 :ell'
Il this goal came.
Monte Waterbury passed the ball up
10 Milburn, who sent II hurting with
the accuracy OF a rife bullet to The
English goal Captain Lockett made
desperate effort to cut II Off and
failed. but La Montague, galloping up
from behind. gave it an extra stroke
just after it rolled over the lire and
between the poets.
America was in the lead and the en-
thusiasm bottled up last Saturday
burst all bounds. Men and women
leaped TO their seats, hats and hand
kerchiefs nlled the air, while tongues
broke loose in mighty roar. Pulses