New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-11
Score Eleven Goals to Three
for Opponents in Fast,
Headlong Game.
MILBURN SHOWS NO
SIGNS OF INJURY
Captain Cheape Pays a Visit to
the Field and Takes Some
Light Exercise.

Clever teamwork against one of the best
pickup tours In the country marked the
play Of the American defenders selected
for the international polo match, and they
won practice game yesterday on
Phipps's Field by score OF II goals TO g.
Captain Cheape. the injured member of
the birmingham challenging line, appeared
with his face swathed In bandages on the
veranda of the little polo house and was
wildly cheered.
The captain held an impromptu levee.
The many friends he has made on his two
earlier trips with challenging teams has
tened to shake hands and extend their
congratulations on his escape from &C.
rious hurt, while many sought an intro
duction with the same friendly object In
view.
DR.. Lanchart has forbidden Captain
Cheape taking part in the practice game
the challengers are to have here to-day
on Phipps's Field. but he permitted light
exercise. The doctor said there should be
no question Of Cheape not being In condi-
ton to play in the first game of the match
on Saturday.
Polo players regard his speedy improve
ment as a proof Of Cheape's faithful
training and good health. When Ben
jamin X. Gatins was struck in the face In
the same manner last summer at Nara
gansett Pier he could not ride again for
ten days and such an accident usually
keeps a player out Of the game for at
least month.
The new big four" had as opponents
H. Phipps, c. c. Rumsey, c. p.
Beadleston and Malcolm Stevenson. II
+. S. Won Stade, who has still his right
arm in sling from the hurt in a steeple-
chase at the United Hunts meeting two
weeks ago, was in front instead of Phipps
the lineup would be the same that won
the senior and open championships OF the
Polo Association last season, playing as
the Cooperstown team. Both Phipps and
Won Stade are at 6 in the handicap list
It was about the hardest test the Amer
lean team has had. The first period was
a blank, but after that, In the race OF
strenuous opposition. the defenders made
one or two goals in each of the seven
periods played. The weather was sultry
and an extra rest of a minute was given
to the ponies in the sixth and seVehth
periods The turf was fast, but 1t cut up
quickly.
1t was a duel of team tactics.'in whlch
the American team carried off the honors.
All were hitting hard on both sides, out
the riding off and hooking Of the winners
kept the opponents down to only single
goals in the last periods. The American
team played in the lat length formatioh'
all hits to the middle and each player Oh
his man, and, unless there was an IN
viting opportunity to go up with the pan
the policy was TO pass up the WHO"
sphere to the flying man" in front. AS
a consequence, La Montague had SIX
goals. one in the fifth period in eighteen
seconds, on a ball hit to him by Miipurh
after a scrimmage at the throw In.
Milburn hit with the fun force OF every
muscle in his body and showed no indica-
ton of suffering from cracked rib. A
goal in the sixth period. when he got the
hall near the east boards at the middie
field line. $50 yards from the posts was
Gained by three successive hits. L. wa
terbury kept Phipps out OF many rushes'
although the latter got through for TWO
goals.