New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-14

and the dependable Barrett. Ihey
were on the ball every minute of the
time. they rarely. IL ever, missed
hack hand strokc'in the defensive play
they hit with remarkable accuracy
and. most important Of ALL they played
together as Il brought up in the sadie
side bv side.
I, has been said that the Englishmen
were lacking in the finer points oil team
MAY. The criticism was not deserved
Yesterday. Every man seemed to be IN
the right spot at the right time and IN
this respect the American team again
suffered in comparison.
Larry waterbury PLAYED exceedingly
we'll for the defenders. standing out
boldly. in fact. while Monte Waterbury
although falling. II would SEEM TO get
his PLAYERS together. was conspicuous
bv his hard and. as a rule. accurate
hitting.
Milburn Not at His Best.
Devereux Milburn. however, was far
from his true self and NAV have oeen
suffering more than he was willing 10
admit from that fall week ago. when
he injured one Of his ribs. and from
another early in the battle yesterday
He went hurting over the head OF his
pony and got up rubbing his side. lie
remounted without loss Of time and
PLAYED on through the game in his old
dashing way. but without the accuracy
10 his stroke or his usual ouickness in
following the ball
Rene La Montague. the new member
Of the team. was disposed TO be i'm
petuous at a sacrifice 10 clean hitting.
He played with oil the enthusiasm and
abandon which could be asked, but he
lacked the finish expected Of an inter-
national PLAYER.
Crowd Feature in Itself.
The crowd was a feature in itself,
whole supplement of features. Per-
Il
draw as many pretty girls, although
the point is certainly debatable, but no
eridiron battle could boast so brave Il
display Of gowns and parasols and all
which goes to incarnadine a drab
world. A certain eminent satirist once
oueried in verse as to what became OF
all the beauties between football sea-
sons. He might have read his answer
Yesterday at Meadow Brook
As 10 the number who saw the battle
il would he hard to say, for no one
counted the folk as they thronged In,
but they filled the big stands at the
east west and south ends of the field
stood ten deep at the northern END
and swarmed On the roofs of the sheds
and in the surrounding trees
The field itself was a green isle cut
off by many dusty rivers for on every
road from the surrounding country
auto trailed auto as closely as a polo
nonv follows the ball If one had cared
10 undertake the task he might nave
walked from radiator to gas tank TO
radiator and never touch foot 10
ground all the way from the parking
space outside the playing field TO New
York or Brooklyn.
Governor and Mayor Present.
Many of the spectators came early,
but most were late, not caring TO take
their seats until they had something 10
divert their attention from the blazing
sun. Mayor Mitchell was in good time
10 see the beginning of play, and Gov
ernor Glynn was not much behind him.
The Mayor was a guest OF ogden l.
Mills.
1t was a crowd of many castles, chiefly
high, but even in the northern in
closure, where the spectators stood TO
watch the game, certain social lines
were drawn. There were those who
had soap boxes and those who had
none. Nor need any one think the dis
tinction overnice, for just before play
began soap boxes were sold for as
much as a dollar apiece.
Shades to keep you from getting
sunburned," cried the tradesmen to the
crowds as they focked in. but there
was no reason to think thaeAny Of the
fair polo fans feared the sun. Their
gowns were too sketchy TO encourage
any such belief. True. they carried
parasols of green and red and purple,
with now and then a star-spangled
sunshade, but these were certainly for
ornamentation and not for protection.
Even when dark clouds crept across
the sky and hid the sun the shades re-
manned aloft, serving to punctuate with
dots and dashes Of color the black
banked stands.
Omlnous. indeed were the skies for a
time. so much so that not a few wagers
were made at even money that rain
would interrupt the game. The pessi-
mistic meteorologists lost their money,
for i'm the last periods OF the game the
sun was out and smiling blandly at the
fortunes Of the empire on which II
never sets.
Stands Crowded to Limit.
When play began the stands were
filed. Only on the east side was there
a ssan IN he seen Two seats far down