The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-06-16
BITE DUST OF DEFEAT
OR SOAR IN VICTORY
No Matter What the Outcome, Orig
inai -Four Selected to Defend
Polo Cup Will Play To-Day.
no CHANGE MADE IN PERSONNEL
Fusillade OF Roasts and Abuse
Hurled at In Montague Fails to
Change Determination to Send Him
Back Into Game.
NJ j. y. mitchell.

New York, June 15.--It matters
little whether the American Eagle will
scream In triumph over the English
Lion or whether the British king or
beasts will tiercely howl over the
Yankee bird OH the polo field at Mea-
doworook tomorrow afternoon. The
Polo Association has pinned its faith
in the original four selected for the
defense OF the cup. They are To soar
high in victory or bite the dust OF de-
feat lined UP as follows:
No. Irene La Montague.
No. 2-J. NJ. Waterby, Jr.
No. 3-Larry Waterbury.
Back-DeverueX Milburn.
This combination means slight
shift from last Saturdays firing line.
when Larry Waterbury played back
and Milburn did duty a; No 8 May
be the little twist In the lineup will!
work q charm, and the hard driving
English Will be forced back to their
goal line. Up to noon to-day the news
was generally accepted that Malcolm
Stevenson would have n place on the
team, but matters took a sudden turn
out at the residence Of Harry Payne
Whitney OH the Wheatly Hills. The
whole team collected there. and little
before the cup defenders assembled for
the midday meal. Captain Monty"
Waterbury sent the following state
ment over the telephone to William
A Hazard. secretary of the Polo AS
sociation:
After careful discussion 1t has been
decided to play Rene La Montague,
No. l. j. NJ. Waterbury. No .; Law
renee Waterbury, No 8, and Devereux
Mllburn, back. We considered the
3, but Milburn is strongly of the opin-
ion that 1t is best To play Larry
Waterbury at No. 3. We all believe
that with the new lineup, if the ball
comes to our forward, judging by past
experience. we will do better with La
Montague at No. than we could
do with any other combination"
Mr.. Hazard immed.atcIy gave out for
publication the statement which blamed
Milburn for the retention of La
Montague. Perhaps tomorrow some
people will hurl adverse criticism at
Milburn for acting friendly toward the
much. abused La Montague. but when
the situation is siftcd down it will
strike many as sportsmanlike action.
Evidently he takes the stand TO win
or lose with the original team. and that
he is no believer in the eleventh hour
policy of n Shake-up.
Since Saturday. La Montague has
been the target for frightful fusilad"
Of roasts and there has been partial
clamor that he should be honored with
the gate" -Ic himself wanted TO re-
sign as he was of the opinion that he
caused the defeat Of the American
tcari.
LA MONTAGNE GOT
VERY FEW CHANCES
In Justice to La Montague IL must be
admitted that he got very few chances
for long runs with the ball. a few OF
the best that came his way being
misses on the part of f.ockett, and they
were few and far between. Many a
time La Montague got possession OF the
ball. but before he could straighten
out for iun Lockett would pounce
upon him like a flying ccntaur.
Larry Waterbury's playing at No.
VIII he his first attempt in the posi-
tion as an international. tIe has
worked at Nos. /, . and back. bu,
never officially hit from No. ,. OF
several times during the last
gang he found himself at No g. when
Wilburn fell away to the back, and he
appeared TO acuuit himself to the sat
isfaction of the crowd.
In 19oG and 1909 Larry PLAYED No
3 on the Mcadowbrook team In these
years l; annexed the American senior
championship. One OF the chief re-
sponsibilitics that will go with the No
; job Tomorrow is that the man with
that hgure on his saddle cloth will
have to look after Captain Cheape. and
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