Bisbee daily review., 1914-05-24

 POIOiSts
 AboutDue
British Polo Team Which Will Meet MeadOWbrook Leaves
 For the United States; Other
 Sport Items of Much Interest.

NEW YORK, May 23.-With the
 sailing of the English polo team for
 this country yesterday the American
 polo authorities will be relieved of
 anxiety regarding a situation which
 at times promises to develop a fiaseo
 in the first of the international team
 contests of the present season of | sport Less than ten days ago if an.
 peared as though the match was to
 fall through owing to the inability of Lord Winboume to secure a repre- sentative team to compete for the cup challenged for by the Hurlingham Club. Great pressure was brought
 to bear upon the factions whose petty bickerings threatened to disrupt
 the team and the party which sails | today includes the following players and substitutes: Captain T. A. Tom kinson, No. Major T. Y. D. Bing-
 ham, No. 2; Major F W. Barrett. No.
 8, and Captain Leslie St. c. Cheape
 back, with Major B. II. Mathew-Lan-
 nowe, and Baron Winbourne as sug.
 stitutes.
 While this team is admittedly not
 the best combination in England, hay ing been repeatedly defeated by Wal ter s. Buckmaster's four in practice
 games, it includes players who are
 ranked with the leaders of English
 polo. Whether this combination is strong enough to wrest the Interna- uonal Polo Challenge Cup from the possession of the American defenders nj question which is being argued in uolo circles throughout the two coun- tries. Experts maintain that it is not ais strong as the English team of 1913 and the same contention is held when the American teams of 1913 and 1914 are compared There is no denying the fact that the withdrawal from active play of Captain Harry Payne weakened the Meadowbroow four Furthermore there is no sub sutute now being considered for the place who is within several goals of cl sa.saroyBedslpak4-tS Whieny's class. Broadly speaking. both Snglish and American teams as outlines as present appear to be 30 per cent weaker than was the case last June, when the United States team won by 11-2 to TIA in two
 traight games
 Under these conditions much will iepend upon the team play and the conditions of the ponies in the final lnalysis and in these respects the cup defenders appear to have ap advant- lge. The team that Baron Winborne ook to Madrid has been disrupted md remoulded less than a month pre- ious to the matches Whimey's de- ision to drop out was known months .go, and provision made for the breaking in of a suitable substitute md there is a general impression mong poloists that should the Amer. can team be defeated in the opening anne Whieny would be seen in the addle on the second day of play. So ar as the ponies are concerned 1t is n axiom of palo that the invading cam always playsc under a handicap this respect
 Despite the handicap the chaueng- lg team is not to be lightly consid- red. According to the English handi- apping system. the four as named at resent consists of two top rankers nd two third classincating layers. rrett and Cheape at ten point or linn
 men, with Bingham and Tomkn- 'n rated at eight points each Major .athews-Lannowa is a nine point layer and Lord Winborne is rated at even. The English and American andicapping systems differ in the re. 'ect that while nine points is the nited States limit the Birmingham D ranker is a ten point player There re, while the Waterbury brothers id DeverauX Milbun are nine point ayers in the United States list they e ranked one point higher in Eng ih handicaps. At the present time
 c. Phips is generally conceded as ing the most likely players to re- ace Whitney. He is rated at six in e United States list. which. would ve the American team an average Of
 4 while the English four under @ American system would have