Evening star., 1914-05-31

in his early experience he rides over the
marx before getting the stick in opera.
tlon. Two other strokes requiring still
more skill are those where the player
swings the stick clear over the horses
head and uses either an offside drive
or an offside backhander If one collG
interview the ponies. he would under.
stand how the unskiIled PLAYER. wher
using either of these strokes, is ant te
bring up and finish fthe shot on the
horse's legs or head. OF course. there
are variety of other strokes by which
tne Dali Is dribbled or poked out Of ar
After the riding and the strokes comes
the question Of harmony of play amone
the -FOUR men. Polo Is Ike foot bali in
tnls respect-or perhaps more like hockey
on on, Lacrosse; rdsna e. There must be some one
| some one to knock the ball through the
opponents goal. That, In q rouef wav
describes the positions of back and No i
me other TWO positions supplement these
nancy, NO. = supplementinE and afdine
the back and No. aiding No. !. while
Nos and lend assistance, each to The
other In polo. as In ice hockey man
snd IN ihe ,,d rear may start run with the bali
ana under certain circumstances II nsvs
his side far better to let him contin,a b;s
run and go on up and take his shot fnr
the opponents goal. Then, however os
soon as ne goes out of his place. some
sheuId o iuso n.,.s cover his position In case he
starting back with the ball be In : nn.sa
eion 10 make an attempt at the goal
The Introduction Of new h,ohs :, -
coaching line has brought every one To
.helr senses in the rowing world In tho
iast thirty or forty years a few rowfne
Ioaches nave recognized the value OF
Others have relied upon the fetisb ~
some peculiar stroke. Those who banner
ed to get stroke adapted to the nbvai-
cal makeup of their crew Sometimes
pron,eo oy It, but those who were the
regular standard winners rowed thajr
men far enough in actual miles to tnsnre
their getting together
WI hen one looks at it dispassionateIv II
is easy to see why this long-distance row
nat nis ~eias eleI a. crew together and improves
tnat- uniformity of action II eight men
SIT In the boat and pull on the oars and
SIX OF them have rowed together before
enough to have some uniformity the
1.her y; ea Two new men may not at first be
IN time with the six II these two are
powerful men and the distances rowed
are short. it is possible for them to stili
keep out or time and row. If. however
this crew has rowed from ten to twenty
mlles day. or twenty-five miles. as
time since, those two men are going To
get IN time with the other six. or fhev
are going to perish of exhaustion. for on.
or two men cannot row the boat with
eight men and a coxswain in II tam NJ
twenty miles daily alone aeainst the
efforts of six other men Vivian Nicx-
alls' first success with his Penn crews
was due to the fact that he had sent them
out and rowed them distances until thew
could row fast and stay together-that
Is. row comparatively high stroke and
keep together. and they beat the Nayy
crews accordingly.
Almost all the crew coaches are follow.
ing this lead and making their charges
cover many nautical miles. In one or
two OF the prominent crews, notably both
at Yale and Harvard, they do not seem
to have reached the right selection VET
OF men. but have enough men rowing no
that that definite selection NAV be nost
poned with advantage.
We are promised another International
contest and one that, while 1t is an indoor
sport, would pit against each other two
Of the most remarkable players In the
world. It Il the billiard championship
William Hoppe has consented to play
Melbourne In1nan for the worlds cham
pionship. Inman has just recently re-
tanned his English championship by de-
feating Reece and is generally conceded
to be the best match player that England
has ever developed. Those who saw VIE
lie Hoppe not only defeat but render
practically powefiess man like Morning
snne, Demarest and Sutton cannot eee