New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-15
SHIFTS LIKELY in
AMERICAN FOUR
Milburn TO Play Back and
Larry Waterbury No. 3,
Is the ,umOr.
POLO ASSOCIATION
IN COUNCIL OF WAR
PLAYERS of Both ides ReSt-OddS
Veer and Make English
FavOrites.

Devereux Milburn will play back in
stead Of Larry Waterbury on the Ameri-
can team in to-morrow's second game of
the international polo challenge cup
match. This was the opinion OF leading
members OF the Long Island polo clubs
Yesterday, but was not official w. A.
Hazard and II. =. whitney. OF the Polo
Association committee, will hold con-
sultation with Field Captain ]. NJ. Water
bury. jr., to-day to discuss what is best
TO be done.
If no change is made in the personnel
OF the team the two men named VIII
merely change places in the lineup. as
they did very often under the call of
their old habits during Saturdays game.
There are two tentative moves TO be
talked over. however, and the adoption
Of either will bring new man into the
formation.
One is putting Malcolm Stevenson in
as No and i. Waterbury TO join his
brother on the forward line and play No
/ The other is to bring in II. c. Phipps
as No l. the position he filed so often
in the Lakewood and early Long Island
practice games. with l.. Waterbury as
No. 3 and Milburn back.
u. p. Whitney and the team went
Yachting on the Sound and Lord VIM
borne and the chalengers passed the day
quietly with John S. Phipps, or at the
Piping Rock Country Club, where Cap
tain Tomkinson is staying.
Both the victors and vanquished in Sat
urday's game and their friends were at
the dance given by Mr.. and Mrs. j. Wat
son Webb in the evening. A pole game.
TO have been played for a cup given by
Mrs. Thomas Hitchcock. by teams TO
include Mrs. +. W. Barrett and members
Of the Meadow Larks, Yesterday after
noon on Phipps Field, was postponed in
view of the many social engagements OF
the feminine players.
There was no jollity about the Meadow
Brook Club when the opening game was
under discussion. There, and wherever
polo enthusiasts foregathered in the
country or at the uptown clubs and
hotels, the opinion prevailed that the
trophy is destined TO be taken back to
birmingham by the British invaders.
Instead of being a 10 to Z favorite to
win the series, with takers none too
eager to accept the wagers, the British
team was most fsncied by the bettors.
The odds veered in a surprising manner.
One wager recorded was Of 5000 to $1,000
that the birmingham team would win
out. and another of $500 10 800, the takers
in each instance being Long Island polo
men, who possibly were seeking TO hedge
on previous bets.
Mr.. Hazard said last night at his home
IN Cedarhurst that no action regarding
any change would be taken until to-day.
In accordance with Lincoln's saying that
there is little use Of swapping horses
while crossing a stream he would not
admit the likelihood of a new man being
brought into the line. But he had heard
that Captain Waterbury might put Mil
burn back and his brother forward TO
No. 3.
The ponies will get light exercise to-
day, but there will be no practice by the
PLAYERS OF either side. Both the visitors
and the home players are TO be onlookers
this afternoon at the games between the
Army and Piping Rock teams and the
Meadow Brook Speeders and Great Neck
Grasshoppers on Field 2, 10 open the an
nual Meadow Brook spring tournament.
The prizes are the Hampstead cups, for
teams Of four whose aggregate handicap
does not exceed fifteen goals. and there
will be other games on Wednesday and
Thursday.