The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-14
ENGLISH POLOLSTS
SPRING BIG SURPRISE
Europeans Storm American Citadel With Vigorous Assault
and Entirely Rout Big -Four of Ieadowbrook, VIM
ming Opening Match, 8la to Score.


Meadowbrock, l., l., June i3.---En4-
lands forlorn hope In polo stormed
the American citadel In the first cams
Of the series for the International cupx
this afternoon with such vigorous
assault that the big four of Meadow
brook was entirely routed, and the
! first game went 10 the chalengers BY
a score Of $ ~ goals TO 3.
In every department Of the gam6
1.-THE invaders eNcelled the men who's
fought for and won the cup in l9es.f
and who since had successfully re-
PEELED two attacks by the EnGilsnrnen,
Fwhn previous TO the victory OF Harry
Payne Whitneys team, had held the
trophy in the tight little island tor
itWentY-thTEt years
! Men and ponies, both brought over
by Lord Vim borne in quest o. the CUPS
showed a decided superiority over the
best mounts gathered under the Oh
lrectfon of Harry Payne Whitney. and
the most formidable lineup that c-uldSs
/ be arranged from the candidates, w1is-sss
ling and anxious to do battle Tor the
honor of the Stars and Stripes Frorn
the moment that Referee Louis Es4
/ St0ddard threw the ball among lheH
wriggling mass of ponies TO start nos
Titles, the Britons held the upper
hand II came as q shock TO tnof@
supporters
I seen. before the ball had been III
play for a minute. that the Englisnss
ponies were not only. outrunning Their
American rivals, but were so well IN
/ hand that when II came TO a Question:
I Of a quick turn the Irish bred mountSss
3almost invariably wheeled with great-sS
Ter CELEBRITY than the American ponies.
/ The Duke Of Westminsterss famous
Energy. polo player and show winner
of renown. was ridden by Captain
Lockett in two periods in spite. OF the
fact that she was supposed to nave
been rendered unfit for service be-
cause Of 4 fall received while on thsf.
way to this country. Another sup
posed lame one did excellent services !
for Major Barrett. This was the mare 4
! Countess" which the captain OF the
English team rode in the fourth and
final periods Pepper Corn how
ever. earned the chief share of cory
(which is coming to the English ponies.
lin the fourth period their grand
animal carried Captain Cheape TO q
goal n ten seconds, which SO far az
known is the record time for scoring &
4 in an International match.
! In team work the Engiishmen we're
superb. and IL matter now quickly fn6sTT
( ball was ridden from one part Of the
field to another, there always seemed
To he man in dark blue uniform 70
Inject IT, and either drive 1t forWards j
or pass IL 70 another player for further
action When the play was close ana
especially on the rare occasions when Il
1.-THE English goal was threatened, the
members Of the English team huag on
TO their respective opponents like
ilaeches hey showed daring and skilie3
in riding eff tactics, and met with net-
ter results In this important feature
1.-The game than did the Meadowbrooks
linen, who were no less fearless than
their rivals
Major Barrett, who captained the
British team. was perhaps the great
/ est surprise Of the invading quar-
! tette He was always in the thick OF
the fray and his bAck-handed stops
were piVofs which turned the tide inss
faxor of the -challengers on many ot>
icasions
The American side appeared be-
wildered by the two quick goals scored
against them in the opening periods
and never did they show that perfec-N
/ ton OF teamwork which had been ~
7 factor in the successes of the big four
in past matches. LaMontagne, the new
member of the combination, was all
4 art sea in the early play, ana shouEh%S
he gathered confidence later. which re-.
sulted in several long hits, he failed
I often TO scor4 when all that was need~S
ed was GOODNESS and direction. MontAy
/ Waterbury was perhaps the grAaEeAEs
force in the defending team, but tner9a
J was an excellent reason for the raiIur4S
( of DeVereux Milbnrn to shine In htMEs
accustomed manner In addition t0x
iplaving No = instead of at back, h4S
had the misfortune to sustain bad
l. fail in the opening period or the gam0<s
1 Mflburn went clean over his pOny1M9
head and when he got on his fcets
pressed his hand to his side Al
though there might have been som4
truth in the Export that he was suffer-
ing from : damaged rib Larry Waters
/ bury. a. hack. was unable To COPS
with the swift attack of the English~gs
men. and especially in the carry
periods made many misses, some OK
swhichleft opportunities for score hysI
the opposition AS the game prozre41@
ed Larry improved. and when defeAe4s.
was inevitable his brilliant shots
turned the tide and kept the winning
score down in large degree.
I The lineup:
America. n
! No. Rene IaMontagne. III
No al, NJ. Waterbury, Jr.
No 3--Devereux Mnburn
| Back-I.awrenc Waterbury.
1 England.
! No Captain Fl. A. Tomkinson.
! No captain Leslie ST. g cheape.
4 No 3-Maior f. w Barrett,
Rack--CaptaIn Vivian Lockett- u
Z Final England. i-2. Amer-a
Goais-For England cheape, 4
Lockett 8; Tomkinson, 8. Total. To-
Lost by penalties. / IL. Net. total,s
Is 1-2
America, NJ Waterbury. ~:
4 IaMontagne. Milburn Total, 4; so9tN
by penalties, /. Net total 8. IN
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