Evening star., 1914-06-07

"A good coach makes player grow,
the average coach only teaches him to
remember.
parts. but the players are actors and may
make OF mar the piece
So long as in the turret there
The chapel bell shall ring:
So long as boys shall shirk their tasks
On summer ewes to sing,
80 long az youth shall love q lass
Or college widow smirk;
SO long as Pleasure tempts to stray
From paths that lead to work.
50 long will Gray Beard preach to youth;
But Will youth listen? Nay! forsooth!
On Tuesday comes the first polo match,
and while the consensus of opinion de-
ctdedly favors the Americans, yet, as
usual. when the time approaches and the
eve of the match looms up, the enemy
begins to look more and more formidable
and ones own players seem to have set
backs Thus it is with the polo situa-
ton A month ago one could hardly
find a man who believed there was any
chance for the English team. The
changes and. additions, however, to the
visitors aggregation have increased their
chances enormously, and even in the last
two weeks there has been somewhat Of
let-down in the American team, so that
the former leader and captain, Harry
Payne Whitney, who has been acting as
their coach, has had few bad moments
However. every true sportsman feels that
the match is now going to be good one
and is ready to echo the sentiment May
the best team win
So much has been said and so many
references have been made to the great
Buckmaster, that on the eve Of our
match with the Englishmen. short re-
view of the game in which his team de-
feated ours at Hurlingham to 1, may
prove of interest. Our team had on it
hon md
Agassiz. while Buckmaster's team con-
tained. besides himself, Cecil Nickalls,
Patteson Nickalls and George Miller. No
1e4s celebrities than Whitelaw Reid, who
was at that time United States special
ambassador at the coronation of King
Edward: Joseph Choate and Lord Rob-
erts. with a group OF Indian nabobs, were
on hand to watch the fray. as were the
children Of Princess Henry Of Batten-
burg. Chauncey 0hen senator) Depew
and Timothy Woodruff
In the first period Miller scored for
England and then Waterbury for the
Americans. From that point the play
during the first period was most exciting.
Keene once taking the ball clean up to
the English goal. but unfortunately miss
ing. and Miller got the ball for long
clean run and score. Early in the sec
ond period Buckmaster shot long goal
and Nickails followed with a third. Be
scored again with long shot Then the
Americans in the third period forced mat
ters and had several shots at the English
goal. but missed by hairsbreadth. Eng
land scored again. 50 that at half time
the score was 5 to 1 in their favor.
Waterbury was playing a splendid game
at back and four times in the fourth
period stopped shots of Miller and
Nickalls from less than fifteen yards Of
the posts Before this period ended
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drove the ball up for Miller who scored
the sixth goal In the fifth period the
Americans had the better of the play all
the way through. but still could not
the very call of time, shot the seventh
goal for England.
1t is generally believed that the final
contenders for the privilege of meeting
America in this years Davis cup tennis
series will be the teams representing
Australia and England. 1t is stated that
Brookes has determined, on account of
the international interest, to take up
work again for the Davis cup matches,
and while complaining that 1t takes a
deal of time for a man to do himself JUS
tice in this contest, he is going at it in
earnest. and as far as he is concerned Is
going TO do his part to bring the cup
back
England is somewhat discouraged over
moods. feeling that the veterans are a lit
tie past their prime and that the new
players have not yet come up to the prop
er style of game, but outside of the Aus
tranans they will furnish some good play
ers. nevertheless.
Just what the makeup OF the complete
Australian team will be it is impossible.
of course. at this writing. to say, but
with Brookes. as already stated deter
mined to make the fight of his life to
bring the cup back to Australia. and al
ready playing in the south of France with
this purpose. with Anthony Wilding, one
of the greatest tennis players of all time,
and with the possibility of various COM
binations in the doubles. Brookes and
Dunlop. Wilding and Doust or some new
combination among the four. the Austria
hans will take a lot of beating. This is
tthe way the series is likely to work out:
France. Belgium and England will decide
the winner of these three, Australia will
meet Canada and the winner of these two