Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-13
POLO FANS FLOCK
TO MEADOW BROOK
FOR FIRST MATCH
Brilliant Gathering of Specta-
tors. Jam Stands to See In
ternationai Match.
Especial to the Evening star.I

lHpttinf to thc ENtDluE Star.I
MEADOW BROOK, L. L, June 1S.-
Eager to see England and America
struggle for the international polo
trophy, thousands on thousands of
New Workers and sport lovers from a
score of cities, by steam and electric
train. by automobile and by trolley.
thronged here today for the first of
the games which win settle suprem-
acy for 1914.
Early in the day the first train
loads arrived and from then until the
hour Of the game they came in myr-
lads, packing to suffocation the spec
tators' stands which stretched un-
broken in a long line along the ex-
panse of smooth green turf where men
and ponies were to fight for the honor
of their country and their flag.
Over the Meadow Brook club house,
over the gay marques for the accom-
! modat1on of the players and all along
the rear of the grand stand bravely
flew the Stars and Stripes and the
! Union Jack of the British challengers.
In the field when the crowds arrived
yellow putteed grooms walked the
/ ponies of the teams along the side
iiiieS. Ieu-CdDpeU SfOunQkeSDE1S
| moved about and walters, with black
and shining faces, scurried in perspir-
ing streams to and from the red
! booths where refreshments for the
throngs were provided. 1t was barely
noon when the last seat was filled in
the stands, and more than 1,500 auto
! mobiles were parked nearby. Every
one of seven roads leading TO the
| field was solid stream of vehicles
| of all sorts. 1t was one of the biggest
| crowds ever seen at any similar event
/ near New York, fit and more than fit.
/ to be compared to the jam at world
4 series baseball game.
| New York society with a capital S
! was there, the United States and
/ Great Britain. Canada, Australia
France, Germany. all were officially
/ represented. Wagering was heavy
/ along the clubhouse veranda, the
| tingling uncertainty drawing out big
money.
The players of both teams spent a
| forenoon of rest after a quiet night
/ Captain Cheape. of the chalengers,
still suffered to some extent from his
| injured nose and eye, struck last
| week by a ball. On the American
| side interest centred on Rene La
Montague, the only new man on the
/
/ big Four by the withdrawal Of
Harry Payne Whitney. 1t is La Mon
/ tagne's first international match and
/ his friends predicted zeaat his aggres-
| sive playing would prove surprise.
The ponies of both teams were
walked over from their regular quar-
ters to the paddoclIs early in order
to avoid the heat of the midday, and
were reported ready for the hand
struggle. The English players were
/ inclined to believe that the heat and
! delay had taken the edge off several
of their best mounts, but this could
not be avoided. The American ponies
i accustomed to American midsummer
! heat, weathered the hot spell better
! than the imported mounts This. it
4 was said, gave the cup defenders a
/ slight advantage.
1.-THE night before the game" was
marked by elaborate entertaining
throughout the Long Island country
/ colonies. Every home housed an eX-
tended list of polo guests, and din
ners and dances for all except the
players marked the last twelve hours
/ before the contest. Country clubs
and the summer hotels along both
sound and ocean shores were crowded
to overflowing.
The lineup:
England-No. l. Captain II. \.
Tcmkinson: No. ., Captain L. Ste.
/ Cheape: No. 8, Major F. w. Barrett;
back, Captain Vivian Lockett; sub
stitutes, Lord Wimborne, John \.
| Trail.
America-No l, Rene La Montague;
/ No. >. J. NJ. Waterbury; No. 5. Deve-
reux Milburn; back, Lawrence Water
bury; substitutes, c. c. Rumsey,
Malcolm Stevenson. II. c. Phipps.
! Referee. Louis E. Stoddard. New
! York: umpires, Joshua Crane, Bos-
] ton, and Keith b. Maskham Cairo,
| Egypt; goal umpires, DR. H. \.
Souther and Frank Forester. for
America and Spencer Fish and Frank
] S. Drake, for England; official timer.
/ w. Struther Jones.