The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-20
MANY IN NATIONAL
POLO TOURNAMENT
Leading Teams in Country to
Clash in Events That
Begin To-day.
WHITNEY BACK IN GAME

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minor fixtures OF the Polo Association
VIII begin tomorrow at the Point Judith
Polo Club with a game for the Randolph
cups The teams will be f.. S. Burke.
Jr.. Earl w. Hopping, A. d. Baldwin
ana Thomas White. representing the
Chagrin Valley Club of Ohio on its first
appearance In the East. and Philip
stevenson. +. s. +. Randolph and wister
Randolph OF the Point Judith Polo Club.
the fourth player yet to be named.
AIS for the Randolph cups the Cam
den Grasshoppers and Aiken Redb!rds
will meet on Thursday and on Saturday
the final will be played between the
winners OF tomorrow and Thursday. A
second game on Saturday will be be-
tween Cooperstown and the Meadow
Brook Freebooters for the Army and
Navy cups. Bryn Mawr will meet the
winners In the Anal OH Monday. The
balance OF the schedule follows
Rathbone Memorial Cup-July 20. Phlln.
delphia Country club vs. Aiken Redhirds:
July ~. Point Judith vs. camden Grass
hoppetsi July 80, Coopersto~n vs. winners
pA'll W eflueslHA. JulN
y. Meadow Brook vs. Bryn MaWr. Satur-
gay, July 81. Great Neck ". winners OF
Junior ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. July
81 Point judith ". Aiken Redbirds;
THURSDAY. August :. Bryn Mawr vs..
MEADOW Brook Fre.boo,ers August I, win.
Atlsnti, Cups-.ftidsy, August 6. Coop
erstown vs. Philadelphia Country CLUB.
sane day Point judith vs.. Aiken Tigers
Meadow Brook Freehooters. Tuesday. Au-
gust 10, winners OF Augus, 6. THURSDAY.
August H. winners Of August . and 10.
Three fields are in readiness. and In
tee conveniences for players and on
lockers 1t IL the finest group OF polo
grounds In the country the outlook pic.
turt sque the turf ideal. the club quar-
tiers and lawn well arranged and deco
rated. and there IL a free grand stand
for spectators not members of the Polo
Association. Some $4,000 Of the
PROFITS OF the international polo cup
matches has been used to gain pos
session of the property and to make IL
All ideal place for tie annual polo
! Association tournament.
The European war has driven out of
consideration for the present all prep
arations for an international cup chal-
lenge, but Harry +. Whitney, who led
the team that won back the trophy AT
''Hi '''.s""'" u. i''' ON" never mas pceii
on u four to lose "A match for it. Is 10
captain "A Meadow Brook team at the
Pier Tit tournament Will continue until
August ~.
Greatest OF the championships is the
senior FOR the gold vi presented by
". ". Aston through the Tuxedo club
me junior Is Tor cams NOT quite sc
st'oms III Pias'ns s'reusth TOT the -
o. WarItn uophy, anu the open Is .
,no.rtoI-hn y cup gwen oy JoSepu
- '''' - Naso''a,.o" a"'
,rn ", r,'~r W." ""'''s" u
rh., ,rs, 49,
pr.sr.,, isrL u~r,rLI'm n q
was won nv Nvnnta - ,ard
n &; shaw T. Ar,ssi, ,rd T., /,
Fay Eockawnv Was in tho load II,
two goals. but Foxhall Keen, was IN.
tured In a collision vlth Fa,. and IN,
team had To fuish out with three men
RoCkaway won IN, second wear. with
J : stevens. John f. Cowd,n. FoxhalI
Keene and q I. EustS, and IN 1921
Meadow Brook scored It's initial win
for the title, Harry I. Whitney playine
No, . with w. &. Eust!s. Thomas Hitch,
cock and Benjamin Nicoll The firs,
Meadow Brook team won last IN 1917
ard In all II has Won seven times
Harry i. Whitney has played on nearly
every winning team. aud besides in 1910,
he was a memher Of the winning coun'
Try '.u ~ N~tsirhes'er ipur In thu
senior event TN" others being John T.
'owd'n ana d NJ, Jr, ahd !" Water
bury
complete tally of the senior
championships hy clubs IL Meadow
Brock, including the Magries team
winners last year $ country club OF
W es'ches'ev, :; Lakewood. , Myopia
:. anu singles Tor Dedham, Rockaway
ana 'ooperstoWn, the latter in 1919
when Cooperstown gained the uniqu,
record oi winning the three titles.
All details of the tournament as vel
as Of the game In America are in
charge Of the Polo Association ON
mittee. This was started five year,
before tho inception of the senior cham,
/ pionship, with II !. Herbert as chair,
man, and his hand has held the tile,
ever since. Three s.cretsry-trcasurcr,
have aided IN steering the course of ma
Polo Association Douglas Robinson
from 1890 To 1899. r.. G. Potter until
1895 and then william \. Hazard. who
since has been Identified with the office.
The two officers and seven member,
form the committee. those for 1915 he,
ing August Belmont. New York
Joshua Crane Boston John G.. Groome
phil,delphla Alex T. primn Jr =,
Louis. Dudley l. Rogers. BOSTON ~
Plunks,, Stewart. ~philade!phia. an,
Harry l.. Whitney. New York. TIL
s~ub-manarer now ar, lanes -
Cooley and f.. ". Uopping
Tb,ra are fnur Polo Assnriatio, 600
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