New-York tribune., 1916-07-30
CLASSY MOUNTS
FOR POLOISTS AT
POINT JUDITH
MalIet Stars Await Favor
able Weather for Cup
Contests.

Narragansett Pier, July 29.-Poloists
and their mounts are in for a success
sion of games TO make up for lost time
that will protract the Polo Association
tournament at the Point Judith CLUB
to about August 10. which Is FIVE days
longer than had been expected.
There are some $50 mounts stabbed
at the pier, and the presence OF about
two hundred grooms, helpers and
trainers, with the players who are AL
ways coming and going and their en-
tourages, are straws which reveal that
polo is as important an asset to the
resort as racing IS to LOUISVILLE or
Saratoga.
Only one of the four handicap events
mas reached the dignity OF the SEMI
final round. This is the p. 5. 7. Ran
dolph cups fixture, given for teams
having an aggregate rating not IN ex-
cess of nine goals. The surviving
teams are the Aiken Redbirds, Bryn
Mawr Freebooters, Deal and Meadow
Brook Rugby, who will play as named
when an open time may be procured
for the contests.
Rain marred the Meadow Brook
spring tournament, forced the Rock
away Hunting Club fixture over to an
extra week, and here, from the same
reason, it has permitted only five
games since July Is, when the annual
"Greeters'" game took place. Yet the
brief data yield some news Of inter-
est, especially regarding the new
corners to Point Judith polo. Among
them are y. j. Stern, the No. for
Deal, an amateur with neat COM
mand Of strokes; J. B. Williamson,
who played No. for Deal, is Texan
of vigorous methods, who rides like
an Indian. He is a nephew OF J. h.
Minnick, the Deal back Rodman
Wanamaker, the seventeen-year-old
back of the Point Judith four, is well
mounted, a clever rider and a sure
hitter, and some of his long tries with
success for goals have been OF the
phenomenal order.
Handy with Mallet.
W. P. Hubert, OF Cleveland. Is
handy with the mallet on both sides
of his mount. Alexander Smith Coch-
ran rides we'll, as back stays
closely in his position and is excellent
at blocking tactics. He is content
mainly to pass up balls, rather than
go on with them for a try at goal,
which is a fine quality in back. G.
VI. Heckscher is playing as back for
the Meadow Brook-Rugby's low-goal
four, and keeping up the true hitting
and direction he displayed in Califor-
MIA last winter The No. for this
team is Douglas Burden, Long Island
youth, who is very we'll mounted and
who is very capable. His mounts are
stabbed with II. P. Whitney's string.
Kent Lagare, back for the Aiken
Redbirds, is nearly as young as Wana-
maker and as proficient in the game
He fills the position very creditably,
although a heavyweight is usually Sc
lected 70 guard the posts and battle
the opposing teams flying men. Both
P. S. p Randolph, jr., and Thomas
Hitchcock, jr., are youngsters of excep-
tional ability, but neither is paying his
first visit to the Pier. A combination
of the four juniors, Wanamaker, La
gare, Randolph and Hitchcock, could
it be arranged, would go strong in the
intercircuit cup tournament at the
Philadelphia Country Club in Septem-
Der, as the aggregate handicap OF the
team would be only nine points.
Colonel Fleischmann, who is on his
second visit TO Point Judith, is a hard
rider and hitter who is always trying.
He is athletic and as hard as nails.
Making a bump from the colonel in a
riding out bout is something 70 be
remembered. w. Plunket Stewart, of
Bryn Mawr, is an excellent all around
player and makes a handy No 3 for
his team. The others of the Bryn
Mawr Freebooters are G.. 3. Fletcher,
making an initial season here; Q. A.
Shaw, I'd, and +. Q. McVitty, the latter
of California.
The Coogans are regular players
from the Newport colony. They have
a nice outfit of mounts, and while
neither is as yet rated in the handicap,
Jay plays more often and with more
dash than Gordon, his brother.
Morgan Belmont stops at Newport
and plays here on every possible oppor-
tunity, but Raymond, his brother, only
drops in on a fast train, motor or big
yacht TO fill An engagement 20 play.
They have twelve mounts at the Pier,
two of which are reserved for August
Belmont, sr., should he join in any OF
the practice games. A brown four
yearold by Alan Pinkertons Boojer
Red is attracting attention as a likely
mount in the Belmont outfit.