New-York tribune., 1916-07-12
HANDICAP AIDS
COOPERSTOWN TO
WIN POLO GAME
Champion Meadow Brook
4Defeated in Rockaway
Club Cup Contest.

Two excellent games Of polo were
played at the Rockaway Hunting Club
yesterday in the semi-hnas for the
clubs cups. given each year for teams
handicapped at not less than fifteen
goals. Cooperstown. receiving thirteen
goals, defeated the Meadow Brook
champion team By 1914 to l3, and
Rockaway, in receipt Of two goals. just
managed to secure a victory from the
Philadelphia Country Club four by ~,
to 7 goals.
In the first game the aggressive up
hill fight Of Meadow Brook was an abb
sorbing spectacle. The Cooperstown
team was right on edge at the begin
ming and held the Meadow Brook CO.
horts to 4 couple of goals. scored by
Won Stade and Rumsey in the first Pc
riod, and the second was blank for
both teams. The same situation lasted
to the half-time interval, when Coop
erstown, although in receipt of thirteen
goals, led by lax to 5. Shaw and
Gatins had made goals for Coopers-
town, while East had been penalized
for safety.
During the last four periods Meadow
Brook did all the scoring, except for
single goal BY Gatins. lie Boutillier
rode always at Rumsey, and Milburn
and Whitney between them formed
bulwark that East could not break
through. Yet Cooperstown was always
trying, and managed to stave of de-
feat by the topnotchers.
The Philadelphia Country Club team
al moi "
four through the first four periods Of
the second game, striving more for de-
lays and blocking plays than scoring.
As it proved, the Philadelphians rode
the waiting race too long.
At half-time, 70 goals having been
scored in the second or fourth periods,
Rockaway led by 6 goals to 0, which in
cluded the allowance. by handicap of
points. W. S. Stokes had made a goal
for the Philadelphians, but two fouls
had wiped it out.
W. S. Stokes made the only goal OF
the fifth period and, in general way IT
was evident that the Philadelphians
had pulled on their fighting boots.
Honors were nearly even in the sixth
period, however, for after W. s. Stokes
had counted on long forward hit from
near middle field, there was a foul
cross caught by Referee Pinkerton's
watchful eye made by La Montague,
while Dixon made a goal for Rockaway
at the close.
RoCKAwAY HUNTING CUPs-FIRsr GAME
cooPERsrowNN MEADOW BROOK, H's.,
"a a., s. sa.r. I'd si-r 8 rG,n.ss ,Sn s,.Ae.
T'IIs eT Il Boai.t. @ ID. ss-a P. Whitney ....
Bsck-Beni. Gains -. B.ck-D Milbum .....
Total. Toth................- es
Ccopests~n--Goals earned. 3. goals by handicap
l3. less penalties. !, total, l5h Meadow BrccA-
Goas earned 10 total. IS.
individual gosk-For coorerstrsn. shag, :.
Gains. 2 For Meznow Brook Won s'ade .;
Whitney. 3. Mibur. g.: RunSey, ].
Penalles-SSet!es by East and ie Boutller.
Referee-E 8. voss.
RocKAwAY HUNTING CrPs-sFcoND GAME.
RocKAwAY PHILADELPHIA c. c.
,-R l.. Mcn,,sne' fla NJ Collins - +,
&C r Dixon "a M ss-W s Stokes .....
&C n Leon ard 80. lIs-E. I0wber Stokes I
Back-P. s p. Ran Back--R r. straw
dolph. IT, ..,..... bridge .......'.-...
Total. Total ............... II
Rochausy--,;oals earned. 2: by handicap ?. le-s
penalty. = uSs, ~ rhilsdeipAis {. Goals
earned. $ ioss penalties. 'o,aI, :.
Individual grais-Fcr Rockawat Ia Montsgre,
Diron and Leonard , each. For Phi abe phis
" 3 stokes. 3 Z. l. Stokes. 2 strasbriise. p
Collins, l.
Pcnal,ies-Fouls against strsNbrdss. p la Mon
i,ciersee-Alsn Pmkeron. Timer doth samss,--
Albeit Hunter.