The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-09-26
HITCHCOCK'S POLO
UPSETS VETERANS
Youngsters Three Goals for
Cooperstown Beat Rockaway
in Open Event
Special pe.patch 10 TIE suS.

PHILADELPHIA. Sept. %. Youth
served itself to-day. In the first match
for the American open polo champion
ship, between the Rockaway Hunting
Club and Cooperstown at the Philadel-
phia Country Club, two youthful play
ers, T. Hitchcock, Jr.. and r. e. Straw
bridge, Jr.. STOOD out the most promi-
nently. Between them they accounted
for four of Cooperstown's goals and
swept the Rockaway team. winner over
Meadow Brook In the opening of the
national senior title tournament last
Saturday. to defeat by to So. The
Rockaway. setback was just as surpris-
ing as was the elimination OF Meadow
Brook. ~
1t was Hitchcock's dashIng riding,
splendid long shots and brilliant goals
that virtually carried the Cooperstown
four to its victory. Three times he
evaded Z. w. Hopping, his veteran OPP
ponent, and SKINNED the white ball
through the uprights. His first
goal broke 2-2 tie late in the second
period. His second gave Cooperstown
AZ advantage in the fourth period and
his last came in the sixth period, being
Youngsters Get the Jump.
It was a match In which Cooperstown
got the jump on the older and moro
experienced Rockaway players and held
the lead throughout. Rockaway was
penalized a quarter of a goal when NAL
COIN Stevenson tailed a safety In the
fifth period.
Rockaway did not have enough Hop
pings. Three of the four goals credited
to his team went to Hopping, who was
n star in the senior match last Satur-
day. Stevenson and X. Z. Strawbridge,
Sr, were the only Rockaway players
who failed to score. but their riding was
spectacular.
The big moments of the match came
in the first five minutes when Rockaway
lost at least two goals after driving the
ball within the shadow OF the uprights.
Over anxiety and poor malleting missed
these opportunities. "a goal by II. Il.
Strawbridge. Jr., after 8 minutes 8 sec
onds was the only score OF the period.
stoddard Sets Record.
Scoring and plenty Of It stirred the
crowd OF 5000 in the second period.
Each team talliel two goals.
Louis e. Stoddard. No. / on the Coop
trStOWn team, set "a TOURNAMENT record
when he took the ball at midfeld at
the start OF the period and in three long
shots sent II squarely between the posts.
The official time was 20 seconds, the
fastest goal of the two weeks of play
here.
c. p. SBeadleston Of Rockaway TOOK
the ball away from two men close to
the goal posts and registered a goal.
Hopping kept the Rockaway colors in
the race by planting the ball between
the posts in nfty-five seconds 1t was
another rapid fire shot and tied the
score at two goals. Then Hitchcock
rave Cooperstown a "a edge just as the
bell rang for the end of the chukker.
In the fourth period Hitchcock
proved himself a hero by delivering a
backward stroke for goal in hfty-four
seconds overtime.
Straight and hard driving with excel
lent assistance by his team mates en-
abled Hitchcock TO score his last goal
in the sixth chukker.
"A goal by c. c. Rumsey In one min
ute three seconds was soon equalized
by Hopping in thesseventh period.
Hopping got loose from the pack
late in the final period and made his
third goal.
Cooperstown earned the right TO go
into the final with Meadow Brook on
Saturday. The Meadow Brook team will
consist OF F. II. Price, Jr., ]. Watson
Webb, Harry Payne Whitney and Dew
ereux Milburn. The lineup and sum-