The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-09-14
MEADOWBROOK FOUR
WINS JUNIORS GAME
Defeats Bryn Mawr Team, G
to a IL, in National Polo
Tournament.
MATCH PROVES THRILLER
Picturesque Crowd Sees Open
ing Battle at Phil
adelphia.
Special Dcspdfch to Tnr suX.

Special Despatch TO THE Sun.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 13.-Polo, fast
and scintillating, made hugh crowd
cheer and won the hearts of 5000 spec
tators to-day at the Philadelphia Coun-
try Club field. woodside Park when the
Polo championship tournaments of the
United States started with a match be-
tween the Meadowbrook second team
and the Byrn Mawr Polo Club four IN
the first event for the junior champion
ship
Meadowbrook second. Lieut. James c.
Cooleys four won, 6 goals to 4A, put
ting the Bryn Mawr team out of the
running for the junior crown and match
ing the New Workers. against the Army
next Tuesday in the third match of the
junior series.
Hundreds of automobiles, filled with
gaily dressed society women and their
more sombrely attired male friends,
| filed the spaces of the far side of the
field, flanking the little polo club house.
ne ElbIiuS WcIt lllltu W NopoeAeJ ahN
by a crowd to which enthusiastic cheer
ing came easy.
1t was a great day and n great game.
Visiting New Workers, the lords OF
American polo. came to the club house,
their faces wreathed in smiles, to con-
graduate the committee on the turn
| out Of Philadelphia polo fans. At least
90 2-3 per cent. of the crowd went away
to-day sworn friends of the royal
game The game they had seen made
| them that.
Meadowbrook's second team lined III
with G. NJ. Heckscher, James c. Cooley
Benjamin K. G1tins and ]. G. Milburn
| Jr., playing in that order. MilburI
went in place of Thomas LebouttillieT
Jr, who is ILL., Bryn Mawr's team wa
Wister Randolph, Rodman Wanamake
| Cd Major Robert +. Strawbridge ant
his son, Robert f. Strawbridge, Jr.
| The New Workers had riding styl
that invited no special comparisons will
| that of the defeated team. Every on
of the Bryn Mawr players Is grea
rider and individually can star in polo.
Star With MaIlets.
The real point of the Long Islanders
superiority was their mallet work, 70
a smash at any turn of the game wa
often needed and they came through
on such occasions. Like the tennis sta
who can put the ball where nobod!
amt" the Meadowbrook players pu
the ball where somebody from Meadow
broow. l.. l., was in hand TO grab II
and they carried no short mallets. Evei
under those conditions they did not al
ways have the game well in hand, TO
they had several close misses about tn
time Bryn Mawr began to climb towar'
them, which was in the middle of tn
game after the fourth period.
! The Meadowbrook players team worl
was hard to overcome and it was diff
cult to pick out special features. NIL
burn, unquestionably, starred as th'
| goal keeper. He was hard to get pas
and all four were constantly on the jot
in the play to put the ball ahead.
Rodman Wanamaker's flashing PLAY
was feature for his team, with Majol
| Strawbridge and his son featuring il
several brilliant feats. Wister Ran
dolph distinguished himself by his prett!
goal in the seventh.
The result OF to-day's game matches
the Meadowbrook second team agains
the L. S. Army Freebooters for tn,
third match of the junior Tournament
on Tuesday The second match Phila
delphia Country Club VS.. Rockaway. il
set for tomorrow afternoon.
Almost at the start the game showed
promise of being spectacular when Ma
jor Robert f. Strawbr!dge made
brilliant safety almost at the goal lin
of a driving stroke by Cooley; but tn
Meadowbrook player was persistent
and as a result OF a series OF aggressiv
maneuvres by the Long Islander
Cooley opened the proceedings with tn
first goal in 1886 after play started.
A moment before, however, Refere
Holmes observed foul hook by B. X
Gatins Of the Meadowbrook four. s.
that only half a goal went up on tn,
score board for Cooley's fine drivini
stroke. On the throw in the Meadow
brook players rushed the Bryn Nav
defence until Rodman Wanamake
clipped tie sphere out of the ruck no
far from his own threatened goal line
and in three beautiful drives sent it on
of bounds at the Meadowbrook end o
the field. 1t was a narrow miss for tn,
goal and one of several similar dis
heartenlng fiukes.
Bryn Mawr Fights Hard.
The eighth was scoreless for sever
and a half minutes of desperate fight
ing by the Bryn Mawr four In an effor
to put over the two goals needed t.
win. The Meadow Brook aggregation
by perfect defensive work held tn
Philadelphians although several times l
was all they could do to break VI
Bryn Mawrs driving efforts. Coole!
and Gatins were the dangerous often
sive players OF the New York team
Lieut.. Cooley put across four of tn
goals for his team, with three 70
Gatins, but always throughout tn
game Heckscher and Milburn were play
ing great polo and putting the ball for