The New York herald., 1920-12-05
POLO AT YALE Is
ON In EARNEST
Collegians Practising Enthusi-
astically for Indoor and
Outdoor Matches.

speeicl Despatch to THE NEw YoRK HERALp.
Yale has been given q good start, and
the great sport OF the pony and the
mallet bids fair TO rank with any OF the
minor sports OF tho university within a
short time. On Monday the first regular
practice viii be held in the Yale artillery
arnory, near the bowl, and on every
Monday and Thursday thereafter dur
ing th2 winter months three and half
hours will bo devoted TO polo instruction.
n part of the time being given over to
lnallet and blackboard work and the rest
TO actual drill on the ponies.
These mounts have been furnished by
Louis l.. Stoddard. a one time interna-
tlonal player and now a member Of the
international polo committee. Mr.. Stod-
dard lives hero and doubtless will assist
IN the coaching of the Yale polo team
during the winter. He has providef
twenty-one excellent mounts. which ars
now being trained at the arrnory. The
introduction OF polo at Yale marks a de-
velopment in amateur sport at the uni
versity which will be watched with keen
interest.
Frank S. Butterworth, 's5, a brother
!n-law OF Mr.. Stoddard and a former
famous polo player. has given the Yale
players the use OF large field on his
property in Mount Carmel. near here.
and when the spring outdoor season
opens practice will be held there. Mr..
Butterworth and Mr.. Stoddard played
on the New Haven polo team several
atk ia
TO create Interest In tho game through
the formation Of teams in this city,
Hartford. Bridgeport and other cities.
Games were played in the old Elm City
Park. but the sport lasted only year.
This effort, however. was enough to
snbed the polo germ deeply In the sys-
tenn Of Mr.. Stoddard. and from that day
to this he has been one of the leading
figures in this expensive but popular
sport.
other Colleges Interested.
Yale,s polo team, as those of other
colleges where there Is military instruc-
tion. Will be made up of members of
the Reserve Officers Training Corps.
At Harvard Princeton and Cornell
teams are in the process Of organiza-
rton, and at Yale q tentative schedule
has been arranged. including games
with West Point and a team made UP
OF polo players living in New York
city. -
A meeting was held on Thursday
when candidates for the team reported
co Major F.. e. Hoyle. inA command
OF the II. o. I. c. Several men who
have q national association handicap or
who have had played Independently
were on hand and the greatest of en-
thusiasm was shown. Major Hoyle in
remarks which he addressed to the can
ear IA taa,, "a do
velopment of polo in the British army.
lie said that in this country military
recognition of the game Is very recent.
Military experts" Major Hoyle said.
recognize the great benefits that Off
GERS may derive from polo, which not
only requires excellent horsemanship,
but quick thinking, daring. physical
well being, keen sportsmanship and
other admirable and desirable qualities"
The Government has supplied the uni
versity with most of its pnlo equipment.
including saddles, mallets and balls.
Alumni and undergraduates of Yale
regret keenly the fact that Yale has
dropped Boston College from her foot
ball schedule When tho announcement
was made on Thursday that this was
the case almost slsout of protest was
heard throughout the city, for II was
confidently believed that Major Frank
Cavanaugh's men would play at least
dne more game with the Blue before be-
ing dropped. For the past two seasons
Boston College has beaten Yale in the
bowl, TO 8 in 1919 and Fl to 10 this
year. Those defeats have been bitter
pills and the graduates of Yale could
not see how the b. G. team could be
scratched until the Blue evened up ac-
counts, 1t Is Yale's custom, or prac-
tice, to give the little fellows who beat
her O good drubbing In the following
year if possible, and then arrange a
schedule with their names conspicuous
by their absence. The thousands of
friends Of Boston College in New Haven
and throughout Connecticut fail to see
how the Ellis can consistently drop b. C..
and many OF them ard willing to ad-
vance the opinion that fear Of another
defeat prompted Yales action.
Against Jones's Wishes.
It is recalled that Tad Jones, who
coached Yale this year, was one of the
first to go to the b. c. dressing rooms
after the game here on october 16 and
congratulate Cavanaugh and his men
on the fine game played. Jones was
quoted as saying that as long as he
had anything to say about Yale foot
ball Boston would be kept on Yale's
schedule. There was the best Of feel
ing between Jones and the Boston coacn
and players. and although few Yale
players were injured In the game, there
was nothing said about the game be-
Ing ultra-rough. Boston drew over 5000
TO the bowl this year. the game prov
ing q magnet for football fans from
all parts OF the East. Yale's excuse
that she could not take Boston on and
at the same time provide consist
emily developed schedule" is received
here with a smile.
It is known that Georgia Tech, one
OF the strongest teams in the country,
is negotiating for a game with Yale.
II the Southerners are given Boston's
place Yale men are wondering whether
her schedule can be called a consist
entity developed one.
Some who read between the lines
say that in the light of the most re-
cent development. Jones will not re-
turn to Yale In 1871. Jones Is busy
shipbuilder in Seattle, and while 1t is
known that nearly all Yale wants him
to return, he may find 1t impossible
20 leave his work for the period neces-