New-York tribune., 1920-08-15

ALEXANDRIA BAY, N. Y, Aug IA.
the mecca of automo bilists, and since
Alexandria Bay is on the route of the
Roosevelt Highway the motorists come
in greater numbers than ever from Cal
ifornia, Colorado, Mississippi, Florida,
Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Washington,
Toronto. Montreal, Ottawa and places
of greater distance
Arrivals at Alexandria Bay by auto
mobile include Mr. and Mrs George n
Kope, f. L. Peters and A. Reed, Phila-
delphia; Mr. and Mrs. John Hamiltof
of Washington; W. c. Roberts, Edward
keefer, W. c. Roberts jr and Miss
Grace Ridgeway, of Baltimore; Mr.
and Mrs. c. E. Sherry, Bruce Boyler,
Miss Jane Boyler, Miss Jeanette Boy
ler and Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Haskell,
of Cleveland; Mrs. Philip Robinson,
Miss Minnie Robinson and Edward Rob
inson, of Scranton Pa, and Mr.. and
Mrs. A. P. Henry and George C. Hall,
of Detroit.
Post, H. M. Grier and Miss Grace Pier
son, of Salisbury, N. c., and Mr.. and
Mrs. J. Threefoot and Miss Isabel
Threcfoot motored from Meridian,
Miss, to this resort and are at the
Thousand Island House. Miss Sophie
C. Nelson Miss Anna N Hudson, Mr..
and Mrs. J. Hudson, of Louisville, also
came by machine.
Polo Tournament Starts
The polo, the most interesting tour
nament of the summer, started to-day.
With the arrival of the polo season
social activities reach their climax The
initial match was played at the fields
of the Thousand Islands Country Club
on Wellesley Island, between the
Toronto team and the Back River team
of Montreal for the Thousand Islands
Cup, offered by the commodore of the
Thousand Islands Yacht Club, James H.
Hammond, and Lee M. Rumsey ST., of
New York. The personnel of the
Toronto team is:
l, Major Roy Nordheimer; 2, Gordon
Beardmore; 3, Rrigadier General H. c.
Bickford; back, Lieutenant Colonel K.
R. Marshall.
The Back River team compriscs:.
/, w. r. Miller; 2, J. c. Watson; 3,
The match on Tuesday will be be-
tween the Thousand Islands team,
made up of:
+. /, A. Graham Miles; 2. George c.
Sherman; 8, DR.. II. B. Blackwell: back,
M. B. Metcalf, jr., and the Miami VAL
ley team, whose personnel includes:
l, f. B. Patterson; 2, George II.
Mead; 3, ]. D. Platt jr.; back. H. T.
Talbot jr.
Besides the Wellesley Island Cup. Of
fered by Mrs, A. Graham Miles. the Hill
Cup, offered by Mrs. George w. Hill, of
New York, and the Thousand Islands
Cup, the governors of the Thousand
Islands Yacht Club have offered four
trophies to be played for during the
tournament in special match, the
teams to be made up OF picked men,
selected from the highest handicapped
players.
The governors of the club are James
II. Hammond, j. Norris Oliphant, W.
Langdon Hayden, C. Leverett Hayden,
A. Graham Miles and J. Miles Gibbons.
The tournament will last till August
81. With the ponies of A. Graham
Miles, J. Larocque Anderson, M. B. Met
calfe jr. and Dr. H. B. Blackwell, of
New York, and those of the Toronto,
Miami Valley and Montreal teams,
there will be about an even hundred
used in the matches.
Basil NJ. Grant, of New York, is the
time and score keeper of the tourna-
ment. Fl. L. HERBERT and William A.
Hazard, known as the fathers of polo
in this country, are expected at the
! tournament
William E. Koch, Walter Merrall
Mr.. and Mrs. George Morgan, Miss