The Washington herald., 1921-06-12
Well Mounted Invaders
Show Much Skill in
Fast Match.
u. S. SCORES FIRST
islanders Stage Strong Finish
And Threaten to Take
Game.
Bv R. M. HELGESEN.

Fort Myers Third cavalry polo
team yesterday defeated the all
Cuban army team on the polo held
in Potomac park by 6 goals to 4
in what is considered by local
United States army polo experts
one of the best played matches
ever staged in Washington. THIS
is the first of three practice
matches which the Cubans will
play with local teams composed OF
United States army officers, be-
fore, the scheduled tournament De
gins. The second will be played
Monday in Potomac park when
the Invaders will meet the war
department Greens and the thira
Wednesday when the Cubans ana
war department Reds test their
skill and that of their string OF
ponies.
PLAYERS on both teams In yester-
aax.s match are experts at this fas-
einatinz and dangersous sport In
fact the cubans, all Of whom are
officers in the Cuban army are con-
.,da-ad the cream of that little
country at this sport And their
record, which had preceded them 10
this country. surely was not loaded.
Ii was, in fact, much too modest
THEFT dash and spirit and courage
Yesterday in the pinches, ana tnele
were many, showed that with q DIT
more practice and given more time
in which to get their string OF ponies
accIimated, they would make the
best four in this country step to take
their measure, at this, their favorite
game
Fort Myer Gets Early Lead
The Fort Myer, four managed TO
gain an early lead in the irst period
yesterday.
Following a bit Of jockeying for
the ball at the first lineup Maj. Pat
ten broke free carrying the oval
down the field toward the Cubans'
goal. When within 80 yards Of the
posts he was -smothered" by Col
Silva and Capt. Gimenez- But the
two cubans had too much speed on
and were unable To prevent Patten's
almost perfect pass" to Capt. Sasse-
Taking the ball about Is yards from
the posts, but at a bad angle, Sasse
riding Butterball. made the first
score of the game. But two min
utes had passed
Fort Myers second score was made
in. practically the same way as the
first, except that Lieut.. Jones in
stead of Patten made the assist"
and Capt. Cole took Sasse's place on
the scoring end of the play. Cole
was astride IS L" and the great work
of this pony aided considerably in
the score.
Cubans Settle Down.
Apparently the first six minutes
of play. which was the length of
the periods, was but a warm-up for
the Cubans, who really settled down
to work In the second six minutes.
In this second period they seemed
to ind themselves. and showed to
much better advantage than in the
first period
At the lineup Col. Silva and
Lieut. Torres took the ball and car
~
Fort Myer goal, when an ill-judged
swing at the pellet allowed the
virginians to bring 1t back to mid
field After a bit of jockeying,
Capt Lombard captured 1t and sent
IL down the field with a beautiful
drive. The ball had a hop" on il
which one often sees on a golf
ball. but which is a rarity on a
polo field A scrimmage in front
of the Fort Myer goal followed this
shot, from which Col Silva emerged
with the ball and shot 1t directly
through the posts. This was the
most accurate shot of the game.
Col. Silva was riding Billy in this
period. and the pride of the Cuban
string was behaving like an Inter
national"
Again at the lineup the Cubans
came out of the scrimmage with
the little round objective, and again
they took il down the field, only
to lose IL in the shadow OF their
opponents goal.
This time they were forced to
night In their own territory before
the break came which gave Capt.
Lombard the ball with practically
an open field in front of him. Lom-
para anu 4OETeS CdTrleu tne pcllcI
into Fort Myer territory. where
Lombard passed to Gimenez. who
tied the score with a near-dribble
and an angle shot Capt. Gimenez
was riding Chiquito.
- Neither Scores I'm Third.
Neither side scored in the third
period. The ball was in the Cubans'
territory most of this period, but
the Fort Myer four was unable to
get through their opponents de-
Tense.
In the fourth period Capt. Cole,
sstride II 81. got free from the
0crimmage in the first two minutes
OF play. and with Maj. Patten and
Lieut. Jones carried the ball to the
Cuban goal. where Cole made the
score with a shot from an almost
impossible angle. In fact. no one
knew he had scored until the signal
had been flashed.
MAJ. Patten and Lieut.. Jones. Of
the Fort Ayer teamH were on the
direct propelIing end of the two
scores made in the NTH period.
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