The Washington times., 1921-06-19

ball went In. '.R1ttle" Barrett left IL
on the boards "a. Lord w odehouse and
gailoped on sWodehouses Immediate
ly shot down the lines and right there
the irst omen of defeat showed for
the British. -
Hitchcock and webb simply cot
galloped Tompkinson and Barrett.
and this. in short. is the story Of the
whole match, EXCEPT for the briiliaht
play Of the BritisA in the third and
fourth chukkeraf
In those chukkers England had It's
best ponies on the field and not be-
ing beaten for pace began to creep
up slowly toward the Amsrican marx
IL was s to 2-thensS to 3. than Sta 4,
And. some say. All but the umpirt
wasn't up and watson Webb cleared
After the fourth chukker II de~tl-i
oped into a procession that was al
most monotonous. There would Be
a breakaway by the British---thsy
would be cutgalloped and caught ,1po
the ball turned. Then away down the
field would sweep the Americans with
no one able to catch them
HEARTS GO DOWN..
Two or three or four powerful
strokes. and the white nag would
wave for another American goal to
go up. on the board and the hearts
of the British spectators would 80
down another notch.
Add to the lack of speed of eur
ponies, the fact that Lockett plays
worse thar I have ever seen him do
before, rarely sending the ball up 20
his forwards and frequently pocket
ing them when clearing. and also the
fact that mouse" Tomplxinson wasn't
shots. I may say apparently easy
shots. and the signal defeat of the
British Ia easy to understand.
1t Ii true that II is easier to play
perfect polo from the front seat IN
the grandstand than from the back
or ,galloping pony. but that 10 the
way II looked to me-
Rattle" Barrett was good. and
did not show those signs Of q want
Of fast practice that had heard
about. He did some nne work and
took couple Of penalties well. Lord
wodehouse. too. shone in his sfirst
interpational, and to the limit Of
his ponies. Pace played =, great
hard-riding game.
MILBURN WAS LAME y
Miiburn was not the infaliible Mi
burn that we all know. but consider
ing his lame back. played magnin-
Gently. One could see the lumbaRo
catch him now and then. especially In
the wide backhanders. rs 2
Stoddard was wonderfully mounted
and played superbiy, and the two new
men, Hitchcock and Webb. were
splendid. The whole American team
combined excellently. L.s ,.t..AJ.
Taking Il all In all. IL was q com
plete reversal of form from that first
game in 1914. Then there appeared
to be always three British to one
American on the ball. whereas today
should think that nineteen times ont
of twenty the exact opposite obtained.
This was due, not only to greater
pace, but greater hardness in the
ponies. The majority OF the Engiish
| ponies-especlally those with pace
would take four or Ave lengths to
turn, whereas the American ponies
turned like tops, Also I noticed sew
eral English ponies shy away from
the ball and jerk their heads at back
handlers. These jerks detected the
players arms and misses resulted.
These are bad polo faults. a.
PLAY Is DEsCRspED.
II Is very hard to remember stroke
by stroke when one In excited. but,
roughly, what caught my eye was as
follows: s
In the hrst chukker Barrett got pos-
| session of the ball. passed out and
left II to Lord Wodehouse. who drove
to Tomkinson. who was beaten TN the
run by MiIburn. Milburn drove back
to webb. Outralloping Lockett, Webb
made a fine run. Stoddard backed no
and with. a powerful full-arm swine
put through the frst goal for Amer
lea In about three minutes. ~
| From the next out Tomkinson ge<
the ball but was caught and Hiteh-
cock. obtaining IL. gailcpedr away. Hs
was caught by Wodehouse and Left u
for webb, who put through the second
goal for America In about SIX min
utes OF play, run by Barrett WoAs-
house and Tomkinson.. Ton,kinsor
claimed a foul from Webb. but ths
umpire was not up. Milburn returned
the ball and wodehouse saved fo'
England Ff :.
| In the second chukksr Barrett
started a run, but lost II. wodebous>
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