Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-02-28
POLO TOURNAMENT
AT CORONADO COUNTRY
CLUB STARTS TUESDAY

On March / the fifteenth annual
polo tournament will begin at the
Coronado Country club with the
first of the matches scheduled for
the Pacific coast junior champion
ship trophy. A few days prior to
the opening of the big mid winter
event teams from the north and
east as we'll as a number of mat
tached players will arrive al, the
transbay resort. About 200 trained
polo ponies. the property of visit
ing players. will be quartered in
the Country club stables before the
end of this month, ready for use in
the following games.
According to Mai. Colin G. Ross,
secretary of the club. polo fans will
nave a twenty DAYS feast of their
favorite sport. Polo games will DE
played both forenoon and after
noon during that time. The low
goal events will take place in tine
forenoon and the high goal
matches in the afternoon.
Several attractive prizes are to
be awarded in addition to the,
usual trophies contested for in the,
coming tournament. Mrs. Julius.
Fleischmann will present consola-.
ton prizes to teams defeated in
senior events. w. Gray will pre-.
sent prizes for matches in which
the aggregate rating for teams does.
not exceed six goals The Point.
Judith Tiger team will give other
prizes for low goal teams that have
not won prize during the tourna-
ment.
The other trophies to be contest =
ed for by the pick of eastern ana
western teams in addition to the
Pacific coast junior championship
are: California challenge trophy,
March 6 to 8: Joseph Jessop chal-
lenge trophy, March 10 to ~;
Hotel del Coronado handicap cups,
March 10 to is. and the famous
Pacific coast all-American polo
trophy. March II to 20.
Among the teams which will be
at Coronado from the first Of
March until the goth are: Del
Monte, San Mateo. Point Judith
Tigers, Wichita, Kans., Riverside
and two teams from Midwick. Cor
onado will be represented by a
senior and junior team also.
Del Monte will he presented
by a Is or 16-goal team. depending
upon whether Harry Hunt. a two
goal player. or FELTON, Elkins, rated
at one goal, The other members of
this four are Erie Redley, 4 goals;
Hugh Drury goals. and Max
Fleischmann. 3 goals. This four
promises to be one of the most for
midable opponents in the feature
events for the speedy Point Judith
Tigers, composed of b. *, Gatins,
Julius Fleischmann. r. w. Hopping
and G.. NJ Dempsey.
Considered equally dangerous is
Midwick's senior four with Carle-
ton Burke. Arthur Perkins. TED
Miller and Lafayette Hughes in the
lineup. 1t is expected that San
Mateo will also have a strong team
to go after the coveted trophies Of
the big tournament. The San
Mateo poloists who have signified
their attention of participating are.
Colonel Nutting, William Tevis, G
G. Moore and r. j. Boseke, Jr.
The Wichita. Kans.. team will be
the same that has been playing in
splendid form at Coronado and last
week performing in most credit
able manner in the Midwick tour
nament contests. In the Midwick
games, its lineup has included J,
Vickers, Barry Huston. DR.. Mar
shall and J. Minick. The line-ups
of Coronado's senior and junior
tours and other visiting teams has
not boon announced. Capt. J. G,
Besley, who arrived few days ago
will in all probability be member
of the Coronado four as will Maj
c. G., Ross.