The New York herald., 1921-01-19
NATIONAL POLO FOR
PHILADELPHIA G. G.
Association Awards All Title
Tournaments to Club.
at Bala.
MANY JOURNEYS LISTED
Preparations Completed for In
ternational Cup Matches
in England.
MANY JOURNEYS LISTED
BY SAMUEL ). BRooKMAN.

Philadelphia Country Club will be the
zcene of the annual senior, junior and
open polo championships OF America this
year Following a brief consideration of
the two bids for the title tournament,
one from the Quaker club and the other
from the Rockaway Hunting Club, the
delegates of the Polo Association in
their annual meeting at the Downtown
Club yesterday decided in favor of
Philadelphia. The award was not un-
expected. for the title events were held
at Meadow Brook. Long Island. last
season. and it was logical to expect
shift in the scene OF the championships.
There were other considerations, how
ever, that prompted the association to
vote in favor of Philadelphia Country
Club. Foremost was the knowledge that
perhaps the most successful title tourna-
rnents vet held were conducted by the
Philadelphia Country Club in 1919. On
that occasion some of the matches at
tracted record crowds of 10000 or more,
the grounds at Bala being very &C
cessible to the Philadelphia public, the
admission charges very reasonable and
the facilities for handling large gath
ering all that could be desired. Phila-
delphia Country Club, figuring correctly
on the growing public interest In the
sport enlarged the seating capacity OF
its stands threefold before the 1919
championships and was gratified to find
them comfortably filed on the days OF
the important matches. In short. both
from competitive and financial
standpoint, the tournament was pro-
nounced success.
The championships are to be held as
usual at the tail end of the open COM
petitive season and fourteen days have
been set aside for their completion, Sep
tenber 12 to &c, which means that the
American international team which is
to engage the British at birmingham
late in June will have plenty of time
TO get back to this country and to start
preparation anew for the American title
Journeys.
Long Tournament List.
Twenty-three other open tournaments,
covering a period from January 20 to
September 10. were approved yesterday
by the delegates. They include competi-
tions on the Pacific coast during the
wiater molths, tournaments in the South
during the spring, and in the North ana
middle West from May to September
The newest addition to the list of polo
fixtures is the tournament OF the SAND
Hills Polo Club, to be held at Pinehurst
from April TO TO- In the local dis
trict the leading events will be the Mead
ow Brook tournament. from June 10 to
July 2, and the Rockaway Hunting Club,
from July to July 16.
Reporting on the preparations for the
matches at birmingham the International
committee for the first time officially an
nounced it's selection Of Devereux Mil
burn. c. c. Rumsey, Thomas Hitchcock.
Tr,w ~ NtFlcF
and Louis e. Stoddard for the challeng-
ing squad, and the players named re-
ceived the official approval OF the asso-
ciation 1t was declared that the Ameri-
can players will be in England by the
first Of April prepared to start practice
Immediately at Tidworth, where the
American polo ponies are quartered at
present In the meantime some OK the
internationalists may participate at
their own volition in tournaments either
on the Pacific coast or down South.
Following few weeks OF practice at
Tidworth the Americans will engage In
several open tournaments in England be-
fore reaching Hurlingham, the scene OF
the cup contests, the dates for which
have been set as June IS. % and %.
John G. GrOome PF-sfdes.
In the absence Of IL. L. Herbert, chair
man of the Polo Association, who Is
away on his vacation, William A. Haz-
ard, the secretary treasurer, was to have
presided, but a bothersome cold pre-
vented him from attending, and Col.
John c. Groome OF Philadelphia took his
place as acting chairman. w. Strother
Jones of New York acted as secretary.
Mr. Herbert and Mr.. Hazard were re-
elected president and secretary-treasurer
respectively, and so were the following
members of the executive committees:
Carelton F. Burke. Prentiss L. Coonley.
J. Cheever Cowdin, w. Cameron Forbes
John c. .Groome, William A. Hazard. Col.
Julien r Lindsey, Devereux Milburn,
Dudley P. Rogers, w. Plunket Stewart.
Louis L. Stoddard, Robert E Straw
bridge. II. z. Talbot, Jr., and Harry
Payne Whitney.