Evening star., 1921-06-19
M|LBURN j. S. HERO
IN VICTORY At POLO
Americans 0utpIay Britons
in Initial Game Before
Brilliant Gathering.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
HURLINGHAM POLO FIELD. Lon
! don, June 1s.-America's interna-
tional polo team, playing brilliantly
at every stage Of the game. today
won the first Of the series of matches
! with a quartet Of Great Britain
best polo players for the interHa-
, tional polo cup. The score was eleven
goals to four.
and fourth periods. the Americans
outrode and outplayed their British
opponents in every chukker. The re-
! suit, it. is conceded. gives the Amer
| leans a rosy prospect FOR taking
| back homo the international trophy
which won it at Meadowbrook, L. l..
i in 1914.
Although changes in the British
team before the second match OF
the series next Wednesday, are pre-
dicted. todays score. the experts IT $
agree, probably represents fairly the
strength of the two countries
The American victory was achieved
before a brilliant gathering that In
GUIDED King George, Queen Mary.
Dowager Queen Alexandra, all the
younger members of the royal family,
Manuel of Portugal. Col. George
Harvey. the American ambassador
and many other notable persons.
Col. Harvey was seated in King
Georges box on his invitation.
A finer outdoor spectacle could
hardly have been staged. The long
playing field was as smooth as a
tennis court. lending itself to fast
play.
No one on the field today played
faster than did Devereux Milburn'
captain and back of the American
I four, whose participation in the match
was a matter of doubt up to within
a short time Of the bugle call. which
sent the ponies dashing along the
| field. Milburn, who was the hero of
| the day. with his wife. was the center
| of a large group after the game. He
said:
1T was great game, and very
, fast. The boys played splendidly. and
/ naturally I am delighted"
| There were no accidents or disputes
! throughout the game. notwithstand- =
! ing the remarkably hard riding. The
British players declared the best men
won. The exhibition. however was
too one-sided to arouse excitement or
to be claSsed as historic game. There
! was no fiag-waving or cheering. but
good plays were Handicapped i'm
| partially on their merits. Naturally
the English assembly was disappoint-
ed at seeing the invaders gain such
"dih-oVeT, patrlcularly since the
latest reports on the practice Of the
two teams had led every one to ex-
pect an even contest.
LONDON. June 18-The Sunday
! morning newspapers are generous in
their compliments to the Americans
for their polo victory. For the most
part they are not over-sanguine that
Great Britain will be able to retain
the cup. Devereux Milburn and J.
Watson Webb are given the lions
! share of the praise. but the Americans
are commended generally for their
horsemanship, aggressiveness and ac-
curate hitting. The universal YER
dict Is that the Britishers were out
pointed and outplayed."
Summing up. the News of the
World says:
Our stodgy orthodox game was of
no avail against the hard hitting
! hard riding tactics of the Americans
The Sunday Times says: "Our con-
gratulations are due to the winners.
| They played on ground and under
conditions which did not favor them
| and with the disadvantage Of uncer-
| tainty whether their captain would
| be able to last out the game But in
spite of that they were all over u.s."