The New York herald., 1922-08-13
Big Season of Polo to
Begin at Run1SOn Aug. 26
Three Foreign and Four American Teams Will Also
Compete in Tournaments at Philadelphia and
Meadow Brook Following Jersey Contests.
BY CAPT. H. H. HOLMES.

The draw for the III. l.. Herbert me-
mortal cup and the open championship.
two events to bc held at the Rumson
Country Club, commencing Saturday.
August 26, brings home the fact that
these very important issues are to be
decided in a few days.
As befitting such an entry of three
foreign and four American teams a Won
derful advance sale has been made-at
not only Rumson, but at Philadelphia
and Meadow Brook original plans for
seating accommodation has had to be
revised.
In analyzing the teams II Is difficult
to see where any side has any obvious
advantage. or course the foreign teams
possibly. with the exception of East
colt, are an unknown quantity, but the
All ireland Polo Clubs four defeated
a representative British team In the an
nual match between these two countries
and the Argentine polo federation side in
a number of games for the most i'm
portant events In England proved In
vincibe On this showing 1t looks as IL
the South American players should be
made favorites. However. quite a diff
fcrent type of polo is exhibited here Not
that the rules differ. but the average
game as played in the States is ap-
preciably faster than that shown in Eng
Ind.
1t is obvious to all students OF polo that
any one OF the four competing teams
composed of Americans will be extreme
ly difficult to beat. Opinion seems TO be
equally divided regarding the respec-
tive merits of the higher Handicapped
teams captained by Devereux Milburn
and Louis Stoddard and the two sides
skippered by Averill Hartman and J.
otx -
tition II may prove that the Argentine
or the Irish four, will need such lineup
as Devereux Milburn had in England
last year to defeat them. 1t would be
impossible under the handicap, as the
victorious international team would
have to allow them q start OF 10 goals
and IL goals respectively, and no COM
bination in the world could do that
considering the showing that both teams
have made abroad the last two seasops.
On Saturday, August 26, the opening
day of this great series of tournaments,
commencing at the Rumson Country
Club. New Jersey. we shall see the fol-
lowing brilliant combinations In action.
po.' Asf1sgs Ta1sr. P. r nD pSysr Sssase County
III. Miies....,.e W. 4. Hartman. ~ :.
2--J. u. Nelson.... 8 c. G. Rumsey. 3
2-pavId Miles. y. stevenson. -. .
.
Total goals. s......so Total goals. :. .25
Five goals Is big handicap for any
team to allow Orange county. III the
Argentine four proves capable then II
will indeed take some beating for all
the events. The South American play
ers are considered in England TO be
easily worth as team 81 goals which
is entirely different matter to the
thirty at which they are at present
handicapped. This difference of a quar-
tet OF goals Is very vital one in first
class polo. The visitors win be mounted
on twenty-five ponies which are the pick
Of the fifty they brought from the Ar
gentine to use In London this season.
All were bred in South America.
With a Sunday intervening the tour
nnment will continue on Monday, August
2s. On this day the lineup will be:
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