The New York herald., 1922-08-30
WILLS KNOCKS OUT TUT JACKSON IN THIRD ROUND AT
Irish Polo Team Beaten;
Herbert Cup Remains Here

was broken in fall yesterday He said
he would be back in the saddle officiat-
ing In a couple of days. Louis Lacey.
the Argentfnian, refereed to-day, and to-
morrow W. Strother Jones will take up
that duty.
There was one goal in the first
chukka. and It went to Webb. the Shell
bourne left handler. toward the close or
the period. 1t came after series Of
spirited sprints which saw the willow
take a lot Of wild punishment. Webb
made a fine run and missed and then
came back to get the ball at an angle
and send it through brilliantly.
Two more goals were shot into the
Shelbourne score In the second period,
and both were hit by Stoddard. His
first was a fine individual Effort. in
which he brought the ball thres quarters
of the length OF the field. hs second
goal came In a wild melee at the posts
as the ball went through squad of
horsemen crashed into one of the posts
and down II came. just as the bell ended
the chukka The Americans were wild,
brilliant and drabby byturns. and the all
Ireland riders were wilder and at times
more drab. The match was warming
up. though.
Irish short of Practice.
Hardly had the third period got under
way than Webb and his sturdy left
scored again. j. Watson was riding
hard and hitting harder, and he was
remarkably well mounted. This goal
of Webb's made the score to A, even.
The all Ireland team had not yet shot
a single goal and showed nothing but
the handicap of allowed 1t. The Irish
ponies were slow and sluggish, fat. The
Irish players were atrociously inaccu-
rate and showed that they were badly
in need of practice. 1t Is not possible
to play hard. first class polo on short
notice after long ocean voyage.
The Americans went to the front at
5 to In that third session. when Stod-
dard scored soon after Webb. For the
rest Of the chukka the Yankees appeared
to be foolng around. The Irishmen
came near scoring on a fine hit by Capt.
Goulding, but Belmont made grand
save and the crowd groaned "Oh.
shucks! Let them have 1t !"
Capt. Goulding and Trench were doing
the best work for the invaders. Douglas
did not seem to be able to warm to his
task and Capt. Gill found the pace just
a bit too stiff. In good part of the
fourth period it was up and down, tear
ing and snorting. rally and counter rally
and then a sixth goal for the Americans,
while pater and mater. just In from
Bryn Mawr to see their young star play.
applauded wildly. Strawbrdge scored
after a fierce scrimmage. Then the
ubiquitous, flashing Stoddard shot an
other goal--goal No. z. Then still an
other tally rung up by the Yale men,
and it was America s, Ireland 4. Soon
afterward Stoddards mount fell and
created no end of excitement
Half the match was over and the all
ireland team had not scored goal 1t
had not suffered any particularly bad
luck either, and had got near enough
to miss only on a few occasions. Douglas
was getting stronger. but Capt. Gill still
was spasmodic. The score was to
against the visitors from the strife torn
Emerald Isle and their outlook was as
bright as a rainy Sunday in Red Bank.
The start OF the fifth period saw the
Irishmen get the ball from the THROWN.
but they held it just long enough to take
short breath. Webb weaved his way
through Of the visitors. then sent the
wood spinning through for goal Soon
after another goal was scored by the
boys in green and gold--score 10 to 4.
A Goal for Ireland.
There was quite an ado in the sixth
period when all Ireland team got gen
uine. honest to goodness goal Capt
Gouldng had the distinction to carry the
ball half the length of the field and then
push 1t through. The crowd cs,eered
Justify. This goal speedily was dis
counted by Belmont with a goal in three
strokes. Then Stoddard smashed his
seventh goal into the score and quickly