New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-31

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Devereux Milburn and Tommy Eitc
!. again like tongues OF flame. and wit
]. threat against the visitors iiritia the y
Before the game II was believed
that the Orange County teatsl, which
ssshrwed high casiber on Saturday when
IL defeated Argentine, would be better
mounted than Meadow Brook to-day
and would very possibly ride away vita
Z & ff1e game. When they cot on the fieli
however, the orange-shirted rider
showed no advantage in TITS respec !,
since Meadow Brook set the pace for
the major portion OK the match. In
! this forcing of the play greater
length of stroke and superior general
ship had large part.
Weather conditions were perfect, no
rain falling until after the match, and
the splendid texture of the turf on
the No ! field added much to the
speed of the game. In spite of these
favorable circumstances the crowd was
smaller than had been expected, the
wSthdrawal of the special train from
the Penn station at the last minute
having wrecked the plans of number
Of persons who had intended to 80
down to Rumson
Meadow Brooks win was undoubted-
ly due to the fact that it was so
.,peTsistently on the offensive thai the
opposition had little or no chance to
uneork the combinations It used 81
effectively against the South Ameri-
cans. Hitchcock, in addition to scoring
most Of the goals for his own side,
team play so effectively thst it could
hardly get started, and most of what
earne through was smethered by Mil
burn The latter, Of course, played a
fins game of polo throughout, while
Won Stade, though less spectacular
than his two internationalist team
/, siates, did some very effective work.
Rumesy and Stevenson were the back
bone Of the Orange County fight.
Hitchcock Makes First Goal
1.-The orange and light blue teams
filmed up at $50, with the latter six
goals behind because of their handi-
cap. Orange County got away with
rush, but the threat was checked by
Milburn. The ball then went UP the
field, and Hitchcock made the first tally
from the scrimmage. A long shot from
an Orange County forward was
knocked aside by Millburn in the mouth
of the goal after a sharp rye. Short
siy afterward, Runlsey found the ball
nnguarded near Meadow Br ook's goal.
jhnd put it through. Score Meadow
! Crook, i; Orange County. z.
A long shot by Milburn put the ball
IN Orange County territory, and Hitch
cock soon found an opportunity to tally
on short, straight shot In the next
rally Meadow Brook made another goal
Ion beautiful nearside stroke By Mil
burn, playing forward Belmont failed
10 convert foul called on Meadow
Brook. Score: Meadow Brook, 8;
! Orange County, T.
" The ehukker started near the Orange
! County goal from an out of bounds in
! Che previous period. A free hit by
Hitchcock failed. Prolonged milling in
) Orange County territory resulted in
Score by Won Stade, who got loose as
{ soon as play was resumed and tailed
again single handed Score: Meadow
Brook, 5; Orange County, T.
sc Meadow Brooks superior team work
+ began to tell. From a scrimmage near
their opponents, goal they scored on
"a fine near-side shot by Hitchcock. The
: same player tied the score almost i'm
1nediately thereafter when on run
: t0Ward the Orange County goal, Bel
mont missed backhander. Meadow
Brook then carried the ball down the
! field, and gave lMilburn the chance to
put it between the posts. The blue
!. teams ferge into the lead was an
swered by an Orange County squirt,
which was unable, however, to prevent
hitchcock from scoring under the legs
4 of the Orange ponies from a difficult
eagle. Score: Meadow Brook, 9;
Grange County, Z.
Meadow Brook forced the playing
( Gown the field and Rumsey stopped q
shot at his goal in the nick of time
A long straight shot by Hitchcock from
4 al ,,,sr 10, n~1..
haekhand shot and Won Stade put it in.
Orange County rose to the occasion,
sweeping the length of the field in pair
formation and scoring a clean goal at
The. hands of Hartman. Again the
orange County No. l got away and tai
lied at a full gallop. Score Meadow
sbrook, 10; Orange County, 9.
The Knockout from behind Orange
Cns,nty's goal line at the beginning of
the period was weak and Hitchcock,
4 waiting in a strategic position, slammcd
the ball home. Meadow Brook then
~ dribbled half the length of the field
and their alert No. 2 rolled it between
the posts. Again they forced a scrinn-
mage in front of their adversaries
goal, and though Hftchcock's shot
SHACK Milburn's pony in the goal, Mil
Eurn himself completed the stroke.
aJroment later Milburn came through,
and smashed in another tally Score
Meadow Brook, ID; Orange County 8.
The beginning of the seventh chuk
ssker was unfortunate for the Hartman
team. The ball was knocked out from
behind their goal line, but after short
scrimmage Hitchcock pounced on it fol
drive that scored. Then Orange
County rallied. Two mighty drives b.
..SteEenson took the play half the length
iiof the field where it was picked up by
Hartman at top speed and made into
Score. Once more Hartman broke
free and made clean score. Score:
Meadow Brook, Is; Orange County, IL
Furious galloping by both teams
sofsned the period, Orange County
I fighting desperately, shook Rumsey
lnnse. H tailed with fine, true
stroke But Hitchcock was not
through, for as soon as the whistle
blew he went away with the ball and
scored. Orange County attacked again
5ieFcely, but to no avail Score
Meadow Brook, 10; Orange County, IL.