The New York herald., 1922-08-15
JUNIOR POLO FOURS
REACH TITLE FINAL
Army and Meadow Brook
Teams to Play Off Be-
fore Pershing.
ny CAPT. II. H. HOLMES.

NARRAGANsErr PIER, r. T., Aug IL
The two semi-finals games for the
junior championship were played to-day
on the Point Judith polo fields. The
Meadow Brook team. captained by
Averill Hartman. defeated the Phila-
delphia aggregation by IL goals to q.
and the United States Army represen-
tatives won the right to play in the final,
defeating the Meadow Brook Ramblers
by 15 goals to 2.
In appreciation of the wonderful
showing made by the army players at
Meadow Brook. where they won the
Hampstead cups, and on the Point
Judith fields this season. Gen. Pershing
has accepted the invitation of the polo
committee to be present next Wednes-
day to see the representatives of the
United States Army compete against the
Meadow Brook side, captained by
Ayerill Hartman. for possession of the
junior championship cup.
In the Meadow Brook Philadelphia
game it seemed at half time that the
Pennsylvania players were going to do
the unexpected. At this period of the
game the score was goals all, with
the ultimate losers playing far better
polo than Meadow Brook.
1t was another story in the second
half. when the Long Island side in
creased its speed and did more accurate
hitting than in the first four periods.
However. not only Raymond Belmont
but his entire side played very admir-
able polo throughout and made the
game at all times very interesting for
team that has been touted as the
probable winners of the Junior cham
pionship this year.
The lineup:
The Army Meadow Brook Ramblers
game. while apparently onesided, judg-
ing by the score board, was productive
of very fast polo, appreciably moro so
than In the other game. II the score
had not been taken into consideration
as the play progressed it would have
seemed a fairly even match.
The soldiers were all particularly
brilliant to-day, and the opposing
planers exhibited very excellent defer
sive and offensive tactics. Possibly
faster ponies Is the excuse for this
onesided score. but there seemed to be
no obvious reason for the bad beating
the Ramblers received.
The result Of these matches to-day is
that the odds In favor of the Hartman
team winning the championship have
dropped to even money. This morning
no one cared to lay against them, but
tonight all who saw these semi-final
contests are agreed that the soldiers
have an even chance of winning the
junior championship next Wednesday
afternoon when the final match will
be played.
The lineup:
Meadowbrook d1). Philadelphia go.
w. A. Hartman. -. ..........G. II. Earle
2. G. Bacon. ........ ....... r. Belmont
r. R.E.Strawbridge. e. Back A. S. Smith
Goals-Meadowbrook--Ba 3. Hartman 2.
Strawbridge 3. Morgan /, total II. Phila-
delphia-Bemont 5. Converse /, total g..
Scorer and timekeeper-P. b. Kane. Umpire
Major r. Il. Strawbridge.
u. s. Army. Meadowbrook r.
MAI. 4. y. wilson. ! g. II; Mead
MAJ; IL, l. Beard, = ndo !, H; pl =; Talbot
Maj. W. w. Irwin. Back @. M. Heckscher
Goals-U. S. Army--Wilson 3. Brown I,
Beard g. total 10. Meadowhrook Ramblers
--Beadelston 1. Mead J. total .. Scorer and
timekeeper-W. Marrow. Umpre-Capt. IL.
II. Holmes.