The New York herald., 1922-08-25
INVADING POLOISTS
SHOW GREAT FORM
Lacey Leads Argentine Four
to Victory-Irish Beat
Camp Vail.
ny DANIEL.

Polo players of the seven teams
which will compete in the interna.
tional carnival which will be opened
at the Rumson Country Club to-mor-
row got in some hard licks on New
Jersey and Long Island campuses
yesterday. The Argentinians engaged
in keen match on Herbert Field at
Rumson, side led by Louis Lacey
the great back of the South Ameri-
cans, defeating a combination cap
tanned by B. X. Gatins OF the Flamin-
goes by 9 to s.
The All Ireland team went over 10
Camp Vail. near Rumson. and defeated
a home four in tight contest. The
Anglo-American Eastcott team, with
Major Vivian Lockett and Major F. B.
Hurndall. the newly arrived Britons'
playing Cor the first time. got INTO ac-
ton against the Meadow Brooks. Tne
Shelbourne House side, led by Louis +.
Stoddard also had fast workout on
the field at Westbury after the Orange
County and F'lamingo players had had
their practice. Orange County. with a
team built around Malcolm Stevenson,
will open the tourney tomorrow against
the Argentinians.
The Iineups for the match won by the
Argentinians were q bit scrambled. The
South Americans had two regulars on
each side. Lacey's four had third
Argentinian. Louis Nelson, substitute.
The lineups were:
Argentine. omelettes.
w. S. Jones. Jr. No. i.......... J: Miles
M ID
David NJ Miles -. No. 3....... y. X. Gatins
Louis Lacey ...... Back. J. +. Johnson. Jr.
The South Americans tomorrow will
take the eld with David Miles at No. !,
John Miles at No. 2. j. ID. Nelson
at Number s. and Lacey at back-a 30
goal team. Jones and Johnson are
Rumson men and they played high class
polo in that fast company yesterday
A fine gallery turned out for the
match and particular attention was paid
to the riding and hitting of Lacey. The
statement made by Capt. Lingard Gould
ing Of the All Ireland four on his arrival
here on Wednesday. that Lacey is the
greatest back in the game--and he had
seen our own Devereux Milburn in ac-
tion-created q lot OF talk In polo
circles. 1t also made Lacey cynosure.
Lacey is not exactly a greater player
than Milburn. 1t may be that before
the Argentinians leave Lacey will show
that he really is the superior OF the
American back. However, the South
American is a marvel. He is hard
rider, hard hitter and quick and
effective thinker
The entire Argentinian aggregation
made a fine impression on close students
of polo. or course real teamwork was
well nigh impossible and the invaders
die not exactly let themselves out. Da-
vid Miles looks as II he were going to
make some Of the other number one men
sit up and take notice. The South
Americans are going to be hard nuts to
crack.
Over at Camp Vail four Rumson men
took up the mallets for the army side
and gave the All Ireland four. still suf-
fering from sea legs, quite a contest.
The lineups were as follows:
All ireland. Camp Vail.
Capt. l.. Gouding No. f.......... Tom Field
c. G. V. Douglas .NNo. g.. Gen. II r. Borden
Capt. II. i. GIN Back. .......... G. f. Lee
Considering the fact that they had
come off the Majestic only the day
before the Irish players furnished sur
prisingly high class exhibition. Doug
las, who has been made out the weak
brother" of that side, gave the impress
sion that he is nothing of the sort. He
Is a dangerous hitter. Douglas Is only
"a years old. Capt. Gill has been seen
here before. He came over some years
ago with the Grenfell team.
The Eastcott four took the field at
Meadow Brook with Stephen Sanford
at No. 1, Major Hurndall at No. 2. Earl
w. Hopping at No 3 and Major Lock-
EFT at back. Lockett is the same old
Lockett-crafty. reliable, heady. San
ford is quite a surprise. Until last
year, when he practiced with the Amer
lean team In England. he was an un-
known. Fast polo company has made
him fast, too.
At Rumson last night the polo COM
mittee rendered dinner 30 the Argen-
tinian and Irish players. 1t was an
rounced that the Polo Association had
designated Capt. Harry III. Holmes as
the official referee OF the Herbert me-
mortal and national open championship
tournaments-a great selection--the best
possible.
Special trains viii be run from the
Pennsylvania station tomorrow for the
match at Rumson. which will be started
at o'clock. The Argentinians, at thirty
goals, will have 20 concede five goals
to Orange County, which will go out
with W. A. Hartman at No. 1, c. C.
Rumsey at No. 2. Malcolm Stevenson
~ NJ q and Morgan Telmont M ha clx