New-York tribune., 1922-10-03

f This game was arranged for the
I special purpose of providing the
meadow Brook team with its final pre-
paration for the two great interna-
stional matches with the all-conauer-
ting Argentine four, tomorrow and Sat
surday afternoon. 1t is hoped that Stod-
dard will have so far recovered from
his fall by tomorrow that he will be
able to take his place in the big
Four line. He is universally regarded
as the greatest No. in this country.
and without his services Meadow
Brook would be hopelessly crippled.
Argentine Team In Tie
While Meadow Brook and Flamingo
were thus battling fiercely on the main
field, the Argentine four were holding
fast six chukker practice game on
Cochran Field, adjoining, against an
unusually powerful pickup team,
composed of J. A. Trench, Elliot C.
Bacon, Major Vivian Lockett and Cap
tain F. A. Gill. The game ended In a
tie at 4-all.
There will be no play this afternoon,
but there will be treat for horse
lovers in the form of polo pony
show. arranged by the National Polo
Pony Association, to be held on the
grounds of the Meadow Brook Club.
urday will begin at o'clock.
From the start Of yesterdays game
between our greatest team and the
Flamingoes, the riding was of the most
desperate character, Meadow Brook
being determined to overcome the
heavy handicap as soon as possible, and
Flamingo apparently fully as set upon
holding as much of their advantage as
possible.
No quarter was asked and none
given in the many fierce brushes that
cnlivened the. game from start to
finish, apd Flamingo surprised the gall
launched against the famous interna-
tional four, an attack that enabled
Flamingo to invade Meadow Brook
territory frequently and score only
three goals less than its opponent.
Harry Payne Whitney and w. Averell
Hartman acted as umpires and Cap
tain Harry H. Holmes was referee, and
soon after Whitney had made the
throw-in Tommy Hitchcock scored the
first goal on powerful hit from the
side. Harry East then marked up one
through the Meadow Brook forwards.
Hitchcock made another goal shortly
nfterward, and then Milburn, who was
playing all over the field, hit wonder
full lofter from the 50-yard mark,
scoring one more for Meadow Brook.
Malcolm Stevenson was the last to
score in this chukker, taking the ball
on a pass from Cooley, after the latter
had taken it along the side boards all
the way from the center, a pretty bit
Of polo.
Millburn's Play Features
Two special drives from the 70-yard
mark, after the throw-in in the second
period, found little Cooley scoring
made n brilliant goal on a dazzling
slant shot that must have carried
almost ninety yards. Milburn was the
best man on the field, not only making
astonishing saves when his goal was
threatened, but also hitting for terrific
distances and riding off opponents in
mastery manner.
Stoddard, after sustaining a fall at
the end of the second chukker, came
back with a vengeance in the third
and fourth periods, scoring two goals
in the third and another in the fourth.
Flamingo retalated in the fifth by
making two goals, via Stevenson and
East, while Hitchcock scored another
for Meadow Brook.
Then came the sixth period, when.
Prince and Stoddard came to grief.
Milburn made the first goal, emerging
from a fierce scrimmage with the ball,
and Prince tailed for Flamingo, after
race down the field with Hitchcock.
This was followed by two rushes up
and down the field, with every player
on the field in a furious drive across
the Flamingo goal as Webb dribbled
the ball across. StLddard and Prince,
riding "hell for leather" crashed to-