The New York herald., 1922-07-30
Staccato Spanish Yells
of ArgentinianS' DiScOncert
So Say Hopping and Sanford of South American Polo
Players-Expect to Beat Them When They
Meet in Tourney at Rumson.
BY CAPT. II. H. HOLMES.

The response and encouragement the
Rumson. Philadelphia and Meadow
Brook clubs are receiving from polo en-
thusiasts all over the United States and
Canada is very flattering to those who
initiated and made possible the very in
teresting series OF polo matches be-
tween Representatives of America. Eng
land. Ireland and the Argentine.
Each clubs though originally very op-
timistic about the size Of the attendance
that will be present at the games, has
had to materially enlarge and improve
upon its seating accommodations.
These international games will not
only be the sporting events of the sea-
son but the greatest social meetings OF
the year. The Ambassadors. attaches
OF the various embassies and prominen.
military and naval representatives have
accepted invitations to be present dur
ing these contests, and on several oc-
casions 1t Is expected that the President
will honor the events with his presence
Hopping Already Here.
Earl Hopping and Stephen Sanford
are the first players TO arrive from Eng
land and twenty-one Of their ponies are
already quartered at the Meadow Brook
Club. and six more mounts belonging
to the Eastcott team will be here this
week.
The forty-seven ponies owned by the
Argentine and Irish teams are sailing
with twelve grooms on the S. 8. Missouri
from London on August 2. Hopping
who has been playing against the other
visiting. teams this present season In
England. is very enthusiastic about the
feast OF polo that Is scheduled for six
weeks commencing the last week In
August
In analyzing the chances of the seven
teams Hopping. who is one of the most
prominent polo authorities in the world
and very conversant OF the playing pos
sioilities OF all the teams. says that
the sides are equal under handicap
conditions. Both he and Sanford expect
to reverse the results OF the games In
London. where they were defeated by
the Argentine Polo Federation repre-
serftatives. This team OF theirs. known
as Eastcott, proved to be the second best
aggregation playing in London this
season. The Argentine four proved in
vincibfe. but Eastcott, the runners up
In all the high goal events have ma
terially strengthened their team by the
inclusion OF Major F. 3. Hurndall OF
the Fourteenth Hussars and Major
Vivian Lockett OF the Seventeenth
Lancers. Both Hopping and Sanford be-
lieve Eastcott can finish up the season
by sending the Argentine team back to
South America with broken record.
Spanish IL Demornlfxing.
In discussing the games in which he
played against the Argentine four Hop
ping said that one OF the most demoral-
izing features Of their play was hearing.
during intense action. staccato instruc-
tions In Spanish. While the members
OF the South American team are OF Eng
lish extraction and habitually use that
language, they. for the purpose of con-
fusing their adversaries. shout team d.
rections In n language familiar to them
but dsconcerting TO their opponents.
However. neither Bilburn nor Stoddard,
the captains OF two Of the American
teams. are taking course in Spanish.
although II is very evident they must
not neglect anything else. IL they wish
70 defeat the visiting teams
According TO the two players that are
already over here. the Irish team 10 a
brilliant one, and will be mounted on