New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-09-08

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the opportunity to play Argentine ]
Orange County showed plenty of
fight, but they could hardly have been
expected to do better against the faur
| that gave them six goals and then put
| them out of the handicap tournament
| Meadow Brook always had plenty Of
| guile with which TO battle the Orange
| mems sailies, however, even when they
were disincliBed W meet and turn the
| attack by supegior aggressiveness.
Meadow Brooks pnnies stood the COM
| parison with the Hartman string we'll,
| although this point is liable to be
| their weakest when they play the
Argentines.
Soft Field Hampers Play
| The No. ! field was soft and got
! pretty well cut UP before the game was
| finished, which seemed to bother both
| sides good deal, as all the players
| frequently missed their strokes, every
man on the field, on one occasion. try
| ing for and overriding the ball with
out touching 1t.
Teamwork and stroking en- both
sides was rather uneven. Meadow
! and some pretty shots that were as
good as anything yet seen here, but
/ these were exceptional. Belmont did
| some fine bits Of defensive riding of ;,
and Rumsey and Stevenson are to be
credited with several powerful thrusts,
though for the most part they were
unable to swing clear enough of Bacon
| and Hitchcock to get into action effec-
| lively.
1t was a bleak,gray day with high
| wind, and the stands held fewer spec
! tators than usual
! Play started at 4:19. and Stevenson
| carried the ball down the field at once,
where Hartman Melted tally from an
acute angle. On the next play Meadow
Brook got away fast and Won Stade
scored. Hartman then took the ball
from melee in front of his own goal,
carrying the length of the field in four
long strokes and whsekng it through,
| Meadow Brook, !; Orange County, 2.
The play ding donged the length of
the field several times without either
side being able to show much in the
way of an organized attack. Misses of
the ball were frequent and no scoring
was done, Meadow Brook, |; 0range
County, 2.
/ Orange Shows Aggressiveness
Orange County started very much
| on the aggressive. Won Stade, how
ever, pushed the ball out of melee
at the side boards and Hitchcock seered
| on long difficult shot from the cor
/ ner of the field This seemed 10 put
| energy into Meadow Brook, for they
ran q away with the ball on the next
play and Ven Stade scored. A back
! handler by Milburn from the center of
| the field fed the pill to Won Stade.
we'll out front, but the latter's shot
was blocked by Stevenson, who made
marvellous save in the mouth OF the
goal. Hitchcock, however, poked it in
Meadow Brook, 4; Orange County, z.
Meadow Brook opened in Orange
County territory, but could not get
Brook pressed so hard, on the other
hand, that Hsrriman's men could make
no counter attacks. Meadow Brook,
d; Orange County, 2.
Milburn's team forced the going, and
lengthy melee in Orange Ceunty's
half Of the field took place. A foul
was called on Meadow Brook on a
safety play, but Belmonts shot went
wide, after an Orange rally had carried
Meadow Brook, d Orange County, 2.
Milhurn, Hitchcock and Won Stade,
in three shots, carried the willow the
length of the field. Won Stades stroke
went wide, but moment later he
found it free in the melee, and knocked
it through after making very short
turn on his pony, A Meadow Brock
attack was thwarted by Bslment's good
defensive work. An Orange COUNT
player svas crossed. but Relment's shat
at goal did not carry. His team took
advantage, nevertheless, of their pre1-
unity to the Meadow Brook goal rs
score, Stevenson knocking the ball
through from q melee. Meadow Brook,
5; Orange County. 3.
Attempted Free Hit Fails
The chukker startaa with an at
tempted free hit by Belmont oh account
of Meadow Rreek safety play at the
end of the last chukker. II failed. a
long shot by Hartman carried straight
for the goal 1t was blocked en- fAe
threshold by MilburR, hut Stevenson
followed up and Knocked it through 4
little later the ball was knocked clear
from melee in Orange territory and
Won Stade poked it In Meadow Brook,
Ie; Orange County, 4.
The orange-shirted riders begsn To
press hard. Ruihsey carried the willow
deep into Meadow Brook soil, but his
| long shot from difficult angie missed
| narrowly. Another thrust failed whsu
the ball buried itself SO deep in the
| eappy field that it had to be picked out
/ By hand, Meadow Brock retaliatsd BY
working the play up the field for tally
at Hitcheoek's hands from the press.
! Meadow Brook, 7; Grange County, 4.