The New York herald., 1922-09-01
FIan1ingo Quartet Trips
SheLbOurne in Polo Upset
Captures Herbert Memorial
Match at Rumson, 1877, in
Heavy Downp0ur.

Special Dispatch to THE NEW YORK HERALD.
RuMsoN COUNTRY CLUB, RUMsoN, n.
j.. Aug. 31.-The F'lamingo polo team,
which developed It's early schooling at
Miami, Fla, last winter, caused an
other surprise at the international
tourney to-day. Capt. Prince and his
fast riding team beat the .Shelbourne
quartet twelve goals to seven. The
winners had been conceded eight goals
by handicap and earned four.
Not in the history Of American polo
has a game been played under such
weather conditions. At o'clock, the
hour set for tho match to begin, over
hanging clouds began to ooze rain.
There was ten minute delay caused
by the late arrival of ]. Watson Webb.
No. 8, OF the Shelbourne team. who had
missed his train from New York. and
when the ball was finally thrown In for
the start 1t was pouring. while streaks
OF lightning liz up the sky, accompanied
by an almost constant rumble of thun-
der. These conditions did not better
throughout the match. In fact the game
was finished In a torrent which left
nobody about the lot unsoaked
There were no accidents. This is a
great credit to the wonderful horseman-
ship of both teams and the sure-footed
ponies. Only one played was unhorsed
In the entire hour and half OF play.
In the fifth chukker, a moment before
the ball rang ending that subdivision of
the game, Harry East, who played No.
for Flamingo. turned his pony too
quickly in midfleld and lost his seat. He
landed on the ground like a trained
acrobat. rolled over. and regaining his
feet, ran and caught the pony's bride.
In moment he was in the saddle
again.
ShcIbourne Outp;ayed at Start.
For the first three chukkers Flamingos
played desperately aggressive game.
They rode off in daring fashion. took
every chance galloping for the ball, and
actually outplayed the famous Shell
bourDe players on the fiat. The score
OF goals earned at the end of the third
chuleSer was: Flamingo. A Shelbourne,
3. With the handicap added Flamingo
now has a twelve goal score, seemingly
too much for Shelbourne to overcome.
At the beginning OF the fourth chukker
the style of play completely changed:
Instead OF playing the ball up and down
the middle of the field. Flamingo re-
sorted to strategic offensive tactics, Cir
cling the field from board to board and.
when a goal seemed imminent, care
fully drove the ball out of bounds. In
the parlance OF polo, they burned up
time"
Capt. Stoddard's men rode with des-
peraton. They seized every opportunity
to play the ball and carry 1t goalward.
In the fourth chuklser Watson Webb
managed to hook the ball away from
East and Gatlns near the boards facing
the club stand, and his stroke. driven
from an acute angle, carried the goal
posts for goal. This was the only
score in this chukker.
Two splendid tries by East were met
by well timed back strokes OF Straw
bridges mallet. In fact. the Bryn Mawr
youngster generally played a superb de-
fense back. catching many balls labele1 /
goal as they bounded over the turf
toward the line. A foul by Shelbourne.
a bit OF cross riding by Strawbridge in
his ambition to reach the ball. gave
Flamingo a free drive, but the upturned
turf prevented a score.