The New York herald., 1922-08-28

americans will be a topic of conyer
II seems on this drab, sopping, sogg,
it may be that before the week is
out the fine triumph of the Ameri
cans VIII be only a passing incident
IN carnival of record breaking
competition and the finest polo yet
seen ON this side It's a remark
able field which has been marshalled
Tor the current tournanent as well
as the national open championship,
which will follow 1t,
Io-morrow's SCHEDULE calls for n
meeting betTeeen the Anglo-American
Eastcotts add the Flaminroes. the low
est rated, OF the seven entries The
contest will have sort Of semi-inter-
natioJAl flavor. for 1t will be two
Am dicans teamed with two Britons
aF1ainst four Yankees. Stephen San
'.ord, son Of John Sanford, the sports
man whose home Is at Amsterdam
N. Y. and who has raced many
n star on the turf. and Earl w. Hop
ping. the New Yorker who went to
England last year as substitute on
the American four, will join with Major
+. b. Hurndall of the Fourteenth Lam
GERS and Major Vivian W. Lockett OF
tho Seventeenth Lancers.
Americans Get Eight Goals.
The Flamingocs will take the field
with John C. Cooley, Harry East, Ben
jamin K Gatins and +. III. Prince, Jr.
AS the Eastcotts are rated at 80 goals
and the F1amingoes at % the English
American side will have to concede it's
opposition eight goals before MALE.
rs raised or pony canters. This
hooks like big handicap but the con-
census IS that the Eastcotts will have
no trouble in making UP those eight.
Major Lockett perhaps Is the best
known on this side of the British polo
leaders. He played great polo at
Meadow Brook In 1913 and 1914 and
was captain Of the British four which
lost the International cup to the Ameri-
cans last year. Major Hurndall, an
eight goal man, has been seen here be-
fore too. He played in California and
on the Gould estate at Lakewood in
1910. He still is ranked among the
fopnotchers In England.
Young Sanford practically was un-
known in polo until he got into scrim-
nages with the American four while
1t was preparing for the matches with
the British In England last year. Re-
Gently birmingham raised his handicap
tc five goals but this additional handicap
OF one will not hold for the remaining
tournaments this season. Neither will
the Increase of the handicap OF Lieut.
C.. ". Douglas OF the All Ireland team
to Ave goals hold good for this COM
petition. The decision as to ratings
went into effect I'm the first match, in
capped at 80 instead of 32--their re-
vised handicap ms just received from
England
The Argentinians were full OF praise
FOR the fine polo and lighting Qualities
shown by their conquerors yesterday
They offered no excuses for their elm
ination-they just could not give five
goals to that Orange County fNur. On
q fast and dry field the result might
have been different. The hard hitting
of the South Americans would have
brought better results, for yesterday, on
the cuppy field. shots which would have
been true on fast turf went wrong.
However, IL must be conceded that II the
invaders were handicapped, so we're the
Americans.
The Argentinians were defeated be-
cause. while they had the greater skill
in hitting and the faster mounts. they
tried to match English polo with =
slight Spanish accent against the
american kind-and the match was
altogether In favor of the Yankee style
The contrast between the games of the
two teams was sharp. The Argentinians
Lad remarkable team work but at times
their tendency to work in threes ham,
pered them against the brilliant in
dtyiduality of the Orange County stars
Malcolm Stevenson and c. G. Rumsey.
Louis Lacey. the great back of the
South Americans, is truly a remark
able player. But we will have to see
him on a fast field before we say de-
finitely that he Is not another Devereux
Milburi. British critics were unanimous
in declaring that Lacey was the greatest
back they had ever seen. Lacey may be
all that. but yesterday he did not play
polo as Milbourn plays II at his best.
1t must be remembered, though, that
the Argentinians had long, slow voy-
ago here from England-that they have
not had-a chance to become acclimated,
and that they need more work before
they can show at the crest of their
form.
Not Ready TO Challenge.
From what we saw yesterday we
would say that the Argentine Polo Fed
Grafton is not yet ready to hope for
success in an international series with
the United States. We also would say
that polo in England must be at low
ebb. The fact that the South Americans
outclassed every field in which they
competed leads one to make that asser-
tion. However, the visitors are likely
TO offer more convincing evidence OF
their prowess. While they are out of
the Herbert Memorial they viii compete
In the national open championship. a
scratch tournament. which begins on
Labor Day.
The sloppy weather has made the All
Ireland team rather restive. Capt.
Goulding and his team mates had hoped
for fine weather so they could make up
for their lack OF practice. But the condi-
tlons yesterday and to-day were horrible.
II was miracle that the match yester-
day was played at all. The Rumson
Country Club had insured the match
against rain and was sure to collect, but,
facing full schedule. II decided TO go
through with the affair II II possibly
could Considering the condition of the
field Il was remarkable that nobody was
thrown--that there wasn't single ac-
cident.
The All Ireland team has aroused
great interest and a fine turnout IL cer-
tain when Il take the field against the
Shelbourne House four on Tuesday. That
match may be the big feature OF the
tourney. Louis t. Stoddard and J. Wat
son Webb are members OF the Shell
bournes.