The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-08
BY CAPTAIN PERCY R. CREED fSnAciaI aasod XVfre fo AgeHpraIdl

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 NEW YORK, Sept. 7.-The time has arrived for a final review of the pros poets of the rival polo teams who enter the lists Tuesday to contest the polo supremacy of the English-speaking peo- pies.
 What does this mean? It means the eight finest players which the United States and the British empire can dis cover in their far-flung territories mounted on the finest ponies which the greatest pony-breeding countries-nota- ply Ireland and the Argentine-can produce, educated to the last word in eff ficiency and hardness, and trained to the hour, will be matched against each other. These are the outfits which 5O,- 900 spectators will see on the famous field at Meadowbrook Tuesday.
 The American players are easily dis tinguished by their plain white shirts which serve to throw into relief the dark blue jerseys of the Englishmen, emblaz- oned with the rose of old England.
 The eight periods of 712 minutes du- ration each will see the small, shiny white ball of English willow, weighing five ounces, punched hither and thither by the flying horsemen, and it is safe to prophecy that many a time the spec tatOrs will be swept off their feet as the game surges up and down the ground, as fast as thoroughbred ponies, the eager partners of their riders, can lay leg to the velvet turf.
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 Color and movement, the genius of pace in man and animal cultivated to the peak of perfection by unremitting skill and patience-that is the spectacle "a ball game and a horse race com bined, lavish in every thrill which could stir the pulse of healthy man or wom- an. It will draw to Meadowbrook Tues day the most thoroughly representative throng of English speaking sportsmen and sportswomen which was ever assem- bled on either side of the Atlantic.
 The British invasion of friendly ri- vals is led by the Prince of Wales, who so happily embodies in his own temperament and activities the tastes and ideals of the average Briton of his generation.
 As everyone knows, the Prince is an ardent polo player himself, and he will view the game through the eyes of a critical connoisseur. He stands for the spirit of sportsmanship, of which he has been so aptly called the unofficial am- bassador."
 It seems as certain as anything can be that America will win easily the American team, on the form which it has exhibited in practice since it went into serious training on July If last, is almost certainly the strongest team yI1 al haa into ha field It is always difficult to draw convincing comparisons between the champions of different generations men or animals-at any sports or games.
 Yet in this case, the speeding up of polo has been so rapid and so recent that it may be said to date from 1909, when Harry Payne Whitney organized his famous Meadowbrook team, consist ing of himself, Milburn and the two Waterburys. They came to England, saw" and conquered very easily.
 Milburn is still playing back for the American team of 1924. The other day he expressed the opinion that Monty Waterbury was the finest forward he ever saw. Will he retain this opinion after playing behind Tommy Hitchcock Tuesday,?
 Unfortunately. the English opposition which strikes this phenomenal strong American team is, on their form in the preliminary practice, the weakest team which England ever has placed in the field on this side of the Atlantic.
 have explained in previous articles that those who controlled the strategy of the English players made the fatal mistake, from which there could be no recovery, of only allowing the team three weeks, instead of two months, in which to become acclimated and to find their American form.
 The result is that the team was only