Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-07
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Fall polo tournaments to pe
staged In Potomac Park, starting tomor-
row afternoon at $3.50 o'clock, promise
to prove highly interesting. The tourna-
ments will end the polo season here.
They will be under auspices OF the
War Department Polo Association.
Play in the high-goal competition will
begin tomorrow, with the low-goal tests
getting under way next Sunday. In
event of rain double headers will be
played the next suitable day, starting
at 2 o'clock.
Entered in the high-goal affair for
teams having more than a five-goal
handicap are these combinations:
War Department Whites of this city,
Governors Island, N. Y; Sd Cavalry
and 18th Field Artillery of Fort Myer
Engineer School, Fort Humphrey. Va;
Loudoun- Fauquier Polo Club, Middle
burg, Va, and Maryland Polo Club of
Baltimore.
Teams listed to compete in the. low
goal tournament are the War Depart
ment Blues and Fellows, Governors
Island, Engineer School, Fort Hum
phreys; Loudoun- Fauquier Polo Club.
Sd Cavalry, 10th Field Artillery and
Maryland Polo Club.
Capital fans will be particularly inter-
ested in the opening match tomorrow. as
it will bring together two outstanding
fours of the Capital group, War De-
partment Whites and Sd Cavalry.
Following is the schedule for the re-
mainder of the high-goal tournament:
Tuesday, 18th Field Artillery vs.. Gov
errors Island; Wednesday, Engineer
School, Fort Humphreys, VS.. winner of
Mondays match; Thursday, Maryland
Polo Club VS.. winner of Tuesdays
match, and Saturday. winners of We'd
nesday's and Thursdays matches meet
in the final.
Pairings for the low-goal competition
will be made around the middle of next
week.
Strong fronts will be presented by just
about all the entries in the high-goal
tournament, and sturdy teams also are
entered in the low-goal affair. High
Government and Army officials will
watch the matches along with polo en-
thusiasts of the nearby military garri-
sons and this city.
Cavalry Four Strong.
An outstanding team in the high-goal
tournament will be the Sd Cavalry COM
bination, whose lineup comprises Capt.
Mark Devine, Capt. j. w. Cunningham,
Lieut.. j. w. Wofford, Lieut.. F. w. Nc
Kinney or Lieut.. C.. H. Noble. The
18th Field Artillery also has shown
power. 1t consists of Maj. Cortlandt
Parker, Lieut.. Mark Mcclure, Lieut..
G. c. Benson, and Capt. Maris, Lieut.. H.
M Roper or Lieut.. Smith as fourth man.
War Whites will present veteran
array, including Maj. A. r. Chaffee,
Maj. r. E. D. Hoyle, Maj. G. S. Patton,
jr, and Capt. l.. A. Shafer.
Such players as Warfleld, Lanahan
and Blackstone will make up the Mary
land Polo Club team, though its lineup
has not yet been announced
Splendidly mounted, the Loudourl-
Fauquier combination, with Arthur
White, the we'll known steeplechase
rider, and other high, capable players
on its roster, is apt to show strongly.
Reports here are that the Governors
Island four is formidable, having de-
feated some of the best teams in the
metropolitan area this season.
Capt. C. B. Cox is the leader of the
Engineer School team, which is young
but aggressive, and its other members
are Capt. B. Med. Shearer, Lieut.. L.
dub. Clay, Lieut.. F. o. Bowman and
Lieut.. H. G. Wolfe.