Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-30
ARGENTINE BEATEN,
7-6, BY NEW TEAM
Hartman Is Americas Star
in Triumph Over Highly
Favored Invaders.
BY ALAN J. GOULD.


7 INTERNATIONAL FIELC, Wes.bury
N. Y. September 29.-The new
Big Four of United States polo,
/ emerging from slumps and shake
ups in spectacular fashion. signal
iz,d their international debut today by
beating the powerful four hcrsemen
from The Argentine in the first match
OF the series for the championship OF
the Americas.
While chilled and half-soaked
crowd of 10000 booked on in surprise,
Tommy Hitchcock's hard-riding, hard
hitting quartet staged sensational fin
ish to beat the highly favored invaders,
Z TO s. in as tnrillinGly close polo
battle as the historic Meadow Brook
| turf has seen in some time
After almost being put to rCut By a
sustained attack that gave the Argen-
tines an carly 5-to-2 lead, the Amer
| leans put en- great comeback TO tie
| the score in the sixth period and win
in the eighth and last chukker.
/ W. Avereil Hartman, who was put
back at the No. position on the United
| States team only two days ago after
being summarily removed, scored the
! deciding goal for the United States. 1t
was fine T5-yard shot after beau
| tiful run and gave the homebred team
| The margin it held. in spite Of the des-
Dcrate final chargc Of the South Amer
leans.
Victory Is Cican Cut.
Narrow as was the margin of United
! States triumph in this new polo classic.
which involves the unofficial Champion
| ship of the world as we'll as the official
/ title for the Americas, it was neverthe-
| less clean cut and we'll earned. 1t will
/ take one more victory for The Amer
/ leans to clinch the crown, but they have
| at least an even chance to achieve 1t
next Wednesday i'll the second match OF
! the series. The third, If needed, will
| oe played the following Saturday.
Hartman. r::I1;ng out in front like a
wild Dervisii. especially in the decisive
eighth chukkcr. was the star of the
/ American attack. consricuCusly so be-
cause he had been regarded beforehand
/ by experts as the weak link in the new
| big four He scor0d four of his teams
ITALICS, three Of them on spectacular
( individual CfICrts and the other on
| pass from Capt Tommy" Hitchcock,
/ who accounted p-rconaily for The other
/ three Americsn coa'S with a typical
/ exhibition of erc2. hor5 manship and
| hitting power.
| Behind III s. two Gashing forwards,
/ Malcolm Stevenson, veteran No. g. and
! Winston Gust. ictmcr Yale star. who
| also appeared III International combat
i for tn, first time, put up great de-
| :cnsive barrier
! Guest. filling the post at back Occu-
/ pi,d so il,uStriCusly and for so long by
| DcvcrcuX Miiburn. figured repeatedly
/ in the attack with tremendous drives or
| rode of Argentine threats. while Ste
| venson. seldom spectacular. was never
! theless an effective workman in stopping
| enemy thfusts.
Defense Strong Near End.
1t was Stevenson's fine defensive work
| that had most to do with checking the
Arg ntine rllshes in the last half. in
which they scored only one goal. Just rs
it was Harriman'S brilliant riding end
hitting that repeatedly ncnaced the
South American goal.
Except in the second and third
periods. the Argentines, with The famous
Lewis Lacey leading their attack as well
rs handling the main burden of defense,
displayed neither the hitting power nor
,7amwork that had been expected of
them. In those two chukkcrs. after the
Americans had gotten the jump in the
opening period. the South Americans
cooked like world-bcatcrS. Their pass
ing. hitting and strategy had the
Yankee quartet bewildered as Lacey
scored three times and Miles and Ken
ney each once.
One of Lacey's shots. a tremendous
drive that carried fully 100 yards to
| roll through the goal posts. was as
spectacular as any in the game.