Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-04
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Britons Win, U. S. Four Bows
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Very Impressive.

nj With their test matches a
Y matter of history, the
United States and Great
Britain polo teams today had
only to await the call that will
send them into action Saturday
at Meadowbrook in the first of
the series of three international
matches.
Just who will ride forth in the initial
encounter is more or less of contec-
ture, and probably will be until the eve
of the opening skirmish, when Capt.
Tommy Hitchcock of the American
team and Capt. C. H. Treamayne, non
playing leader Of the invaders, an
nounce their line-ups.
If the two captains adhere to the
line-ups selected for yesterdays final
test matches, then Eric Pedley. Earle
A. S. Hopping, Hitchcock and Winston
Guest will ride on the American team
with Lewis L. Lacey, Gerald Balding,
Capt. c. T. I. (PaO Roark and Lieut.
Humphrey Guinness making up the
English quartet.
Neither team showed much in the
way of offensive power yesterday.
Yanks Lose, British Win.
At Sands Point the American team
was defeated by the Red team on ham
dicap, IL goals to 8, and on the Cochran
Field at the Meadow Brook Club the
British scored over Soslyn, 8 to 5. The
Reds were given four goals.
Both games we're played with i've
minute instead of the regulation seven
and a half minute periods, and both
sides were, at times, apparently saving
themselves for the more serious doings
of Saturday. Neither teams perform
ance was outstanding as team, though
there were evidence of individual bril-
lance. OF the two international teams
the Americans were facing what was
perhaps the sterner opposition and,
leaving the handicap out, they won by
o single goal.
On the American side the impression
was left that the team was a bit stale.
and had gone OF a bit in spots
With the British there was the feeling
that they were still short of work.
First Game for New Lineup.
1t was the first time that the visitors
had ridden for eight periods with the
lineup they used, and there was plenty
of evidence that they were not quite
used to it. The other most prominent
fault was in hitting
The fault Of the American side was
harder to diagnose. Certainly in the
past, the Americans have been eacoun-
tering no difficulty In rolling up much
larger scores against opposition equally
as strong. Recently Elmer Boeseke, the
lanky Californian, has begun to play
brilliantly for the Red team, but the
improvement of one man could hardly
account for this second handicap defeat.
Yesterday the Americans had Earle
A. s. Hopping at No. and the same
order elsewhere that has prevailed for
a month Eric Pedley at No. /, Thomas
Hitchcock, jr., at No. 3 and Winston
Guest at back. They were defeated BY
Pete Bostwick, Cecil Smith, Stewart
1glehart and Boeseke. This Red team
Is a very strong one, with every man
Just shade below international form.
Hitchcock Plays Fine Game.
Hitchcock played extremely well, and
Guest was again good back. Hopping,
who has been shunted back and forth
so often he has had no chance to ac-
custom himself to any set of team
mates, played well in spots, and Pedley
was not the deadly accurate goal-getter
he has been.
The British were riding as they fin
1shed their match at Sands Point Sum
day, with Gerald Balding. Lewis Lacey,
Capt. C. T. /. Roark and Lieut.. Hum
phrey Guinness in that order. They
were opposed to Stephen Sanford at
No. 1, j. c. Rathborne at No. 3, Robert
E. Strawbridge, jr., back, and James
Mills and Michael Phipps for four Pc
RODS at No. g.
They were never threatened with de-
feat, but they had a good deal of diff
ficuity in scoring. Their attempts at
team play we're often broken up by ag-
gressive and good backfield play on the
part Of either Strawbridge or Rath-
borne, but almost as often by their own
failure at picking up passes.
Gerry Balding was not very comfort
able at No. / for most of the game,
though he did show improvement before
It's close. Lieut.. Guinness was not quite
as sensational as he had been in the
past two games, but he was sound
back.
Lacey Makes Brilliant Play.
Lacey at No is able to give free
rein to his individualist tendencies.
Once he topped try for goal and, be-
bore the popping ball could fall to earth
again, swung his stick through the air
like a saber and flashed an astounding
goal.
Capt. Roark has yet to play with the
speed and form he has shown in the
past over here. He almost gives the
impression of consciously holding In.
The line-ups:
REDS GD: WHITES .D'
&c. II. Bostwick. Il T. tgS..ntr.
&C. Smith. 2-E. =; 2. tlyppi ~
IS b. Iglehart, IL. ni ..S =. -, ..
Back-E !. Boeseke'jr. bacK-"lhstoh N"es'
RsS; dr. :" siG 1GS $S -iii
GOALS. Reds-smith ca, Islehart 90.
poeseEe tsi. handicap ~; Whites-Pedley
I3l Hopping Hitchcock 49,. Guese
roferee-IyaDt w j. White. Time OF Pc