Evening star., 1932-04-08
OUTLOOK IS BRIGHT
FOR FINE POLO HERE
Army Squad and High Goal
Long Island Team May
Come for Series.
BY ROBERT B. PHILLIPS, JR.

The Spring polo season of 1882 in
Washington will be the brightest in the
local history of the mallet game un-
less an unexpected hitch develops in
current negotiations to bring the United
States Army polo squad and a high
goal team of Long Islanders here for
three-game series.
Reports today from the District BIZ
centennial Commission and local Army
polo officials stated plans for the trio
of matches on Potomac Park Field were
still i'll the tentative stage, but moving
rapidly toward favorable conclusion.
Permission to charge admission at
the field has been obtained, and the
Army managers have expressed willing
is awaited here now of selection of the
opposition personnel.
The feature contests probably will be
staged Tuesday, Thursday and Satur-
day of the same week in May or June,
but the Army players would remain
here several weeks preparing for par
ticipation in Long Island championship
matches.
Impetus to Series Seen.
While the games would be of caliber
seldom witnessed here or in other cities
the size of Washington it is expected
they will lend impetus to rather than
overshadoW the regular series between
the Artillery and Cavalry teams at Fort
Myer. the War Department aggregation
/ and the Fort Humphries players
That this annual series free to the
Washington public, embodies excellent
play is attested by the probability that
three N the six men trying out for the
Army championship outfit belong to
local teams. Lieut., Fred w. Mckinney
OF the Fort Myer Sd Cavalry. Lieut..
A. r. S. Barden of the 10Th Field Ar
| tlllery at that post and Maj Joseph
Swing, who rides with the War De-
partment, are expected to compete for
honor places on the squad. Mckinney
carries a four-goal handicap, while the
other two are rated at three goals.
Maj. C. C. Smith, a 6-goal player
who at one time toured with the Army
team in the Argentine and was men,
Der OF the famous Old Aiken Four last
year; Lieut. George w. Read, jr., of
Fort Riley and Lieut.. Mcdonald Jones
are others who it is known would ap-
pear for the tryoutS here. All are ma
I tlonally famous stickmen and the
diminutive Mcdonald Jones is known
as one of the finest horsemen and
hardest hitterS in both the indoor and
outdoor game.
/ The Army squad could easily assemble
/ a II or l8 goal four representing stiff
/ competition for a quartet half composed
/ OF the high goal international stars and
completed by two lower rated, but
/ capable players
! Authorization OF ,oractica noptae+e u,itl
the ranking poloists of the service has
/ spurred on early practice at Fort Myer
and the War Department.
Ponies Reported Superior.
The string Of so Government owned
1 and II private ponies stabbed at Fort
Myer Is reported decidedly superior this
/ year to any horses seen in action here
IN past years Conditioning and tram
ing has been under way for several
weeks, and the favorable weather has
/ permitted some outdoor practice re-
Gently.
Three or four well balanced teams
Snould appear at Fort Myer this sea-
SON While the War Department prob
ABLY VIII send out two or more. In ad-
dition to Barden and Makinnev. Fort
Myer boasts siZable list of handicap
players The Cavalry contingent in
ciuqes Capt Lucien Truscott Capt
u. l. smith, Lieuts. Noble and Holbrook
ana others, while the Artillery has
Sapt. ROBERT Maraist, Capt George D.
Shea, Lieut.. Dillingsley and two prom
slng beginners, LeutS Stone and Wat
SON.
The combinations led by these men
pan within two or three weeks to in
ausurate the first round robin series
against War Department fours. featur-
ing MAJ. George Patton, Mai. J. l..
DeVers' Maj. John Eager, Lieut.. Gordon
rogers and Maj. Swing. Tournament
pay Will continue throughout the
spring and into the late Fall.