Evening star., 1936-09-06
GREENTREE -FOUR
CAPTURES TITLE
Conquers Templeton, lilo,
in Overtime Battle for
U. S. Championship.
BY ALAN GOULD,
Associated Press Sports Editor.

" v goal deficit in less than
two periods. Tommy
Hitchcock's Greentree four staged q
spectacular rally on famed Interna-
tional Field today to beat the rugged
young Templeton team, IL to 10, in an
overtime battle for the United States
open polo championship.
Ten-goal Tommy, the polo worlds
highest ranking player, tied the score
with little more than one minute to
play in the eighth period, on a free
shot. His nine-goal teammate and
Irish internationalist, Gerald Bald
ing, then climaxed Greentree's great
comeback by taking a pass from lit
tie Pete" Bostwick and shooting the
deciding goal in the sudden death"
extra period.
1t was the second straight open
championship triumph for the Green
tree combination, rounded out by
John Hay (Jock)- Whitney at ba.k.
Last year the champions knocked out
Templeton in the semi-finalS They
repeated today, before a cheering
crowd of 10000, after apparently
being licked by the youthful quartet
composed of Mike Phipps, Jimmy
Mills, Stewart Iglehart and Winston
Guest.
Bostwick Is Leading Scorer.
ROSTWICK, the well-known steeple-
chase rider, set the scoring pace
with five goals, but the combination
of Balding at No. 2 and Hitchcock
at No. 3 dominated Greentree's play.
The two high-goal stars, by sheer in
dividual brilliance and accurate hit
ting in the pinches, offset the su-
perior team play of the Templeton
four and furnished the spark for the
decisive rally.
Hitchcock was so closely covered
that he failed to score from scrim-
mage, but tailed twice, on free shots
and repeatedly turned the play at
critical stages besides putting the ball
in position for goals by Bostwick
or Balding, who scored four times.
Greentree's early lead was wiped
out in the fourth period by Temple
ton. Led by Iglehart, who played
brilliantly at No. 3, the challengers
gained three-goal margin in the
fifth period and led by 9 to after
Phipps Tailed his fourth goal early
in the seventh chukker.
HitchcOck's Goal Ties 1t.
GOALS by Bostwick and Balding.
on passes from Hitchcock, brought
the champions within one goal Of
tying the score before the end of the
seventh. Igleharts goal made it 1913
for Templeton at the start Of the
eighth period but Bostwick galloped
100 yards for a pretty goal and
Hitchcock then tied the score with
a free hit squarely between the posts
from 40 yards. Balding missed
good chance to clinch the game with.
ing regulation time, but came through
with the climax shot after hot over
time scrimmage. Whitney made up
for earlier defensive lapses by figur-
ing prominently in the closing rally.
The victory earned Greentree the
right to represent the United States
in the series with Argentina for the
cup of the Americas, starting Sep
tember 10. Some question exists,
however, as to the eligibility of Bald
ing. who played for Great Britain
against the United States in this
years international cup competition
in London.
Line-ups and summary:
Greentree .nn. Positi Templeton no).
G. n Bestwgick- No. Michael Phinps
T. Hitchcock. jr.-No. 3--stewart ielehart
J. H. Whitney ey----Back-- Winston Guest
Score by periods:
TrsentTee I,.ea e---------- IJ31 oo1 oood1 1233-1I
Goals-Bostwick l5). Baiding (4j. Hitch
e9ek ~: Phipps "a. Mills t2). 1slehart
Free tries--Hitchcock out Of 3: Isle-
hart, l out Of l; Guest; none out Of 3.
Referee-Devereux Millburn. Umpires
Thomas Brady and E T Gerry.
Time of periods-7l7 minutes.