Evening star., 1936-07-19
FORT HOyLE COPS
:. EXCITING CONTEST
Wilkinson Plays Inspiring
Game as Team Bows, 618.
War MaIIeters Win.
BY ROBERT B. PHILLIPS. JR.

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~HERE probably is no phase Of
sport more delightful than
roofing for the game underdog.
i and $500 polo fans had royal
taste Of It yesterday at Potomac Park
field when Mai. A. c. Wilkinson and
the Quantico Marines went down
fighting against . better mounted,
better co-ordinated quartet from Fort
Hoyle. Md.
The final score was to 6, but the
great "Wilkie," one Of the best mall
letters ever developed in the Army,
still was slamming away toward the
enemy goal when the last bell tolled
off the Marines into the consolation
class and sent the Fort Hoyle players
into the semi finals Of the Southeast
ern tournament.
While his teammates appeared to be
somewhat at sea on horseback, Maj.
Wilkinson put up a gallant one-man
fight against a combination that
boasted one rising young star and
veteran whose motto IS defensive
player always has been they shall
not pass" The white-haired whirl-
wind from Quantico was somewhat
like q star shell bursting all over the
1ield at the same time, but 1t was to
no avail
Scott on Rampage.
T EUT. BRUCE VAN e. SCOTT was
forever breaking loose on long
scoring runs that Wilkinson, striving
10 carry both the offensive and de-
fensive burden. could not possibly
thwart, and any attempt to score ran
straight into that stone wall. No. 4,
Lieut.. Col. Joe Swing, formerly OF the
War Department team and now at
tached to the 9Th Artillery at Fort
Hoyle.
Earlier in the day a War Department
four stepped up another notch when
they met the Sd Cavalry Green team
ON the Fort Myer field and gave these
gentlemen q neat shellacking to the
tune of TO. Two of the tallies were
allowed them by handicap, but they
had no need of a head start. From
the first whistle they carried the ball
into enemy territory and kept it there
most of the time. If a fair percentage
of the close shots that missed had
gone instead between the pylons, the
board would have read about 1910 at
the end.
The lop-sided nature of this match
could be attributed principally to in
equality of mounts, although the
Green team was not hitting well even
when on the ball first. The War De-
partment four next viii meet the win
ner Of game yet to be played be-
tween the 3rd Cavalry Yellows. the
power house aggregation of the tour
nament, and the 10th Field Artillery,
National Guard, of Baltimore.
FAuquier- -Loudoun Makes Bow.
CmONOLOGICALLY next on the
ofiicial schedule is the tussle be-
tween the 18th Field Artillery Of Fort
Nfyer and the nine-goal invaders fly
ing the nag Of the Fauquier-Loudoun
Polo Club. This is set for today at
3 pm. on Potomac Park field. and
Is expected to draw another capacity
crowd since the Fauquier-Loudoun
people are rated As the second best
tets for . trip to Cleveland and the
s-ational finals.
During the first half of the Hoyle-
Quantico game yesterday. it seemed
at least family possible Maj. Wilkin-
son and his mates would be able to
hold their own against the favored
Marylanders. 'Wilkie" slapped one
free hit through the posts to make
the count 81 at the end of the first
stanza, held the Hoyle invasion to 2
goals in the second, and kept it at
As when the half was called. The
fourth chukker was blank for both
sides, each missing tally by inches,
but in the nth Col. Swing came for
ward into . scrimmage and scored
after his teammates had failed on
numerous tries, Maj. Ferren whipped
one over from hard angle, and
Scott broke away with a spectacular
run climaxed by q beautiful floater
over the goal line.
Wilkinson Keeps Fighting.
"A FER that devastating rush, VIII
kinson began to fight his way
back again slowly. Capt. Kimes picked
up one of his passes and put 1t In the
right place to make it IA, just before
the nth chukker ended, and came
right back at the start of the sixth
frame with a nice angle smack un-
derneath his horse, to bring the elu-
sive tie one point nearer. Then Scott
was free again and made his speedy
ponies count for one more sinker, des-
tined to be the last for Hoyle. After
much struggling and what is known
politely as exhorting Of his teammates,
Maj. Wilkinson then sneaked q deft
backhand through practically the en-
tire Hoyle team. The mark of s-6
still stood when time ran out.
Summaries:
Az, War Department a-Geal Ratinsl.
no, 1. 9. ). 4. 5. 9. r.