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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1914
Page
3
Meadow Brook hosts the first international polo match between American and British contenders before 35,000 spectators. The Haslingham Club and Polo Association showcase unchanged lineups led by Waterbury and Milburn. Lord Wimborne backs the challengers with Madrid training. A pony parade and high society patrons, including royalty, mark the eve of the title contest.
Weather fair and cooler with moderate N to NW winds at Meadow Brook Club field Westbury L.I. Grounds capacity 5000 with 4,000 boxes and 1,000 standing. Teams Great Britain and America with captains Tomkinson Cheape Barrett Lockett and Waterbury Milburn plus substitutes. Match best two in three games Tuesday June 16 with eight periods of seven and a half minutes each and three minutes rest between periods. Officials include Stoddard and Marsham. Special trains run from New York and Flatbush to Meadow Brook for the event.
A detailed account outlines equipment weights and heads for a cruise match on Long Island Sound. Players such as Barrett, Tompkinson, Waterbury, Cheape, La Montagne, Lockett, and Tomkinson are listed with mallet types and shaft lengths. Wireless orders from incoming steamers, referees, and a Westminster challenge are noted amid betting on the two-nets series.
Wagers placed on the international polo cup yesterday favored the American team with odds of ten to seven. Backers supporting the Hurlingham end sought longer odds, while bookmakers projected the Americans to win at ten to the likely margin.
The Belmont Park program featured close finishes and disputed placings. Hydroplane beat Miss Fielder in race one though many thought Miss Fielder swerved late. Naiad edged Orolund in a narrow finish. Coquette defeated T Finn by a nose in race three. Jel beat Rosenfield by a short neck in race five. Hester Prynne and Guy Fisher won comfortably in races four and six. Fair Helen faltered from favorite position, and Distant Shore failed to show form. Jockeys Ryan Neander Buxton Wolfe Notter and Butwell each had a win. Johnny McTaggart was at the track. his suspension ends Tuesday.
The Daily Mail predicts Meadow Brook will host Lord Wimborne's polo team in a decisive bid to reclaim the world cup from American hands. It promises a fast, splendid game with hard riding and clean hitting, and notes victory would honor Britain’s players amid strong American talent and support.
G Carlton Shafer meets G Howard Voshell in the New Jersey championship final on Englewood clay. Shafer and partner Wylie Geant face Gordon and Fraser-Campbell in doubles semi finals as the tourney winds down. Shafer defeated Throckmorton and Graves to reach the final, while Voshell and Baggs advanced to the doubles final.
A report from Pot Grounds yesterday claimed Heinie Zimmerman was married at a young age. The bride is said to live in New York, but Zimmerman refused to confirm or deny. Umpire Bil Mart ejected Zimmerman for kicking, underscoring limits to the cliché that all the world loves a lover.
Francis Ouimet of Woodland Golf Club tops the amateurs with a 14 over two qualifying rounds at Troon amid shifting course venues. Tom Ball of Belgium and others chase as McDermott arrives late, Weber fails to qualify, and holes are set for Prestwick finals June 18 and 19.
The eighty-nine entrant metropolitan lawn tennis championship begins today on the West Side Tennis Club clay courts in Forest Hills Long Island. Notables include Harvard champion Watson M Washburn Theodore Roosevelt Well P J Taman and H W Hackett among others as they challenge the current titleholder Washburn.
Philadelphia June 12 Miss Mary Browne and Mrs Robert Williams of California won the United States women's doubles championship at the Philadelphia Cricket Club, defeating Mrs Edward Raymond New York and Miss Edna Wildey New Jersey 6-1 6-2 in the final.
Head of the Polo Association, Herbert, is convalescing from a severe attack of acute indigestion and will miss the International game this afternoon. He was taken ill Monday at his office, moved to his hotel, and three physicians treated him for forty eight hours before declaring him out of danger. He was later moved to his country home at Lakewood.
Eastern Association scores show Springfield 0 with Hartford 4, New Britain 4 over Pittfield 0, Bridgeport 6 against New Haven 6, and New London 18 versus Waterbury with the final outcome pending continuation.
Belmont Park tracks hosted a fast surface on June 1 as two year olds contested a five furlong straight race with $400 added. Adronaut-Lileant offspring captured the win by driving, time 1:01 and change, owner Captarein B Caswatt, trainer J. Healy. Novice Beats Kahanamoku in the affair. Duke Kahanamoku, famed swimmer, placed fourth in a separate fifty yard open water event won by William Grace with a 2.25 second time.
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