THE POLO CUP

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 11, 13 July 1939, Page 17

THE POLO CUP

AMERICA'S PROWESS

(From "The Post's" Representative.^ NITWr YORK, June 2L

A 40-goai team—-four players^ each'j with the maximum 10-goal rating— represented America against a;. 30-. goal team -from Great Britain in; the ! international polo series, \Von ;- by';;■■ America, 11-7 and 9-4; to*:'-vretain ,the/ Challenge Cup that has rested on ith'is ; side of the Atlantic since 1921:;; ;\o

. Thomas Hitchcock has played ia;the: ■ internationals five;times and Has neye?: : .- been on a losing side.. He scored; four;;; goals in the 'first match of the:jcur r ; ; rent series, and four in \the-? second, i Robert Skene, Australian ..representa- : tive on the British team, was top- ! scorer for his.side, with three goals in r the first and two in the second inatch ri -

■ The matches; were played, on consecutive Sundays, the first delayed, till. 4 p.m. by heavy rain;and, the second decided in perfect v weath"ef. On the third: Sunday the teams met again, --iix wsH,unomcial «ncojunter, the Americans; conceding the visitors a 10-goal handi- ,; cap. The British team Iwbn, 16-4. The American player Cecjl Smith was injured in.practice, and^tvas out N of the contest. Aidan Roark,. of the^ British team, was severely injured in 1) the shoulder in a collision with Mike a Phipps in the first match, but resumed play after a rest* . . .'■■"■.

"Hitchcock'is still the world's best player," observe^ Gerald Balding, the field captain of the British team. Lord Cowdray, non-playing captain, added his tribute about the American captain.^ Balding observed that some of the challenging team's ponies did not stand up as well as was anticipated.

"They were two grand games," said Hitchcock, "the kind of games it is a satisfaction to win, because they .are ■-); difficult to win. We had.a real battle J on our^hands all the^way-j and put-; opponents ■' fought :. back magnificently." . "" " .".;"•..

1 The next series wilifbe played in 1942.' - '■ ■■■>--. /: :. = ':: ■• . ;

' An oiler made by the. Early Settlers* Association to contribute towards the "cost of repairing arid"painting the chapel in the Bolton Street Cemetery \ has been accepted by the City Council. The work-will be put in -hand when: the .weather permits!. . . .