Polo

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIV, Issue 234, 10 September 1924, Page 2

Polo

ENGLAND V. AMERICA. GREAT ENTHUSIASM SHOWN. New York, Sept. 8. Louis Lacey, back and captain of the British poloists, is unable to play in the first game against the United States tomorrow because of an attack of shingles. Major Atkinson will be at back, Major Hurndall No. 3, Major Phipps Hornsby No. 2 and Major Kirkwood No. 1. It is likely Major Hurndall will act as captain. The announcement that Lacey has withdrawn is deemed by American newspaper sporting writers as a very favourable development for the American team. Lacey was to have been captain, and was thought by all t© be the best player in the British team. Both teams exercised yesterday, the Americans merely knocking the ball around the field in order to keep their muscles limber, while the British team played a scrub team, in which Phipps Hornsby was one of the players, and which won by 8 to 5. Notwithstanding the defeat critics reported that th© British are improving daily and that if Lacey could only participate the outlook was good for a close contest. Popular interest is the greatest ever seen in this country. Notwithstanding the postponement of the first gnme from last Saturday, practically no tickets, of which 40,000 have been sold, have been returned. The second match is set down for Saturday and the third next week, probably Wednesday.—(A. and N.Z.)