10 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL. FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 1913. POLO CIRCLES STIRRED BY NEWTROPHY PACIFIC CUP A THE REAL STRUGGLE HAS ONLY BEGUN Goldberg THREE TEAMS STIMULUS FOR PLAY SPEEDY LOCAL TALENT POLO IN SOUTH Tournament Inauguration of Such Spirited At Coronado Ends A Trophy a Tribute To California With Whites Players At Top RAN DIEGO. Jan. 2.?Three teame JOHN D. BROMFIELD took part in an American polo tourna- The statement of H. L. Herbert, pub- ment at Coronado today. One was the lished in The Call Monday morning, Whites, nominated by Mre. O. A. that the American Polo association in- Critchley. wife of the Calgary player, tends to inaugurate a Pacific circuit which won the prize. It was composed cup, the relative value of which will be of R. Lloyd Jones. Australia, No. 15 the same as the western and southern Captain J. C. Besle.y. Coronado, No. 2, circuit cup. has aroused unusual in- Reggie Weiss, Pasadena. No. 3, and terest among the followers of the sport Harry Robertson. Canada, back. on the Pacific coast. Herbert is chair- The blue team, nominated by Mrs. man of the Polo association, and his John Hobbs, was composed of O. A. announcement shows not only the in- Critchley, Canada, No. 1; K. G. Snow- creased popularity of the game In the den, Canada. Xo. 2; John Hobbs, Coro* ?western country, but that the sports- nado, No. 3, and Carlton Burks, Pass-* men of California have won recogni- dena, back. tion from the organization which con- The third team, the green, nominated trols practically all of the clubs on by Mrs. C. G. Ross, was as follows: this continent. Walter H. Dupee, Coronado. No. A sure indication of the rapid growth Richard Carle, Canada, No. 2; Harry of polo In California is the big increase Weiss, Pasadena, S; Major Colin players. eight No. In the number of Six or G. Ross, Coronado. back. years ago, when the English game was by teams in their embryonic America, The total scores the ?till in its state in two periods of competition with on* the Burlingame club often found It another were: Whites, 5; greene, 4; difficult to round up the eight players blues, 2 necessary regular match. In 3-4. for a In the turn of the blues and the those days Walter Hobart. Thomas whites the score was even at two Drlscoll, Richard M. TobUi, John goals They then scored three eon, Francis J. Carolan, Charles Dun- each. the to the greens' one. Phy, E. W. Howard and three remaining competition thw younger Tobins?Cyril, Joseph O. and In the greens scored three to the blues' one. Ollie?were the only exponents of the safety, cutting a game in these parts, and the arrival of But Hobbs made a an as Captain quarter from the blues' score. occasional visitor euch throughout was very spir- Wainwright or Mackey was The play? Frank J. ited. A feature was the' hard riding hailed with delight. At that time the ponies. matches were played on the Burlin- of the swift Pasadena game club's field, on the Howard prop- erty in Burlingame. which subsequent- Jockey Once Was ly was subdivided into town lots and YSWIMMERS ARE PENTATHLON SET Famous sold for home sites. SAMOAN NATIVE TOSSERS HEAVY HITTERS PAST VERSUS PRESENT a Newsboy "What a contrast to the auspicious opening of the present season: Four 14 ST. LOUIS. Mo.. Jan. 2.?Frankl* \u25a0omplete comprising TRAINING BUSILY to Avidity FOR JANUARY teams, War Club Wielders Take Baseball With ? If local j premier jockey army O'Neill, of the French players an<l one visiting English at his officer, in on turf in 1910, 1911 and 1J>12.-is took part the tournament here for a three weeks' stay. He Xl Palomar field New Year day. Even Water Dogs Preparing for W. M. Crose, naval governor of American Samoa, playing exhibition games of baseball. The natives Deferred Y. M. C. A. Ath- home swingers owns property in the city and his father then all the local stick did way good use among native were interested at once. The white man had made Hematite, participate. Big Meet to Be Held has found a to put to the letic Event Will Bring has a big farm near Mo. not The leftovers were them stow away their war clubs, and the fortune Hobart, Cyril Samoans the otherwise lost art of wielding a war watching Frankle's rise to fame and "Walter Tobln. Cheever women make tapa cloth did not give them very much Nlghte" story. Cowdln. W. G. Holloway, Paul Verdier January 24 Paymaster Atkinson, who Out the Stars reads like an "Arabian Jr., we club. F. H. arrived here real excitement. Here was. a game that was almost as Otis Skinner as Hajj In "Kismet" had and Christian de Guigne and if than are to we hear, men yesterday on the Ventura, told all about it, and inci- good as war, and they w«nt to it like ducks to water. nothing on Jockey O'Neill. L«se believe what these 12 was a. newsboy could organize a fifth team which Swimmers at the T. M. C. A. yester- dentally brought the first news of the Samoan baseball "Every village," said Paymaster Atkinson, "now The Y. ML C. A. federation yesterday years ago Frankie and sold the Republic Grand avenue would be able to take the measure of day started in training for the big, league. has its baseball nine, and we have two baseball agreed on January 14 as the date for at any of the four teams that participated and North Market street. swimming meet that will be held in It has been said that America governed the Philip- leagues. One league is made up entirely of native the holding of the championship indoor Now Jockey O'Neill Is under contract in Wednesday's tourney. pines with a baseball bat and a package of hope de- teams. The crew of the Princeton Further proof of the great prosperity- the "V" tank January 24. More than a constitutes the pentathlon. This event was originally to William fff?ni Vanderbilt, head of ferred smoking mixture. As we are bound by no league. They play rattling good ball, They of at an In store for polo in California is shown dozen of the swimming squad stripped other too. scheduled to be held at the Berkeley the house Vanderbilt. enor- promises in Samoa, Governor Crose is able to cut out are not much on fielding and they can't pitch. They mous retainer, his combined yearly In the increased number of teams that for their first workout for 1913, and gymnasium on December 17, but had and are invading the local fields. Last the smoking mixture, but is making a big success with catch pretty fairly, but when it comes to hitting there earnings will almost equal the salary from indications the wearers of the to be postponed. The event will take of season Lord Tweedmouth brought a the baseball bat. is hardly an island in the Samoan group big enough to place President Taft. triangle turn out a fast team. a week from next Tuesday at Is best horse T team from England and Major Colin will The crew of the Princeton made a little tour of hold them. They can hit any kind of a ball, and they the "V" gymnasium. "Prince Palatine the from Berkeley ever threw a leg over." eald O'Neill. "I G. Ross headed a fast quartet All the well known "V" cracks took the island territory over which the governor rules, hit it hard." The local association will be repre- Calgary, Canada. After receiving royal a few swings around the tank, and the won the St. Leger stakes oh the Prince sented by a strong team of six men. at the Doncaster track last year, and treatment at the hands of the local work for the first day was considered L. H. Day Is one of the best milers in players, the titled Englishmen re- satisfactory. The Y. IC. C. A. swimmers also piloted the same horse to victory the association and has an Indoor rec- In £10,000 Jockey club turned to the old country, resolving to have made a big reputation for them- ord 4 54 F. the stakes and DOIN' for minutes seconds. Cail- £10,000 Eclipse stakes in England this visit the Pacific coast again in the near selves during the last year and the AUSTRALIA'S IT is good at the mile also, but his Major another mem- men are going JAVELIN DISCUS teux year. Prince Palatine is a beautiful get TO CHANCE future. Ross and to into their best OBSTACLES AND the vault. P. West K. G. Snowden, al- forte Is fence H. bay horse, bred In the purple. H\u03b2 cai\ ber of his team. condition for the big meet TOO; is another strong contender for the ready are back in California and are Inspector Coffman of the Y. M. C. A. WILL SEND A perhaps run all day. * originally fence vault. Norman Dole is tvon playing in the preliminary matches at intended to pull off the affair the best all around athlete in the local "I the French Grand Prix this Coronado. for the purpose of establishing records REMOVED j year on a horse called As d'Atout. DEAL FULLY NINE TO U.S. FOR SCHOOL ATHLETES team, and at present is performing visiting ' way. Still another team will be in for the local branch of the A.