Westbury, Sept. 11, With hard-riding, accurate-hitting Cecil Smith galloping through the defence and revealing brilliant stickwork fòr seven goals Old Westbury beat the Greenstree quartet and retained the United States Open Polo Championship here today, 16-7, Thirty-six thousand spectators saw the Four Horsemen of Westbury outplay last year's runners-up. The victors triumphed despite an injury suffered by C. V. Whitney, who was kept from play for 20 minutes.
Tommy Hitchcock, once considered jas the world's finest player before the rise of Smith, and Pete Bostwick were the only two men who stood cut for the losers, but even they were not up to their usual form, Toward the close of the first chukker, Greentre J. W. Whitney half-missed the ball with a busi swing, His mallet swung up and cut C. V. Whitney's head, C. V. Whitney, who plays for Old Westbury, dropped from his horse and was removed to the clubhouse where he was given first aid, He returned to play after 20 minutes. His play, however, suffered since he was too weak to play his usual bustling game and he failed to be very useful in riding off, Smith was in great form and the former Texan Cowboy scored seven of -his team's 16 goals, Mike Phipps also starred with six goals, Bostwick and Hitchcock hammered in three goals each for the losers, Greentree lost to Old Westbury last year 11-6—United Pre:
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