By "Tue Savin The annual polo patch between America and Great Britain was playved on Thursday on the Shanghai Polo Club ground, and it resulted in a debacle, the American team simply wiping the floor with their opponents. Before searching for a reason for the huge divergence in score (fourteen goals to four) it must be noted: that the Americans played brilliantly, individually, and as a team, whereas the British, with the sole exception of Ralph Moller, were shocking individually and made no attempt at. team play at all. Apart from scoring ten more goals than the British, the Americans had to hit out only three times during the whole match, whereas their opponents hit out seventeen Painter made a magnificent captain. 'He kept his team well together, his instructions being always clear' and sensible, he never nagged and he worked hard the whole time. His play, if anything, was not quite up to his recent brilliant form, but he was always in position, and he never Jet his team. down, Bradford was not always accurate, but-he too was never out of position The honours of the day go to Forrest Sutterle. He played brilliantly and made never a mistake the whole afternoon. None played a cleaner game, with the possible exception of Harris and Keswick, who seem to possess that happy Knack, with Sutterle, of playing full out in' first class, fast, Polo, and never taking a doubtful chance. On his play Sutterle stood out far superior to any other back in There {s little to be said for the British team. "Moller played his position and worked like a Trojan, but he had no support and little encouragement. Keswick missed frequently, and was not on his game, but the forwards were far superior to the backs, who were lamentable. Palmer collld not reproduce the brilliant hitting that has been a feature of his lay recently, and never got going properly, whilst Parr, it was generally felt, was completely' off his game.
Great Britain—Moller, Keswick, Palmer and Parr, Ametica—Bi ford, Hartis, Painter and Sutterle, A very large crowd collected, and wore delighted, during the intervals play, by the excellent musie provided by the Inniskilling band, After the match My. E. 8, Cunningham, the popular president of the club, said a few words, and traced briefly the improvement' of American polo sin those days ten years ago when the British scored no less than' eighteen goals and for the cup presented by Mr, Cunningham's Sriend, Sir Peter Grain, have won four times' to Great Britain's three. Painter called for three cheers for Lady Brenan, and after Me. Cun-bingham had asked her to receive a beautiful bouquet of carnations from the members of the polo club, the band played the American and British National Anthems,
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