MAY NOT PLAY COLLEGE POLO SERIES THIS YEAR

College polo officials are in a quandary owing to the recent decision by the Second Corps Area not to hold the intercollegiate polo tournament this year under its auspices as it has done since the championships began in 1923. The Second Corps Area notified the United States Polo Association of its decision last Saturday.

Captain S. F. Clark, coach of the University poloists declared last night that the tournament would undoubtedly be held this year even though no definite arrangements have been made. In his opinion college polo has been developed far enough to resist any attempts to destroy it. The sport in colleges is developing young players and furnishing men to compete on teams after they leave college. The U. S. P. A. realizes this, Captain Clark declared and so is anxious to have the intercollegiate tournament made an annual affair and placed on a definite basis. Captain Clark intends to enter the University riders in the tournament again this year.

Army Has no Facilities For Meet

Major General C. P. Summerall, who is in command of the Area in his letter to Mr. L. E. Stoddard, chairman of the United States Polo Association stated that it would be impossible for the army to hold the tournament again because of the limited facilities at Fort Hamilton. Major General Summerall further said that "if college polo be only a college sport without any military benefits perhaps the United States Polo Association would be better fitted to organize and sponsor such an intercollegiate association than the army." Collegiate polo is well advanced, Major General Summerall thinks, and further military encouragement is not needed.

Mr. Stoddard has announced that the U. S. P. A. would do all it could to aid in the continuation of the championship tournament. So far nothing definite has been done on the matter, but the U. S. P. A. will meet on February 20 to decide on the fate of college polo.

Pennsylvania Institution Offers Field

Pennsylvania Military College has offered the use of its field in Chester, Pa. for future tournaments. Colonel F. K. Hyatt of P. M. C. is very anxious to have the tourney held in or near Philadelphia this year. He has advocated that a committee be appointed to make an investigation of polo fields in Bryn Mawr., Chester, and Bala.

The facilities at Pennsylvania Military College are among the best in this section of the country and Chester is easily accessible from Philadelphia. If the P. M. C. polo field should be used the tournament would still be without financial support. The U. S. P. A. would have to sponsor the tournament if the military college field should be chosen for the 1925 meeting of the college polo teams.

Must Have Site Near Large Cities

Mr. Stoddard has emphasized the importance of selecting a site that is easily reached from the large cities. Among the fields that have been suggested are the Westchester-Biltmore field at Rye, N. Y., and the Crescent Athletic Club's new field in Brooklyn, N. Y.

The University four was eliminated from last year's tournament in the semifinal round by Princeton. The Orange and Black team later beat Yale for the championship when the two teams met in the finals.

The University, Cornell, West Point, Yale, Princeton, Virginia Military Institute, Pennsylvania Military College, and Norwich entered teams in the tournament last year. The winner of the Eastern championship plays the Western champions in a series of post-season matches to decide the national title.