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1916


Miss Eleanor Sears and Mrs. Phillip Stevenson Rival Team Captains.

 

  Narragansett Pier, R.Il, Aug. 19- Yachting on Narragansett Bay and polo, golf, and tennis at the Point Judith Country Club have provided diversion for devotees of sports in the open during the last week at Narragansett Pier. There have also been numerous luncheons and dinners given by members of the villa colony.

  Zest was given to outdoor sports on Monday by the advent of Miss Eleanor S. Sears of Beverly Farms, Mass., who arrived here to visit Mr. and Mrs. G. Maurice Heckscher of New York. Miss Sears was entertained at luncheon on Monday by Mr. and Mrs. Heckscher, and soon after was whirled away in a motor car to the Point Judith Polo Club.

  A polo match was arranged there to follow a special game between the Wanderers and Point Judith. Miss Sears was chosen Captain of one polo team, the Reds, and Mrs. Philip Stevenson was chosen Captain of the Whites. It recalled old times at Narragansett, when the present Mrs. Stevenson was Miss Emily Randolph.

  The line-up of the two teams was as follows" The Reds-Captain, Miss Eleanor Sears; S. Harold Freeman of New Jersey, Thomas Hitchcock, Jr., of Westbury, L.I., and Maurice Heckscher.

  The White-Captain, Mrs. Philip Stevenson of Westbury, L.I.: Rodman Wanamaker, M.C. Fleischmann, and Philip S.P. Randolph.

  The match followed the contest between the Point Judith poloists and the Wanderers after 5'o'clock. Both Captains, Miss Sears and Mrs. Stevenson, gave an exhibition of clever riding and dashing play.

  The regular Point Judith Polo Tournament was conducted this week with the final match for the Atlantic Cups, the trophies being presented by W.A. Hazard of New York, Secretary of the National Polo Association. Practice matches, however, will be played at Narragansett throught the month by the poloists remaining there.

  A spectacular event of the week was the Hawaiian ball, which took place on Friday evening at the Casino. Over 500 reservations were made for dinners at the Hawaiian night fete preceding the dancing. A portion of the ballroom was arranged to represent a cocoanut grove, with real grass, and a fountain splashing in the centre of the plams and cocoanut trees gave a realistic note to the scene. The proceeds are to be devoted to a New York ice fund.

 

The New York Times

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