Word: chukker
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...sided game Saturday night at the Commonwealth Armory in Boston the University polo team defeated Yale by the score of 18 1-2 to 3 1-2 before the largest crowed of the season. After the first chukker the Crimson mallet men completely outclassed their traditional rivals...
...wiping out their defeat of last spring. F.A. Clark '29 and R.B. Burnett ocC, starred for the Crimson. The latter scored four of the University goals, while Clark was positively effective on the defense. The University team was ahead from the start, and at the end of the third chukker was leading 5 to 0. Goals scored in the fourth chukker by Clark and J.P. Cotton Jr. '29 clinched the victory...
Starting the game with the one point handicap given the Crimson players in the league games because of their higher rating, the University horsemen soon galloped into the lead and were never headed. Clark started his scoring in the first period and tallied in all but the last chukker. He made the best shot of the night at the start of the third period when he travelled at full speed down the center of the riding ring, hit the ball at about quarter length, and with a powerful sweep, drove it the remaining distance in the air for a score...
...second chukker Gerry tried a backhand shot, missed the ball, and was thrown from his pony. He received a bad shaking-up but soon after remounted and continued play...
...superior was the team play of the Freshman poloists that the Artillery was able to score only once, that point coming in the third chukker when Storer scored on an individual dash down the right side of the riding ring...