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...last chukker rally a reorganized Harvard polo team pulled away from the previously undefeated Candlewood trio to win 3 1/2 to 7 1/2 at the Commonwealth Armory Saturday...
Three goals in the last chukker by Captain Tom Davis of the Crimson polo team gave Harvard a 121 to 114 victory over the Canaries in a Class A battle at Commonwealth Armory...
Although the Medford trio drew first blood, and got another goal in the second period which saw Harvard's opening shot through the posts, their failure to score in the following chukker during which the Blue Jays banged in two goals, gave the Sophomore riders a lead which they maintained to the last chukker. In the sixth period, however, the Ramblers evened up the score...
Evenly handicapped-25 goals for Greentree and 26 for Aurora-the finalists were almost even on the Scoreboard after the first four chukkers-6 goals for the Auroras to 5 for Whitney's team. But the crowd in the blue Meadow Brook stands had noticed two surprising differences between the teams. Seymour Knox's ponies were stretching their necks ahead of Greentree's in races for the ball and "Big Bo'' Boeseke, mounted splendidly on Red Ace, Dos de Oro and Cacique, was clearly outplaying Smith. In the seventh chukker, Boeseke barely saved himself from...
...over him, pinning his right leg, giving him a slight brain concussion. Play was stopped for 20 minutes, but Hitchcock insisted on going back. Shaken and aching, he rode automatically with an old campaigner's alert abandon, helped account for all three of the East's first chukker goals. Then red-helmeted Hopping slammed his pony unchecked into rangy Boeseke, rolled him to the ground and his pony over him. With a twisted right ankle, Boeseke played on. A foul was called and the West scored its first goal. For five periods the West kept within striking distance...