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...early 1900s, a group of recreational polo players forged Harvard’s first foray into the sport, and by the late 1920s, the team tasted real success under the leadership of Forrester A. Clark Jr. ’58, a six-goal outdoors player. In the 1950s and 60s, Crocker himself, his best friend Adam Winthrop ’61, and Russell B. Clark ’61 further legitimized the sport on campus—but with neither official University recognition, nor the requisite resources, the survival of Harvard polo remained tenuous...
...Though Nick considers the polo team to be in the upper reaches of the club sports, gaining varsity status for the team is not his goal. He wants to sustain undergraduate participation because “what that transfers down to is the athletic department, and the school realizing that there are kids who are involved and there could be a place permanently for polo if there was support,” he says. “Ideally, we want everybody to come out and play who can, and hopefully in the future, if alumni and the school itself realize...
...Crocker’s eldest son, 43-year-old Adam—Adam Winthrop’s namesake—is the last American player to have obtained the highest possible rating of ten-goals (the scale begins at -2). Now Nick is a four-goal player recruited to play for money—something that happens to only one to three out of a hundred collegiate players, he says...
...first chukker, the power play between Nick and Charlie Hutchinson, UConn’s leading player, makes immediately clear that the two teams are closely matched; the seven-and-a-half minutes end with UConn in a one-goal lead. But in the second chukker, Harvard loses its close follow, racking up multiple crossing violations and missing several foul shots. By the chukker’s end, Harvard is four goals behind UConn—not a good place for a team that had seen itself at least on par with UConn in previous games...
...Hutchinson wildly flails his horse at Nick’s to ride him off, unsteadying his opponent. With a graceful tumble off the side of his horse, Nick lands with a powdery thud. The umpires call a simple penalty against UConn, and Nick receives a free shot at the goal...