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Coach F. D. Sharp, of the Military Science department, and manager F. C. Sondern, Jr. '32 will accompany the team on the trip. F. S. Nicholas '33, will play at No. 1: E. T. Gerry '31, who is captain of the University trip and whose handicap was raised yesterday from five to six by the indoor Polo Association, will be at No. 2; and H. I. Nicholas, Jr. '31, at back will complete the University aggression against the mid-westerners. C. N. Bliss '33 will also accompany the team as a substitute...
After praising the team for its steady improvement throughout the season, Coach Wachter stated yesterday that he was hopeful of a win. In the first games of the year the lack of height of both centers and guards proved a severe handicap. Lately, however, the team has been successfully using the defensive tap. That is, the men have so arranged themselves that no matter which center gets the jump, they have a good chance to get possession of the ball. This opening strategy, combined with accurate hook-passing over the heads of the opposing guards, puts the Crimson within scoring...
...York Racquet & Tennis Club last week the United States Polo Association held its annual meeting, attended to routine business and, specifically, to the delicate question of handicaps. They raised the two able Texans who played in the East last summer- Cecil Smith from seven goals to eight, Rube Williams from six to seven. Beside Williams, three other players were raised to seven: Robert Strawbridge Jr., Stephen ("Laddie") Sanford of the open-champion Hurricanes, and Stewart Iglehart of the young Old Aikens. In the great first flight of polo-the internationalists-they left Thomas Hitchcock Jr. at the highest possible rating...
Twenty years ago Violinist Albert Spalding decided that it was a handicap to be the son of a man so rich as James Walter Spalding, board chairman of A. G. Spalding & Bros., famed sporting goods concern.* First concerts never pay for themselves. All young musicians start out with patrons. But poor boys, even though patronized, succeed far better than rich ones in capturing popular imagination. Silver-spoon talent is regarded as unlikely. Albert Spalding's debut was received with a certain suspicion. Says he: "The audience seemed to expect me to come out in a baseball suit." The wise...
...elephant that can bow, flap its ears when requested, dance, lie on its master without crushing him is usually a distinct asset to a vaudeville actor. But when work is difficult to obtain, an elephant, black or white, becomes an imposing handicap. Many a vaudeville actor or circus man must starve himself to keep his animal going...