Word: handicapped
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...York, N.Y., April 2--A fast-riding Yale polo team overwhelmed the Harvard trio by a score of 10 to 7 here tonight at the Squadron A armory in spite of the Crimson's six-goal handicap lead. So closely were the Harvard malletmen ridden that only twice could they get free to score goals...
Tonight at 9.30 o'clock the Harvard polo trio will meet the Yale mallet men in the finals of the intercollegiate indoor championship at the Squadron A armory in New York City. The Crimson team, with six handicap goals conceded to it at the start, should have an even chance of regaining the title which it dropped last year...
...Crimson has developed into a much better aggregation than was thought possible at the beginning of the year, but the Yale trio is fresh from a victory over the hitherto unbeaten Optimists. Some objections have been raised that the Harvard team has a lower handicap than it should have, and this point would seem almost justifiable in view of the fact that the Elis, rated six goals higher than the Crimson, defeated Princeton on Tuesday by a much smaller margin than Harvard had only a week before...
...beginning of the game. H. I. Nicholas, Jr. starred for the Crimson aggregation, scoring a total of three goals, while Captain E. T. Gerry '31 followed with a single goal. The Harvard trio played rather raggedly at the beginning, permitting the opposing team to catch up on its handicap lead, but the Crimson mallet men picked up again at the end to win the game by a scant margin...
...other semi-final bracket by a 9 to 7 score, so the two rivals will meet in the finals tomorrow night. In view of the fact that Harvard recently beat the Tigers by a much larger margin, and since the Crimson trio will be receiving a six-goal handicap from the Bulldogs, it would seem that the University team has at least an even break for the championship. HARVARD PENN MILITARY H. Nicholas, No. 1 No. 1, Pickering Gerry, No. 2 No. 2, Teitel F. Nicholas, back back, Nicholls...