Word: polo
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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When Actor-Author John P. Wade saw the Walt Disney cartoon, Mickey's Polo Team, he sued Disney for a share of the film's profits. Alleged plagiarism: that the gag of the horses riding the riders had been lifted from Author Wade's skit, The Trainer's Nightmare. In court, attorneys for Cartoonist Walt Disney identified the device as a variation on "the reversal gag," easily traced it to Aesop. Said Superior Court Judge Thomas C. Gould, dismissing the suit and plagiarizing Ecclesiastes: ". . . It appears there is nothing new under...
Avenging last week's defeat the Varsity Polo team Saturday night nosed out the Candlewood riders 8 to 71/2 in a close-fought duel at the Commonwealth Armory...
...feature senior indoor polo league game of the evening, Harvard and Candlewood jockeyed for the lead, Harvard coming up from behind twice. For Harvard, Jack Lewis '40, No. 1 featured on the defense. Lewis tallied two goals, Dillingham three, and Stabler three...
...Polo, Varsity, Hartford, at Hartford...
...Polo, Varsity, Wilken Barre Whips (tentative), at Wilkes Barre...