Word: polo
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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WHEN the Varsity polo team made its Chicago debut last weekend it was to defeat the Fort Sheridan riders 6-5 1/2 in a game which was touch-and-go until the final whistle. Before a crowd of 11,000 spectators the Harvard trio, Towny Winmill, Hen Gerry, and Captain Tommy Davis demonstrated that they had the winning combination...
...Commonwealth Polo League, Harvard's Freshman and Jayvee teams have walked off with the honors for their respective classes. Winning all their matches, Larry Davis, F. Skiddy von Stade, and John Roosevelt comprise the second Freshman team to garner the Estes Cup for Harvard in the last three seasons. Von Stade played at No. 2 position, and from that berth collected the high scoring laurels with 32 points to his credit, Davis with 13 is next in line. This outfit meets Yale at New Haven next week, where they should give a good account of themselves...
Even if the Jayvees lose their match this evening, their five straight wins to date put them in line to receive the Commonwealth Polo Association Cup for Class R. Ed Gerry, Fred Ayer, and Paul Fox will meet the Medford trio in the Armory tonight to start off what should develop into one of the best evenings of polo seen there for a long time. Ed Gerry's 29 goals puts him far ahead of his team-mates as regards scoring. He has played several times in the Varsity games, and is the high scorer of the Harvard squad...
Allen prepared at Exeter, and captained the undefeated Freshman hockey team. Oakes graduated from the Oak Park High School, and was the football captain. Both he and Allen are members of the Union Committee. Von Stade is a graduate of St. Pauls School, and is a well-known polo player. He was the captain of the Freshman poloists this winter...
...athletics, 239 swim, 231 are squash racquetmen, and 119 take special corrective exercise. Participants Percent Swimming 239 23.5 Squash 231 22.6 Special Exercise 119 11.8 Track 86 8.4 Basketball 84 8.3 Crow 65 6.4 Boxing 47 4.6 Wrestling 44 4.3 Fencing 44 4.3 Hockey 22 2.2 Gymnasium 11 1.1 Polo 9 .9 Managers 8 .8 Miscellaneous...