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...than usual. “The cards are really stacked against us. Cornell and UConn, they’ve got the facilities, the program,” Crocker says. In Harvard’s club, “there’s only one [player] that had any previous polo experience, which is a huge handicap against all the other teams we’re playing because they attract and recruit young players that come to play polo and have played before...
...year, several interscholastic players from all over the world—including one from Singapore that Crocker especially has his eyes on—have expressed interest in the club. If he were to have a say in the selection between two very similar applicants—one with polo experience, the other without—it could yield unimaginable gains for the Harvard team, Crocker says...
...aspect of polo, even the losses, comes to define the sport as a whole. The feelings that come while you’re on top of that horse are layered—and they compound, Scalise says. The thrill of being taken from one end of the field to another in seconds, the feeling of hot horse skin underneath white jeans, the vulnerability of depending on another living thing besides oneself—in the end, losing doesn’t really seem to matter all that much, and it would be difficult to not see other players...
...they carry on in the sport of polo, they’re going to run into each other again down the road,” Cissie says. “They’re all going to have shared this experience during this time of their lives, and I find that it’s fascinating, because I’ve been around long enough to see a generation continue...
...20th century, just as baseball was making a name for itself. The National Association of Base Ball Players had been established in 1858 and Major League Baseball itself would be founded in 1903. One day while riding a New York subway, Norworth saw a sign that read "Baseball Today - Polo Grounds." And in 15 minutes, he had scribbled the words of his fun-time anthem on the back of an envelope - now on display at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. The original 32-line ditty has been greatly distilled down to the version we know today...