Word: poloed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...majority of these clubs--ranging in activities from riflery to gymnastics to water polo--struggle to pay for their own equipment, tournament fees and travel expenses...
...extremely strong team this year, but we couldn't afford to enter the big meets at Army or Fordham," water polo captain Phil Jonckheer '74 said. "We were forced to stay in New England and play a light schedule...
...captain of this year's squad, junior Garrick Steele, never played polo before he came to Harvard. Of the other members of the team--Joe O'Connor, Dan Wienberg, Fred Bower and Steve Bandeian--only one had ever played the sport before he arrived in Cambridge. They are all lucky, however, that Harvard even fields a polo team...
...Harvard polo was active in the 1950s, but died out in the past decade. Not until 1968 did the sport kindle a renewed interest. With alumni support and much effort on the part of the players, the polo team got under way again. Because it is a club sport and because of the high cost of maintaining the horses, financial support from old grads is counted upon heavily. They seem to be receiving it, as last year's team placed fourth in the nation...
...polo team has a lot of things working against it. In spite of this, the outlook this year is very good. "We should do as well as last year, if not better," was the modest quote from Steele, the team's scoring leader. They may do better, and if they do, they maybe, just maybe, will receive some long-awaited and much-deserved publicity...