Word: poloed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...some ways, the activity on a greensward in Southampton, N.Y., last week resembled a regulation polo match. The meaty thwock of a mallet hitting a polo ball punctuated the polite murmur of cultivated sideline conversation as a brightly uniformed player sped toward the goal. But one sound was missing: the thundering hoofbeats of the polo ponies. There was good reason. Instead of riding ponies, the players were astride a variety of bicycles, fiercely competing in a sport that is enjoying a rapid resurgence across the U.S.: bicycle polo...
...rules of bicycle polo are similar to the traditional version, with four players on each side, all trying to swat the white wooden ball between the opposing team's goal posts. Pith helmets or padded caps are required. But the mallets are half-size with 30-in. handles, the field is only a third as large, and a player is limited to three successive hits (compared with the unlimited number in regulation polo). For girls' teams, seldom seen in pony polo, the braless look is de rigueur...
Down Cycles. One other difference from traditional polo: the governing U.S. Bicycle Polo Association finds it necessary to outlaw "riding off," bumping another rider, a common practice in pony polo. "A pony is somewhat resilient and can bounce," explains the association's newsletter, "but a bicycle is an uncompromising animal and, if approached to the bouncing point, will promptly tangle itself with whatever it can lay its pedals...
...months the sign of the banyan tree has been sprouting all over Indonesia. Planes dropped leaflets and kites that displayed the spreading tree. Be-tjak (three-wheeled ricksha) drivers wore polo shirts imprinted with it. Practically every civil servant in the sprawling archipelago nation sported a button emblazoned with the symbol. Radio and television stations frequently played a song extolling the tree, traditional symbol of security, as the place "to hail while expecting the blessings...
Harvard athletes competing for a national title? Perhaps in squash or polo, but a Crimson squared facing teams from the Big Ten and Pacific Coast Conferences in the NCAA baseball World Series...