Word: polos
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...over Yale would make a good season for the Crimson, however. The two teams play on May 5 at the Dedham Country and Polo Club. Richart hopes that the home course will give his players a two-stroke advantage over the long-hitting Elis. On the other hand, the Blue will have the upper hand in the E.I.G.L. match, which will be played this year on May 11 and 12 at New Haven...
...finals of the professional National Basketball Association playoffs; in Manhattan. Also in the finals : the Rochester Royals, winners over the Minneapolis Lakers, 80-75; in Rochester. ¶The Michigan State boxing team, over Wisconsin, 21-20, for the N.C.A.A. team championship; in East Lansing, Mich. ¶The Red Bank (N.J.) polo club, over the New York Athletic Club, 13-9, for the national indoor polo championship; in Manhattan...
...Giants' Catcher Rafael Noble (pro nounced No-blay), a hulking (214 Ibs.), barrel-chested backstop, who batted .316 for Oakland, Calif, last season. Cuban-born "Ray" Noble has already played in the Polo Grounds-with the New York Cubans. This year, Manager Leo Durocher expects cat-quick Noble to be the Giants' No. 2 catcher behind Wes Westrum...
...serving as a deputy to W. Stuart Symington on the National Security Resources Board. Last week, when Smith finished his Government stint and came home, Bill Long decided to take a rest on his 11,000-acre Rough Creek Ranch, 90 miles southwest of Dallas, where he plays polo with local ranchers and businessmen. "The way to live to an old age," says he, "is to spend a lot of time on a horse. You can't take a horse into an office, a pool hall or a country club...
...Grand Peregrination, by Maurice Collis. The 16th Century travels of the Marco Polo-like Portuguese, Fernao Mendes Pinto, whose Far East adventures cast him as soldier, merchant, pirate, slave, ambassador and Jesuit novice (TIME, March...