The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-10-16
AUTO POLO GANEs
At STATE fAI
W-,lt', Nost Sensational Sport
20 Feature Ora andstand.
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ssr-s q Kansas City IN search Of
god Gear rcCE road In ire country,
trss rom Obstacles Or interference,
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80 --ivers vas struck - the front
. yEee! q h.s uzc5re. T-e Judges ac-
c--pznylrg ire drivers ami Who were
E.,t!,g O, the running boards ot ths
;=o snail racers, began kicking this
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. ct,er. each driver following az accu-
-zts!y a. possible, MS aim being TO
pia-e his machine In s-ch position
alongside the can while n motion. thus
c,.erlng good Opportunity for his
This vas followed by 2 game OF old
fashioned Shiny n which the can was
very much battered and in which the
! contestants made Z tie as 70 driving
ability. Thus was originated what Il
rcw National sport Ire following
day a basket ball and couple Of heavy
uallsts was purchased and an Alfalfa
thrilling spectacle that resulted con
vinced those present, myself Included,
In the possibilities Of the sport"
After the initial contest daily practice
exhibitions were held for a period Of
five months Various young men were
given opportunities 70 Try out as team
mates for the drivers to act as their
mallet men. "Manv applicants for po-
sitions as mallet men we're tried out and
after going through their daily practice
those who were more adapted to this
form ot sport became accustomed TO the
awkward and dangerous positions Of
hanging on 70 the side Of A small rae.
ing auto-p0Io car and welding a heavy
three pound mallet while the car was
going at fun speed" said MI H,nkin.
son IN Aungust, 1912, the first game
drew in Kansas City and the third gams
drew an attendance OF 5000 people"
Mr. Haukus0n explained that auto
polo is played in periods Of ten minutes
each. five periods constituting one
game In the event Or tie score at the
end of the fifth period, an extra period
of periods may be added, until one end
las scored winning point over their
Iorponcnt The beauty Of a contest Of
this sort Is that no two games are alike
Each one rs entirely different from the
preceding one" said Mr.. Hankinson,
"fhcrefore much more interesting than
automobile racing, aerOplanlng motor
cycle racing or in fact most any other
sensational form of amusement"
Several Of the original players in
aut0-polO are now on a tour OF the
world. Eighteen PLAYERS after making
a tour Of the big fairs Of this country
will spend three weeks in Cuba, four
teen weeks in South America, five and
one-haIf months in Europe, returning
to the United states for one years en-
Auto-rolo games will be played in
front of the grandstand between the
harness and running events. Each pc
riod will last ten minutes which will
take up the intermission between the
horse races There will be something
doing every minute In front Of the
grandstand this fall.