The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-02-15
Mallet-Swingers Prepare for Indoor
Tournament Held Yearly at Chicago
Nationwide Polo Tourney At.
tracted Thousands to
Windy City in 1893

Outdoor polo goes south ana west
for the winter, but just now at 50 in
door clubs throughout the country
there is feverish activity. Battles
leading to the East-West indoor
championships In March are being
staged in many armories, with more
than 1000 players participating.
While high-goal Texans, Califor-
mans and vieing visitors from other
polo points are struggling outdoors at
Santa Barbara, Pasadena, Del Monte,
San Mateo and on other sun-bathed
fields in California, indoor rivalry In
wintry climates reaches its zenith.
Championships are being contested
in eight geographical regions for the
right to play in the nationals which
probably will be staged again In Chi
Cages 124th Field Artillery Armory
where crowds ranging from 10000 to
Is 900 saw the 1888 matches.
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Meanwhile there is league compe-
tition in Chicago, New York, Boston.
Baltimore, Philadelphia, Cleveland,
Detroit and several cities in New Jer-
sey. Just before the finals at Chica~
60, the dates for which have not been
set, It is the plan Of the Indoor Polo
Association to send high goal teams
on a tour that will pause at many
cities.
Younger men rapidly are taking
over important executive positions In
the polo association, jobs formerly
held by their seniors, and new and
enterprising ideas promoting the game
are being adopted. Winston Guest.
l0-goal indoor man and probably the
best indoor player in America, has
become one Of the vice presidents, as
has Elbridge T. Gerry. who helped to
win the three important outdoor
tournaments of the 1888 season, in
Guiding the open, playing with Aurora.
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In addition to the present indoor
activity and the outdoor games in
more temperate climates, it has been
eported that the British are organ
izing for another invasion In search
Of the international trophy they lost
in 1921. This comes as welcome news
to poloists in this country, arousine
speculation at once as to how many
westerners, will be OH the team that
is selected to defend the cup.
The last international match left
a glorious picture. It was staged at
Meadowbrook in 1890, and the two
matches drew crowds Of $4,000. AT
prices ranging from - to $23, approx
imately 100000 was taken in at the
gate. A string Of British ponies sold
for $l83. 900, the top price for > mount
being $4,000. The record price for q
pony, by the way, IS $4,000 for m
Argentine gelding purchased by Ste
phen Sanford six years ago.
Though the British were hardly ur
to the hard-riding. long-hitting game
Of the Americans, they put up splen-
did battle, losing 10 to 5 and II to 3.
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| This year there is every prospect fos
q repetition OF the 1893 East West
outdoor championship ut Chicago
bringing together again the l0-goal
players. Tommy Hitchcock, Elmer
Boeseke and Cecil Smith. More thar
$4,000 people, many having their first
glimpse Of the game, saw the Expo
sition series.
It was an exposition" series II
more than the worlds fair sense, fod
crowds were amazed to realize how
rough and exciting . game pole
could be.
The three-game series was a
chukkers Of almost constant challeng.
ing with plenty Of fouls for rough rid.
ing. Cecil Smith fell after q collision
with the East's Raymond Guest. Hi.
pony, Texas Beauty, rolled on him
rendering him unconscious. TIN
tough Texan was out for 20 minutes
When he came to he waved q substi.
tute aside, continued-and piled VI
more goals than anyone else on tn.
field.
Rube williams, who has been in.
jured more than any other player II
the country, received . bad malle1
brutse.
Hitchcock was knocked from hi,
! pony and suffered . slight brain con.
cussion but rode on. The West''
Boeseke went down - young Ear
Hopping's pony crashed into III
mount. Though he suffered . pain.
fully twisted ankle when hts pony
rolled over him. Boeseke carried on.
In tho second game. Williams