Harvard Polo Club Defeats Alumni

Coach Mike Andrew led his Harvard Polo Club team to a 3-2 victory over the Myopia Hunt Club-Harvard alumni-squad yesterday afternoon in the first polo game ever to be held in Harvard Stadium.

Andrew, one of the finest players in the Northeast, scored all three of his team's goals and helped keep the ball in the Myopia end of the field during most of the four chukkers (periods).

After demonstrating a few rules of polo to the 500 fans who showed up for the game, the two teams began the first chukker.

The alumni-Crocker Snow '26, Terry Snow '61, and Adam Winthrop '61-scored their first goal within two minutes of the first seven-and-a-half minute chukker, with Winthrop tallying from ten yards out.

Andrew and his two teammates-Rick Powell '73 and captain Howie Corcoran '72-were unable to score despite numerous opportunities, and the chukker ended with Myopia leading, 1-0.

But the Harvard team got going in the second chukker, as Andrew scored two goals within the first three minutes. Sophomore Peter Bennet, player and business manager of the Polo Club, took off from his concession business to replace Rick Powell in the Crimson line-up during this period.

The third chukker saw Harvard pressuring the alumni, but not managing to score. Andrew added his third goal early in the fourth period, and Terry Snow scored a goal at the gun to account for the final 3-2 tally.

Andrew, who played for Cornell in his undergraduate days and who currently teaches at UNH, was pleased with his team's performance. "Our boys are coming along well, considering none of them knew how to play polo three years ago. They just need to get in a lot of riding practice," Andrew said after the game.

The afternoon was successful for the Polo Club not only from the scoring standpoint. Over $1000 was collected to help alleviate the club's financial strain.

In fact, everything turned out very well yesterday, except in the pony give away. Lucy, a Shetland, was supposed to go to a thrilled kid. Instead. Lucy went to Billy Muleahey, a member of the Polo Club, who said he already has three polo ponies and has no place to put Lucy.