Sport: Polo Postponed

Floods came, winds blew and beat upon International Field at Meadowbrook Club, Long Island. Experts prodded the turf, found it saturated, slippery. The first U. S.-England polo match, scheduled for Sept. 5 (TIME, Sept. 5), was put off until Sept. 10.

Polo Facts. Polo mallets are croquet mallets, extremely stretched. The long handles are of flexible bamboo and the head of wood. It is the erroneous impression of many people, even after witnessing a game, that the ball (wood, about indoor baseball size) is hit with the nose of the mallet. This would be...

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