International polo used to mean the U.S. v. Argentina (and Great Britain) in a hard-riding, first-class show. The first big polo match since the war, probably due to recent diplomatic differences between Washington and Buenos Aires, was something less than that. At Long Island's International Field last week, 21,000 fans crowded the weather-beaten stands to watch a good U.S. team trounce a fair Mexican quartet for the second time in a three-match series.
At the late great Tommy Hitchcock's old No. 2 spot rode a burly Texas cowboy, 42-year-old Cecil Smith, who racked up...
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