Hide Article Text (OCR)
Rodeo Arena to host polo tourney SaturdayPolo, anyone'’That rough sport matching mounted contestants using long mallets to try to knock a large ball through goals will be on display Saturday and Sunday inthe Williamson Countv Sheriff's* *Posse Rodeo Arena in Georgetown's San Gabriel Park, which will host a National Polo Tournament staged by the American Association of Sheriff's Possesand Riding ClubsTHE TOURNAMENT, featuring four Texas teams, will be free and open to the public Games are slated to begin about 10 a m each dayGHS boys to competein district track meetGeorgetown High School boys track coach David Greeno said this week that his young squad will probably be out gunned when it travels to Round Rock Friday for the Dist 12-AAAman on the squad, and he has the fourth fastest district time in the high hurdles He can run a lot faster than he has. because he's been hampered with an tn-Preliminary competition in the district meet will begin at noon Friday, with finals at 6 p.m. in Round Rock's Dragon StadiumjuryF K Doss, a San Angelo resi dent who is helping direct the affair, said this week that teams from Buckingham and Sanginaw iboth in the Dallas-Fort Worth area* and two teams from the San Angelo Saddle Club are expected to compete in about three games each dav The tournament, saidMrDoss, will be played as either a round robin or double elimina-t ionHe said 48-50 players and their families, along with 50-60 horses, should arrive inGeorgetown sometime Friday night‘ IT S A PRETTY ROUGHcontact sport, said Doss “You have about 12 men to a team, who use mallets 55 60 incheslong to try to knock a ball a little bigger than a basketball through pylons set 21 feet apart and located at either end of thefield.The field is lined off into five zones l\ss explained further.with goals scored from farther out counting more than ones scored near the goal.They play four 15-nunute chuckers” tperiods! with five-minute rests between chuckers and a 15-minute halftime,” hesaid whichever team has scored the most goals at the end of the final chucker winsIt's really something to watch, and if the rain hasn't made the arena too muddy, we'll probably play come ram or shine,” he addedvyvSv8*31*IIAkn
Newspaper Details
The Williamson County Sun
Georgetown, Texas, US
Thu, Apr 21, 1977
Page 4
Full Page
Clipped by
Anonymous
USA 29 Nov 2018
Other Publications Near Georgetown, Texas
Georgetown Williamson Sun County
Georgetown Mugafoam
Georgetown Mug A Foam
Georgetown Sunday Sun
Georgetown Sun
