Sewickley Herald

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The Herald
The Sewickley Valley's Home-News Weekly
Vol. XXIX.   No. 44.
SEWICKLEY, PA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1932
Price 5 Cents
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SHADYSIDE AND VANG POLO TEAMS IN ACTION    — THEY'LL PLAY IN SEWICKLEY TOMORROW
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BENEFIT POLO GAME
Exhibition Match at YMOA
Tomorrow afternoon will bo a memorable ono in Sowickloy, as tho first polo
gamo over to be played here will got
under way at tho YMOA field at three
o'clock. 'The exhibition match, under
the auspices of the Sowickley Advisory
Council, for local relief and employment, will bo played by two well-
known Pittsburgh teams, tho Shadyside Academy and tho Vang teams. Tho
lineup is as follows: playing for Shadyside, Bailey McCroory, 1; David McCahill, Jr., 2; Arthur Aaron, 3; and
for tho Van team, Paul Mazuzum, .1;
Howard Adams, 2; George Vang, 3;
Jamos Groyden, substitute. David Me
Cahill will referee.
At two-thirty, tho excitement will be*
gin, for it is then that the 25-piwo
107th Eicld Artillery Band, in their
brilliant uniforms, will detrain at tho
station and march to the field, They
will bo led by several highway patrolmen, as thero will bo six stato highway
patrolmen and six stato policemen, besides tho officers from Edgeworth, Sowickloy, 0 s li o r n o and Sewickloy
Heights, numbering thirty in all. Tho
officers will bo under the direction of
the Traffic and Parking Committee, consisting of T. A. McGinley, chairman;
P. C. Sturm, vice chairman; H. P.
Burkholder, borough manager, Edgo-
worthj Chief David Gratton of Edge-
worth, and Chief Harold M, Rhoades
of Sowickley,
The pedestrian entrance will be on
Division Street only and there will bo
another automobile e n t r a u c o cut
through tho fence to enable 200 cars
to park between the" Annex and the
"Y'' building, at a small fee. Tho
usual entrance on Blackburn Avenuo,
will lio for only those, cars which havo
one of the forty parking spaces. By
tho way, instead of having a long bench
in front of the cars, Reynolds Ritchey
has donated 250 chairs, so that buyers
of the field sido scats will bo more comfortable.
Thero will bo tellers from each of
liio banks at each of tho three entrances
selling tickets from the top of a "Y"
table and making change out of boxes
donated by the Hegner Hardware Company. Thirty-six firemen in uniform,
will take tickets and direct patrons
to thoir places. Thoro will bo mon at
Blackburn and Division and at Hill and
Blackburn, to direct patrons to the
proper entrance, and signs, donated by
W. J. Fitzgerald, will bo posted at each
entrance making plain the admission
and location of tho different scats.
F. J. Cliestorman, vice president of
tho Boll Telephone Company, has arranged for the installation of a public
address system with six loud speakers
pointing in all directions out of tho
grandstand. Tho apparatus will bo at
the rear of tho grandstand, with tho
microphone at tho ground level. An
announcer, experienced in broadcasting
polo gomes, will explain tho play as
the players, on their fleet mounts, pur-
sue tho elusive ball from ono end of
tho field to the other. As a result, the
ninny peoplo who have never seen a
polo game, will find out what it is alt
about as the game progresses. In case
a horse throws a shoe, Bill Adams, Locust Place blacksmith, has donated his
services, and will bo ready to repair
any such damage.
At a mooting of tho general committee at the Edgeworth Club Wednesday evening, it was reported that
51 boxes havo boon sold, as well as 3,')
of tho automobile parking spaces. Tim
general   admission   sale   and   salo   of
grandstand seats aro also progressing
well. It whs decided to send a truck
with canvas banners advertising tho
polo game, throughout downtown Pittsburgh as well as other towns in tho
Valloy. Tho merchants will also be
requested to post the placards on their
delivery trucks.
At tho meeting it was also brought
out that Lewis A. Park has donated
$150 to tho Rod Cross Dance, for relief,
which will bo hold tonight at tho Edge-
worth Club, as well as $100 for the
polo gamo tomorrow. A letter will do
sent to Mr. Park expressing the Advisory Council's -appreciation of the
aid.
Thero will bo plenty of room for
everyone at the field, and everyone will
havo a good view of an exciting, interesting game. Thoro aro 500 seats in
the grandstand, 250 field sido chairs,
112 boxes, 40 automobile parking spaces
beside tho field, and room for soveral
thousand general admission patrons,
who may stand behind tho low boxes,
about the field and on the slope beside
tho Annex, Enjoy yourself watching
a new sport and aid tho needy of the
Valloy by attending tho polo gamo tomorrow.
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