POLO PLAYER HURT
NOTED ENGLISHMAN SEVERE INJURY TO BRAIN BRITISH TEAM IN AMERICA (Received February 20, 6.40 p.m.) LOS ANGELES, Feb. 19 When a pony stumbled and rolled on him, Captain Pat Roark, the noted British polo player, suffered a severe injury to the brain, the outcome of which doctors say is problematical. Captain Roark was playing No. 3 in a British team lead by the Australian,
Bob Skene, in the first preliminary match for the International Cup series in June.
The British team, which shipped 56 ponies to America, is making a six months' tour in an unprecedented attempt to regain the trophy, which has been held by America since 1914.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23277, 21 February 1939, Page 9
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