Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. This photograph appears with the article, "MIDWICK CAPTURES COAST POLO CROWN: LOS INDIOS DROPS GAME Roach Scores Winning Goal Teams Tied at Close of Regulation Time But Midwick Cops, 12-11", Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb 1935: 11. Four players on the field in a Polo match between Long Island-based Midwick and Los Indios, a Southern California team. Text from newspaper caption: Jimmy Mills, who scored two goals for Midwick yesterday, is shown knocking the ball (made of willow root) down the field against Los Indios. Behind Mills are Aiden Roark and Big Boy Williams of the losers, while the fourth player is Eric Pedley, Midwick star, who banged the ball through the markers for six goals. Midwick won the Pacific Coast Open championship, 12 to 11, after two extra periods, with Hal Roach scoring the winning tally. (Times photo by George Strock) Text from negative sleeve: Polo Midwick, vs. LCS Indios, 1935
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_11290 ark:/21198/zz002h99fd
Subject
Polo--California--Santa Monica Roark, Aiden, 1905-1984 Mills, James P., 1909-1987 Williams, Big Boy, 1900-1962 Pedley, Eric, 1896-1986
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