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er) tossed the ball in between the Staples father-and-sons trio of Deep Run and the well balanced six-goal handicap Middleburg team of Zeke Ferguson, Dick Riemenschneider, and Andy Guest.

Things then and there exploded. The ball buzzed up and down the arena many times amidst churning hooves and rideoffs and thrilling horseraces before Phil Staples flicked in the first tally of the night.

The rest of the first period was the same—fast, good hitting clean polo—ending dead even at two goals to two. The second period was a carbon of the first, also ending tied 2-2.

So, at the end of their two periods against each other, the Deep Runs and the Middleburgs tied 44, with Deep Run winning because of its lower (three-goal) team handicap rating.

THE SECOND third of the round robin (the third and fourth periods)

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