Crowder's Column Eldorado Polo March 2002

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See ya.

Steve Crowder

March 30, '02: They come to play and they will. The Bulldogs will be in high gear and so will Southern Hills. As all these years have not stopped Mr. Herndon. It must be about 15 years ago he won the U.S. Open and now at the senior level, he is duking it out in the 2002 Governor's Cup. The trouble is they are looking at Bullet Bob and the Rose from Canada, who will have some major jelf in the Surfer. There is a new twinkle who is a very well put together filly named Jessica Bailey. She will make the boys from Tulsa think it's Tulsa Time. But Tim Rudy, Mr. Herndon and young Joe Stuart, will be there for the show and the Dogs won't intimidate them. So, be there! See ya at the party.

Steve Crowder.

Maybe Fred Mannix can use his ticket to see the Wolf Pack in action as they get a real test on Thursday against a pair of 10-goalers and the White Birch Team. A win will put them in the finals round. Hope you all come to see them run.

See ya at the open.

Well lets meet the Skin Men, as no ladies made it this year. For the men from Fish Creek you have the Chief of the crew and head Big Mac, FRED MANNIX, who likes to go at mach speed and does making holes for the other Big Mac , Macho Man Julio Zavaleta. Julio is the biggest stick in the desert and they hit to mighty mouse the famous midget, Tomas Pieres, who will run fast. They also have the new lawman, Matt Ladin, who is a law man in school. It will be a tough team to beat. The Fish are in danger of getting taken out of the water as they face the four flags of Windsor, who must have one fisherman on the Team. They've done it once, but it was for 6 chukkars. Now its a seven minute timetable with a pot of gold on the end and the flags have a big chance. They start at the back with the Mexican Secretary of Defense, one tough Fernando Pilego. He does not fish with a pole. Fernando uses his spurs. In front of him is the British Captain, Malcom Borwick, who as in usual English gentleman style is as tough as the turf he's. They have an Argentine-California surfer, Diego Cossio, who just likes to play polo and does it well. They all follow the only Yank on the squad, the Governor, Pat Nesbitt, who will all day command hit it and try to take it to goal in the Governor's style. I think the Fish will get fried but F.M. may get sun burnt, but rarely fried.

Come and see for yourself and bring your hat.

See Ya at polo''s biggest day


In florida it was a dark day for the open but tommorow starts the same old deal again 3 - 26 goal games as its showtime for some and 2nd for others.

March 20th, 2002: All we talk about is the Skins. Well they are the big stars, but it takes a lot of stars to make light in the sky. The guys who are looking to the desert from the sea have found a way to get there with these stars. Alfonso Giannico and Graham Bray come from the sea ports of Del Mar and Santa Barbara and they are going to collide on Sunday in the Governor's Cup.

There will be a falling star for a while East or West or if you go by the California road sign North or South. These 2 teams are both made up of players from Gehache from Santa Barbara with an Officer on it, ambassador Glen Holden or Gypsy from Del Mar with president Suzanne Figi going for the silver.

It will be physical as Glen Holden maybe 75 years old, but if you ever wanted to go to a bad place take him. He has scared the hell out of most people and mean people leave town when Glen Holden comes to town. Suzanne would hit a truck with her Merc if she thought she was right and then slap the truck driver and tell him she was right and he would agree. This will be as good as the Skins Tournament and you can go see them both. Its showdown and its so easy to see.

--See You At Polo

There was some polo on Sunday and if you missed it, it was your loss . Well you missed it, so read about it .

The Skins was there and the skinning was done and the hides left are fitting for a skin. From A to H it was this way. . .

Team A - Bad Brad and the boys picked on the cripples and did away with a very good chance for Major Derek and his boys to go for the skins. They also were missing the torpedo, Mariano Fassetta, from the Pampas as he has a major medical problem with his eye (hit in the eye with a polo ball). Pedro Arrellano did well as a fill in for Fassetta, but he never carried the stick the way the 2nd best player in the desert has done in the past. Stone Canyon and Bad Brad who took over at # 2 and they are 2 out of 3 with him packing the duces. 2 - 4

{B}Tri Tech - Maybe they are like the tech stocks not solid yet for the upswing they got caught by the Governor, Pat Nesbitt of Windsor Capital, and the four flags were flying as they blew by the Tech's to leave Tri Tech at 2 - 4

{C} Duende took up a new life again on Sunday as the cook Michael Hakan put out the fires and the Waiter delivered as the split the weekend but have one more chance and its Fishy but they stand 50 /50 - 3 - 3

{D} Melody Ranch was on the pile. Macho Man still makes stew out of Santi and it was stirred again as they were rolled by the Mac attack, Fred Mannix and Julio Z. Continued on their 5 peat and Melody finishes for the weekend at 4 - 2.

(E) Bulldogs are they waking? Well maybe they were starting to bite this weekend and closing the gap taking Melody to a cliff and getting nipped by Duende as the door closed on them. But they have one more chance and its Friday. The Bulldogs are currently 0 - 6

(F) Fish Creek is still in the pond and the hook has not been set. It was a treat as the Big Mac and his boys had a old snack and it was with music, Santi with a Melody. Fish Creek was there to fix the + column as usual and they moved into a new place to be 4 - 2 with Duende left on the plate.

(G) Indutech - D.W. knows how to get it done, but a real big problem came up even Deb couldn't fix. They lost a Texas-sized tornado and he goes by the name Fassetta. He has two tough Carp boys, but they needed the Torp and he was in the cylinder today and so was Indutech. They are now at 50/50 3 - 3

(H) Windsor Capital had all 4 flags flying this weekend as the British Captain came to the grounds with a Kings style. He rallied the boys to hook up with the Governor and got the Argie surfer on a wave and didn't look back. The Mexican defense closed all doors and marched on to end the week at 5 - 1. They are looking at a canyon to climb to skin the Fish.

Next Friday it's this way:

Windsor is looking at the wall, Stone Canyon it has crumbled but not fallen. Be careful!

The Waiter and the Chef (Duende) have to catch the Fish to serve it. And that is a job. Fish Creek vs Duende.

The Dogs are going to Tri Technical skills soon.
Indutech could play the drums, but not in Melody notes as they would with a Torpedo. Otherwise I don't know.

See ya at polo if you do not come on Sunday don't come back till next year.

--Steve Crowder.

Its a very fast sport often called the fastest team sport in the World. For sure its exciting - thrilling and it's also a very dangerous sport. It was dangerous yesterday as Mariano Fassetta found out when a well hit ball was stopped by his head nearly taking an eye. They say the fact he was wearing goggles saved his eye . . . we hope. It's a who's who group on the injured list. . . 1-goaler Abby Riggs and Daniel Fernandez have both been injured this season and now 6-goaler Mariano Fassetta. Not a pleasant month, but that's polo.

It was a windy Friday and the games were still close as we go into the last chance weekend. It was more of the same for Stone Canyon as they lost to Fish Creek keeping the Fish in the trophy tank.

It was a silent day for Chris Maloney's Tri Tech as Pedro Arellano filling in for Mariano Fassetta and Indutech made it a minus for their column in THE BATTLE OF THE TECHS. Tri tech 2 - 3 and Indutech 3 - 2

Duende has came to a screeching halt after a fast start. They went down to the Governor's boys and the Mexican Sectary of Defense went on the offense and put a minus on their side. Duende 2 - 3. Windsor 4 - 1.

Bulldogs were still bothering people as they made P.V.G. sweat a while as the took Melody to the ropes, but lost on a trick play. Bulldogs 0 -5 ,Melody 4 - 1 .

See ya at polo watch those ponies run down sunday lane.

--Steve Crowder.

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March 17th, 2002

News from the other side:

Florida was big on St. Patrick's Day Weekend. A boy named Cambiaso came to West Palm Beach and left with a well-played ball game. He took the Gold on Saturday. The Owls from Venezuela took home the big one on Sunday as they passed the Coke, one over Coca Cola by 1 .

The Wolf Pack is back and they have gotten a little fat as they tied on an exhibition on Friday and took an old fashion butt-kicking on Sunday. But its just for fun as the real deal starts on Wednesday morning the same time the U.S. Open starts. It ain't no Governor's Cup, but it will do.

Come and see them r u n.

Sunday, March 10th, 2002 - The West is wild and the East is getting set as the "Open" draws near. They have no trophy. Someone stole it from the Hall of Fame along with other polo history.

Thirteen year-old Julio Gracida got his allowance on Sunday. As he was on the winning team for the $50,000 Gold Cup. In the 26-Goal, it is a semi between Texas Polo and Lechuza to see if they can drink a Coke next Sunday.

SEE YA AT POLO

--Steve Crowder.

Boca Raton has the Wolf Pack waiting to shoot it out for the Sunshine League title and they have Rob Roenisch there directing. In Palm Beach, two X-Desert boys fought it out in the 22 Goal. Francisco Lanusse was left back by Marcello Abiatti as the Goshen Team came back and won the last big 22 before the Big Guns start smoking today, as it's 26 time in West Palm Beach.