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	Ballparks of Baseball-Polo Grounds-New York Giants
		Polo Grounds inherited a new tenant in 1913 when the New York Yankees moved into the ballpark with the Giants.
		Polo Grounds was a hitter paradise with the exception of centerfield.
		In 1922, Polo Grounds was enclosed except in centerfield increasing the capacity to 54,555.
	www.ballparksofbaseball.com /past/PoloGrounds.htm (797 words)

	Polo Grounds
		In 1889, when the Giants were evicted from the original Polo Grounds, they moved uptown to a stadium on the southern parcel of Coogan's Hollow.
		The third incarnation of the Polo Grounds burned down on April 14, 1911 and a fourth version was built on the same site with temporary stands for 1911.
		Aerial view of the Polo Grounds courtesy of the New York Yankees.
	www.ballparks.com /baseball/national/pologr.htm (1609 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The first Polo Grounds had two grandstands, and the field was divided into east and west for use by the Giants and by the Metropolitans (of the American Association) respectively.
		Polo Grounds II The second Polo Grounds was at the northwest corner of the 155th and Eighth intersection.
		Although the Polo Grounds had once been held in the kind of fame and esteem that later gravitated to Yankee Stadium, the end of the Polo Grounds' existence was anticlimactic.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Polo_Grounds (2312 words)

	Rating manual - Volume 5 - Section 798 : Polo Grounds
		A polo ground, “stick and ball” practice ground or extensive range of stabling for strings of polo ponies should not be regarded as a domestic “appurtenance” under section 66(1)(b) of LGFA 1988.
		Polo grounds and their attendant buildings will vary in layout and construction from location to location, depending on the quality and calibre of the club in occupation.
		The club house at a polo ground will vary in size and attributes from, at one extreme, the most simple of pavilions, with basic changing and refreshment facilities to, at the other, a quality set of purpose-built buildings where all departments are laid out to the highest standards.
	www.voa.gov.uk /instructions/chapters/rating_manual/vol5/sect798/b-rat-man-vol5-s798.htm (1838 words)

	Polo Grounds
		The Polo Grounds was the name given to 4 different stadiums in New York City used by Major League Baseball's New York Giants from 1883 until 1957, and by the New York Mets in their first two seasons of 1962 and 1963.
		The original Polo Grounds was built in the 1870s for the sport of polo, thus accounting for its name.
		The fourth and final Polo Grounds, which the Giants used until they moved to San Francisco after the 1957 season, and which the Mets used until Shea Stadium was completed in 1964, was the most famous, and the one most people mean when they refer to the Polo Grounds.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/p/po/polo_grounds.html (283 words)

	Clem's Baseball ~ Polo Grounds
		The first "Polo Grounds" had been built in 1883 in a field where polo matches had been played, located at the north corner of Central Park, a few miles south of the final version.
		In 1913, two years after the (new) Polo Grounds opened, the American League "Highlanders" changed their name to the "Yankees" and moved in as tenants of the Giants, and stayed there for ten years altogether.
		Left field in the Polo Grounds was 21 feet longer than right field because the lower deck on that side was significantly shallower than on the right side lower deck, with about ten fewer rows of seats.
	andrewclem.com /Baseball/PoloGrounds.html (1311 words)

	Polo Grounds \| IJ's Exotic Polo Holidays \| Tanzania
		The polo club is situated on one of the largest rose farms in East Africa, at the foot of Mt Meru.
		Accommodation is supplied at the Safari Spa which is in walking distance of the polo ground.
		Offering excellent polo opportunities for all levels, stick and ball sessions are played in the morning followed by evening club chukkas with the local resident team.
	www.poloholidays.com /tanzania.html (212 words)


		Maintenance of the polo pitch throughout the months of March and April, in the build-up to the start of the season, consists of adopting a reasonably straightforward maintenance regime.
		Select a day in March when the sward it dry and ground conditions are sufficiently firm to permit the tractor to “travel” without undue marking of the surface.
		If a regular mowing regime is undertaken using adequate equipment and selecting windows of opportunity when the sward is dry and ground conditions are firm, clippings would normally be evenly dispersed and would not require the laborious, time consuming task of being collected by mechanical means, i.e.
	www.chgrounds.com /polo.htm (825 words)

	Chicago Polo - Sunday Polo at Oak Brook
		The U.S. Open (Polo), the premier polo tournament in the country, was played at Oak Brook for 25 years, from 1954 to 1978, the longest it was ever played in one location.
		The polo grounds are located within the 270-acre International Sports Core, which also houses the Oak Brook Bath and Tennis Club and the Oak Brook Golf Club.
		The entrance to the Oak Brook Polo Grounds is at Oak Brook Road (31st Street) and Polo Drive, one-half mile west of York Road in the village of Oak Brook, Illinois.
	www.chicagopolo.com (420 words)

	Polo Grounds Historical Analysis by Baseball Almanac
		The Polo Grounds in New York had more than its fair share of variations.
		The Polo Grounds on the southeast diamond (Version I) was the first ballpark to ever attract a crowd of more than 20,000, the first ballpark ever to host a doubleheader where each team was from a diffferent league and the home of the first American Association versus National League "World Series" in 1884.
		The Polo Grounds (Version III) was destroyed by a enormous fire that lasted two full days April 14 through 15, 1911, and when it was over, only rubble was left.
	www.baseball-almanac.com /stadium/st_polo.shtml (193 words)

	Clem's Baseball ~ Polo Grounds
		The Polo Grounds belonged in a "freak show," utterly unlike any other baseball stadium ever built.
		Dark, creepy, archaic, bizarre, and ill-suited for baseball viewing, the Polo Grounds offered fewer and fewer incentives for the Giants to stay there as the years passed.
		The Polo Grounds were also home to two pro football teams: From 1925 to 1955 the NFL New York Giants played there, and from 1960 to 1963 the AFL New York Titans (who became known as the Jets in 1963) played there.
	www.andrewclem.com /Baseball/PoloGrounds.html (1311 words)

	100 Greatest Days In NY Sports
		Mookie Wilson hits a ground ball to first in Game 6 of the World Series, October 25, 1986, Shea Stadium
		The Giants win the NFL Championship in the “Sneaker Game,” December 9, 1934, Polo Grounds
		The Giants hold off the Packers for the NFL Championship, December 11, 1938, Polo Grounds
	100greatestnysports.com /top100.htm (1480 words)

	Polo Grounds \| IJ's Exotic Polo Holidays \| Spain
		Play polo with Ali Abidi at the Santa Maria Polo Club in Sote Grande.
		For July and August book well ahead as this is where Argentinean Polo comes to Europe during these months!
		See sample schedule in PDF format (105 KB).
	www.poloholidays.com /spain.html (61 words)

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