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The Argentine team, part 2 California winners outdoors & N.Y. beginner indoors, 1930 By Dennis J. Amato
In 1930, an Argentine team made a memorable trip to the United States to play in a series of matches in California, including the Pacific Coast Open Championship. However, they also made a short, last-minute courtesy trip to New York where they even tried their hand at indoor polo. Last month, I recounted the California leg of their famous visit and in this Part II, the story of their fascinating but largely forgotten New York stopover is told.
While an actual photograph has yet to surface of the Argentine trio of Manual Andrada, José Reynal and Alfredo Harrington at Squadron A, this photoshop image probably accurately depicts how they would have appeared during their 1930 indoor match.
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Part II–The New York Visit With the passage of time, one of the fascinating but largely overlooked segments of the Argentines’ 1930 American trip was that their memorable extended visit to California was followed by a now largely forgotten short stay in New York. The contingent from the Pampas that came east was apparently limited to the players, Manuel Andrada, Alfredo Harrington, Juan Reynal, José Reynal and Carlos Uranga, along with their families.
