Today's Tidbit... In Other Worlds: Auto Polo

'State Fair Management Promises Plenty of Thrills When Auto Polo Players Clash at Grounds, Sept. 7-12,' Star Tribune (Minneapolis), August 23, 1914 via newspapers.com

Sometimes when looking for football Tidbits in newspaper archives, you find unrelated gold. Here’s a fun little nugget about a troupe of auto polo players who performed at state fairs and similar events, playing five 10-minute periods of knocking a basketball-size ball around the field.

The accompanying article told readers that a recent head-on crash resulted in one player breaking his leg and severing an artery, but at least they weren’t playing that dangerous game of football.

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