Encyclopedia Dubuque
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AUTO POLO
[[Image:autopolo21.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Photo courtesy: Mashable. Online: https://mashable.com/2015/09/04/auto-polo/#5BgrGApllaqH [[Image:autopolo1.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Photo courtesy: Mashable. Online: AUTO POLO. Technical World Magazine in March 1913 described the sport as combining "all the dangers and excitement of a bullfight, a football game, and a ride in an aeroplane."
Played in Dubuque originally around 1916, the contest featured two cars per team, with one man driving each car and another man hanging off the running boards with a mallet, swinging at a basketball-sized sphere. As the Paterson Daily Press in 1902, it was the cost of constantly replacing battered vehicles that led to players largely abandoning the sport by the late 1920s.