The ice polo team practiced at Lower Mystic pond yesterday afternoon, where the ice has frozen since the last snow so that is clear and smooth. A scrub game was played with Somerville High School, which is said to have the strongest team in the interscholastic league this year. The Harvard team won easily by the score of five goals to nothing.

The make up of the team was as usual: Beardsell, Goodridge, rushers; Stevens, centre; Clark, halfback; Baldwin, goal.

The work of the team thus far this year has been very encouraging. The loss of Clarkson, who played last year with Goodridge as rusher, is felt, but the work of the team as a whole shows steady improvement.

Hockey will soon be practiced with a view to meeting Canadian and other teams who play this, the older game.

The difference between ice polo and hockey is, roughly, as follows: Ice polo is played with narrow sticks and a rubber ball and the goal posts are 4 feet apart and 18 inches high. In hockey the players use sticks broad and flat at the end, and a block or "puck" of solid rubber. The goal posts are 5 feet apart and 4 feet high. The make up of the team is practically the same, but the difference between the ball and "puck" affects the style of play somewhat.