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PRINCETON, Feb. 16--Dave Abramson and John Pringle scored an amazing 26 points between them at Princeton's Dillon Pool today, but it took a Crimson victory in the final freestyle relay to defeat the Tigers, 52-43, and extend the swimming team's undefeated record to 18 consecutive meets...
With only the relay left in the meet, the lead had changed hands six times and the score stood Harvard 45, Princeton 43. But by swimming Elliot Miller in the 50 and Abramson in the 100, coach Bill Brooks had insured that his freestylers would be fresh, and the quarter of Dennis Hunter, Dave Brandling-Bennett, Gregg Skalinder, and A1 Engelberg sped to an impressive 3:21.3 victory, a good ten yards ahead of Tiger anchorman Jed Graef...
...stars of the evening for Harvard, however, were triple winner Abramson and double winner Pringle. Except for the dive and the short 50-yard sprint, freestyler Abramson and the versatile Pringle swam alternately in six consecutive events in the center of the meet. To give the two as much rest as possible, Crimson swimmers intentionally false-started at least four times, but the endurance feat alone was a remarkable...
...yard freestyle, Abramson was pressed by Princeton's Graef but won without difficulty in 1:53.1, while Ed Seaton picked up an important third. Then, swimming with Engelberg in the 100-yard freestyle, Abramson came out of the final turn to find Tiger Norman Thomas almost a body length ahead and the other Princeton swimmers also in front...
With a fantastic effort, Abramson overtook and passed Thomas, while Engelberg moved up to take third. It was only the second time that Abramson had swum the race in college and his time of 50.5 was the fastest of his career...