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...events should be the highlight of the afternoon. Both teams have nationally ranked freestylers in Harvard's Fred Mitchell and Princeton's Curt Haydon, and a possible matchup between the two in the 500-yd. free could result in a few changes in the pool record book. Freshman Dick Baughman, who held the Harvard record in the 1000-yd. free until Mitchell broke it against Springfield, will probably face Haydon in that distance, and either could break Michell's mark of 9:53.5, but there is no telling what events the Tiger star will swim...
...quite have the overall strength to take the meet, or to force it down to the final relay. In several instances, though, Crimson swimmers were beaten by small fractions of a second. In the 200 yd. back, Paul Scott was touched out by .4 of a second, and Dick Baughman came within a "fingernail", as Gambril termed it, of second place in the 500 yd. free...
...route to their win, Harvard swimmers set two Navy pool records. Dick Baughman took the 1000-free in 10:03.4, while teammate Fred Mitchell broke the 500-free record with a time...
Freestylers Fred Mitchell and Dick Baughman, both swimming in their first varsity meet, turned in outstanding performances. Baughman took the 1000 yd. freestyle in a very fast 10:00.8. breaking Steve Krause's school and pool record by six seconds. Mitchell shaved a second off his own marks in both the 200 and 500 yd. freestyle, taking the first in 1:44.7, and the latter...
...admitted that he was not surprised by the times of Mitchell and Baughman because he had "expected them to do well." Gambril was, however, pleasantly surprised with some of the other performances. particularly Brumwell's double victory, and the strength in the specialty strokes. "We could have swept the 200 yd. breaststroke if we had wanted to," he noted. "but we eased up, and Phil Jonckeer almost won the race anyway...