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...Brawner Wins Easily
...Brawner of Princeton fell far short of his world and intercollegiate records, but he won the 200-yard breaststroke easily in 2:22.4. Aaron Kurtzman of Seton Hall was a surprise second place finisher. Frank Bruch of Dartmouth bulled his way into third, ahead of Elis Bill Osborne and Stan Smith...
...Brawner will be after more than his second victory of the meet in the 100-yard breaststroke. He won the intercollegiate record last year, and now he is aiming for the world mark. Yale Star Smith, Trinity's Ray Parrott, Union's Bob Diamond, Aaron Kurtzman of Setan Hall, and Frank Bruch of Dartmouth of have a good chance to squeeze Harvard's Emerson and Rene Vielman out of the finals...
...Annapolis, Princeton's Bob Brawner the 200-yd. breast stroke, in a dual meet with Navy, to set a new world's record for a 20-yd. course: 2:16.6 (old record, set in 1939 by Princeton's Dick Hough: 2:19.8). ¶ In Tucson, Lloyd Mangrum in the Tucson Open golf tournament, with an 11-under par 269, for his second big win of the 1951 winter circuit (the first: the Los Angeles Open...
Next night Brawner did it again, setting a new intercollegiate record (0:59.9) for the 100 yds. But Californian Bob Brawner, who only took up the breast stroke two years ago, still wonders sometimes if the tough competition is worth all the effort. Coach Howard Stepp, who has produced his share of champions in 23 years at Princeton, has no doubts about that. Says Stepp: "Before this boy is through he'll hit 2:08 and rewrite the record book...