Word: breast
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With the argument over the use of the butterfly arm movement scarcely having sunk into obscurity, another controversy concerning the ancient breast stroke has been started by the proposal of Matt Mann, coach of the famous University of Michigan swimming teams, to allow the fishtail log drive in breast-stroke competition...
...proposal has met with suggestions for amendment or complete opposition among many swimmers and coaches all over the country. Crimson swimming mentor Hal Ulen thinks "the fishtail is all right as a special event but it's ridiculous to call a butterfly-fishtail stroke the breast-stroke...
...accepted by the Olympics rule committee, the fishtail kick, in which the feet are kept close together in a rhythimical up and down movement, would revolutionize the leg movements in the breast-stroke just as the butterfly did the arms...
...yard breast stroke--Won by Mair (B); second, Hubbell (H); third, Blair (H). Time...
...will probably try to do as much experimenting as possible. But from this seat it looks as though Bus Curwen and Tiny German will take care of the distances, Bill Drucker and Al Mathis will hold down the back stroke, Tony Myrer and Don Harting will constitute the breast stroke combination, while butterfly artist Sandy Houston and the various sprinters will be used in the medley and free style relays...