Word: brownness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...some 200 eager candidates dribble in to work out with the varsity. Rupp selects about a dozen who fit his requirements as the "cool pro type." They get board, room, tuition, dry cleaning, laundry, books; $10-a-month spending money and rigid Rupp discipline. Boss Rupp, who wears brown suits because he thinks they bring good luck, is even fussy about his players having dates...
While recuperating from his last year's stint of illness, Harlow did some scouting work for Brown last season...
...Crimson took five out of nine first places, taking the 200-yard freestyle, the 100-yard freestyle, the 200-yard breast stroke, the quarter-mile freestyle (Ted Norris again), and the final relay. Jerry German, Bob Berke, Shep Brown, and Joe Fox were responsible for victory in that crucial race...
...probable varsity lineup is almost the same as for the Penn meet, with Larry Woods, Chuck Hoelzer, and Bill MacVicar in the 300-yard medley relay; Bob Berke and Captain Jerry Gorman in the 220-freestyle; Joe Fox and Shep Brown slated for the 50-yard freestyle; Gordon Weir and Win Briggs doing the springboard acrobatics...
...Berke are teamed in the 100-yard freestyle. Woods and John Steinhardt will fight out the 150-yard backstroke, while Hoelzer and Ward will manage the 200-yard breast stroke. Ted Norris, undefeated this season in the 440-yard freestyle, will try again, backed by Captain German, Fox, Brown, MacVicar, and Berke will round off the meet--and possibly decide it-- in the 400-yard freestyle relay...