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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Phil Carson, Brown's white hope, lived up to his advance notices in taking the 220 and 440 yard free style. Carson had little trouble in beating out "Tiny" Gorman and Bus Curwen in the Former race, but the 440 proved to be quite another story...
...Tiny" Gorman finally did what he has been threatening to do all season, when he upset Bus Curwen in the 220 yard free style. His time was 2:22.5. "Big John" Eusden also turned in one of the best performances of the meet when he took the 50-yard free style and shaved his time down to 24.7. Shaw McCutcheon, who had yet to compete this year because of a trick shoulder, came back with a vengeance and won the diving event handly by amassing a total of 108.8 points...
...male, his pants and socks dragging, his sports ruined, his wife bulging in the wrong places, his balloonless children teething on wood, his car tireless in the garage, riding off to work on a hard-benched bus or subway, unable to erase mistakes, or snap a band around them, could now really get down to hating Japan and the Axis...
Since the season is still in its infancy and tonight's opposition not too potent Hal 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...
Captain Dick Harris, John Eusden, Tony Myrer, Dave Barnes and Bus Curwen are in for two very busy nights, as these five Crimson tankmen, in addition to this evening's meet, are scheduled to swim against a group of good will students from South America in an exhibition match to be held at the Brookline High School pool tomorrow night at 8 o'clock under the auspices of Larry Johnson, national A.A.U. swimming chairman...