Word: clapp
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Ruddy Beats Clapp...
Last night's events, giving Harvard swimming enthusiasts their first taste of real first-class competition, provided thrills galore. Ruddy, the Columbia crack long-distance man, provided the major thrill of the evening by defeating his chief rivals Clapp, of Stanford and Ault, of Michigan, in a grilling furlong swim. All three men had already put on stellar exhibitions in trial heats of the 440, and yet they battled through to a hair-breadth finish in the 220. Ruddy was the winner, followed by Clapp, while Ault fell behind in the last stages of the race...
First heat--won by clapp (Stanford) second, Phillips (Rutgers); third, Shenk (Princeton). Time--5 min., 16 4-5 sec. Second heat--won by Ault (Michigan); second Ruddy (Columbia), third, Rabbitt (Dartmouth) Time--5 min., 27 2-5 sec. Five fastest to qualify Clapp. Phillips, Speck Ault Ruddy...
Kojac should return winner in the 150-yard medley, but will be hard pressed by Clapp, Peterson of Northwestern, and Harris of Fordham. The 300-yard medley, the last event, should be a toss-up between Michigan, Northwestern, and Stanford, with Columbia, Minnesota, and Princeton fighting if out for fourth place...
...Captain Throndson of Stanford. Other likely competitors are Brooks of Princeton; Walter Grandy, who won at the I. S. A. meet; Nappa of Minnesota; and O'Keefe of Michigan. The 220-yard free style should see Schwartz, who has turned in a record time in a short pool, Clapp, Ruddy, and Ault out in front...