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Ruddy Beats Clapp...
Then came three events that put last year's records in the dim past. Schwartz cleaved through the water in a hectic fifty in which less than a foot separated the five swimmers: Ruddy outlasted Clapp of Stanford and Captain Ault of Michigan in the longest race of the evening; and the powerful Kojac, in his favorite backstroke style, pulled himself along through the foam more than a body length ahead of all the rest in the 150-yard backstroke. Schwartz returned to the starting end for the second time and led the way again, this time in the century...
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...