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Delegations from Michigan and North Carolina and men from several other institutions have also arrived. One, Sammy Lee, a diver from Occidental College, is a Korean, and an intense enemy of the Japs. He expressed the hope yesterday that, although there are no records set by the Mikadomen in his reach, his teammates will smash the several Jap marks in other events...
Incidentally, Eusden was the unwitting cause of a bad break, which will hurt the team tonight, when ace diver Shaw McCutcheon lost his balance while practicing early this week and fell, grazing Eusden, who was swimming under the high board at the time. McCutcheon suffered a wrenched shoulder, and it is doubtful that he will be able to compete in this evening's meet...
Harvard wins were scored in the 100 yard breast stroke, where Jim Hubbell came home on top, the 100 yard free style, where Bob Collins scored, and in the diving, where the Crimson entry, Harvey pastel, piled up 72.6 points to shade Breckenridge, the Exeter diver...
...course, all has not been roses for the Bruin team this year, as late last fall they lost Bill Irvine, captain-elect and the team's ace diver, to the Army. To replace Irvine, Brown is depending upon sophomore John Ahearn, who starred last year for the yearlings, and Junior Hank Gossler. From the accounts received concerning these men they are very definitely to be depended on to give Shaw McCutcheon, Harvard;s top diver, a stiff fight for first place in the diving event...
...past three meets, the Crimson will be depending chiefly on star backstroker Bill Drucker, who will probably let himself go all out tonight for the first time this season, ace diver Shaw McCutcheon, who garnered 108.8 points in the meet with Greenwood last Saturday night, and "Big John" Eusden, who has been consistently cutting down his 50-yard free style times throughout the present campaign...