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Pete Dillingham just missed qualifying for the National AAU one-meter dive finals in New Haven yesterday. Varsity diver Win Briggs finished well behind the freshman star as Bruce Harlan, of Ohio State, successfully defended his crown with 138.10 points...
...yard and won the new 100-yard breaststroke event: Captain Al Ratkiewich of Yale, who broke the meet 150-yard backstroke mark and won the new 100-yard event; Jack Blum of Yale, who set meet records in winning both the 220-and 440-yard freestyle; and Eli diver Roger Hadlich, winner of both the one meter and three-meter dives...
Dillingham was "discovered" by diving coach Charlie Batterman whom he first reported to take the compulsory swimming test. He was "fooling around" on the board and Batterman asked him to come out for the team because he needed a third diver...
Captain Joe Fox won the 50-yard free in 23.8 seconds, but Army took second and third. Dan Rogers, the military academy's brilliant diver, piled up 109.6 points. Gordie Weir took second to beat teammate Win Briggs for the first time in two years...
Army's greatest strength lies in the freestyle department, headed by sprinter Jim Smiley and distance swimmer Jack Craigie. Danny Rogers is a top-notch diver...