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...Cushman, all-around sprinter, may also enter the 50, but he and Art Ostrander, best Dartmouth distance man, may find themselves up against Rick Cutler and Frannie Powers in the 220, all of which is sure to end up dismally for the Hanoverians. Paul Dyer, Dartmouth's only diver of merit, has scored 112 points this year, and on the basis of that performance can defeat Rusty Greenhood if the Crimson captain is caught off form. Rusty has fluctuated from 93 to 136 points this season...
Supporting these stellar performers will be Captain Em Walker, who won the 150 back against Dartmouth when Wilcox was sick, George Gibbons, sophomore distance man with much promise, Bill McCullough, veteran breastroker, Holmes Wilson, diver, and Art doherty, distance man. From these men the Cantabs will get the most competition...
Aside from the fact that Curwen is in eligible at the moment, Ulen need have no worries about these men, nor will he brood about his divers, headed by Captain Rusty Greenhood. The Crimson team's leader this year will be untouchable most of the season, the only possible snag for him being Dan Endweiss of down New Haven way. George Dana, naturally graceful in the air, and Chet Sagenkahn, a diligent worker, are fighting for the No. 2 diver's niche. Dana has had some Varsity experience that ought to give him the edge, but Sagenkahn has been training...
...required dives for the low board remain the same as before, but the high board is used for all meets if the opposing team's divers have three-meter facilities at their home pool. First new dive is the "flying somersault forward, running," which is simply a conventional swan dive with a quick flip on the end of it. The "somersault backward" is just what it says it is except that the diver's body is kept perfectly stiff throughout the dive...
...with pike (jack-knife position), while the fourth is described as the "backward spring, forward dive. This flip-flop is the same as the regular back-jack-knife, but it omits the jack. Fifth dive, the "half-twist backward," is the fourth dive with a half-twist added, the diver entering the water facing the springboard...