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...Drohan registered 128.40 points off the high board to score his seventh victory of the season in the diving contest, with Penn's Frazer second, and Bill Barnett third for the winners. Tom Woods won the backstroke in 1:45.6 with Snelling Brainard second
Things aren't as black as this might indicate, though. Norris is almost certain to win the 440, as he has already done seven times this year, and diver Tom Drohan, with six firsts and a second in competition so far, is a god but in the dive...
Things went well from the opening gun. The medley team of Tom Woods, Chuck Hoelzer, and Watkings won their race, and were followed by a Jerry Gorman-Norris sweep in the 220 freestyle. Tom Drohan edged his Navy opponent by .83 points; Hoelzer returned to the water to take his 200 breaststroke race, and a quarter mile relay team of Art Sicular, Bob Lange, Pinney, and Jim McVickor closed the fracas...
...team's post-exam power may well come tonight, when a reputedly strong Navy outfit should tax the local strength to its fullest extent. Such first-line performers as Ted Norris in the quarter-mile, Jerry Gorman in the 220, Captain Chuck Hoelzer in the breaststroke, and Tom Drohan in the dive should win; but whether the depth necessary to win the vital relays is forthcoming remains to be seen...
Close behind him were Tom Drohan and Pete Steffens, who made a see-saw battle of the dive. Steffens, a mild surprise as a starter, flipped and wriggled expertly to come within five points of equaling Drohan's winning 90.63 total...