Word: dyers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Captain Chouteau Dyer will, of course, be the Crimson's only strong hope for a championship, presumably in the 50- and 100-yard freestyle events...
Yale's awesome swimming forces took five out of seven firsts Saturday night to win the unofficial team championships in the Easterns by an overwhelming margin and serve notice that they will be the team to beat in he Nationals two weeks hence. Only the Crimson's Chouteau Dyer in the 100 and Army's Frank Knight in the three-meter dive were able to break the Eli stranglehold...
Probably the most satisfying event for Crimson fans was the 100 yard freestye, for captain Dyer gained a fitting revenge over Amherst sprinter Bob Keiter, who had beaten him in the 50 the day before. This time Dyer got an excellent start, and the smooth-stroking senior led all the way to win by a body length in the meet-record time of 49.4. Keiter, who was clocked in 50.8, finished half a length ahead of Yale's fading sprint star, Rex Aubrey...
...modified version also proved too strong for the Crimson, despite the services of Dyer. The Yale swimmers had built a lead of nearly two body lengths by the time Dyer took off on the anchor leg. In spite of a sprint that brought him within a quarter of a length of Anderson, Dyer faded slightly on the last lap and the Elis were home safe...
...YARD BUTTERFLY: 1. Jecko (Yale), 2. Clinton (Yale), 3. Chapman (Army), 4. Jones (Amherst), 5. Wortman (Cortland), 6. Hammond (Harvard)--2:11.8 (Meet Record). 50-YARD FREESTYLE: 1. Keiter (Amherst), 2. Dyer (Harvard), 3. Bronston (Yale), 4. Gideonse (Amherst), 5. Myers (Colgate), 6. Hibbard (Yale)--22.2 (Meet Record). 200-YARD BACKSTROKE: 1. Plourbe (Bowdoin), 2. Dolbey (Yale), 3. Earley (Yale), 4. Kirk (Army), 5. Harris (Cornell), 6. Wolf (Cornell)--2:11.1. 220-YARD FREESTYLE: 1. Anderson (Yale), 2. Cornwell (Yale), 3. Goodman (Army), 4. Ellison (Yale), 5. Bahrenburg (Dartmouth), 6. Bronston (Yale)--2:07.0. 100-YARD BREASTSTROKE: 1. Buzzard (Syracuse...