Word: eusden
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Final--Won by Hall (Mass. State); second, Ammon (Amherst); third, D. Case (Williams); fourth, Eusden (Harvard); fifth, Bernabel (Princeton). Time...
Captain John Eusden of the Crimson looked far better, as he usually does, in the 100-yard sprint than he did in the 50. The century trial heat found him in a blanket finish with Ed Hall. Mass State notable, both men being clocked at 53.8. In the final, however, Hall turned on a little more steam to win in 52.6. This time Ammon, who had finished under the same blanket as Hall and Eusden in the heat, took second, and William's Danny Case, who hadn't officially swum in two years placed third. Eusden was fourth...
Hall's triumph in the 50 reversed the result in the trial, in which Case had nosed him out. The final found Hall off to an excellent start, however, and he had that edge on Case all the way. Eusden was fifth...
...Princeton's Tom Shand loaf his way to victory, without competition, in the strictly mediocre time of 1:39.1. Princeton also won a victory with Doran in the high board dive, and its 400 yard free style relay team nipped Rutgers. Representing Harvard, John Watkins, Ossie Morton. Barnes and Eusden qualified for the final only because Amherst's team disqualified by missing a turn, turned in a better performance with the chips down, to place third behind the two New Jersey colleges...
Hall, favorite in the 50, is also picked in the 100-yard sprint. In a trial heat in these championships last year, the Mass State lead turned in a 51.1 performance, far better than both the Harvard pool and Eastern meet records. Bernabei and Eusden should give him a race for his medal...