Word: furlong
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Jack Medica, world record-holding distance ace who is now assisting Ed Kennedy with the Columbia coaching, has asserted that 225-pound Captain John Vergeichik will defeat Eric Cutler in the 220. Whether this is a device to fool Coach Ulen into thinking that Vergeichik will definitely swim the furlong, or whether it represents what Columbians are really thinking...
...took every first and second place in the next four events, finally assuring a Harvard victory with Bosworth's win in the 150-yard dorsal race in 1:40.7, his best time. The overwhelming display of power was featured by Captain Rick Cutler's 2:17.8 first in the furlong, Davey (Club) Stearns' triumph in the 50, George Dana's upset victory in the dive with 103.53 points, and Jim Curwen's a 55.6 100 free style...
...Bosworth may add to his jack-of-all-trades reputation by competing in the furlong. He has swum in five events while at Harvard: 50, the 100, and 150 backstroke, and the 50 and 100 free-style. Ulen, who is timing practically everyone in a variety of events because of the advent Saturday or the critical Dartmouth meet (away), will observe Bossio's performance carefully as well as those of the men he enters in the sprint races...