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Last year Don Gambril's swimmers coasted through meets with Army and Navy in December before dropping a tough 57-56 contest with the Big Green in early January. The Crimson ended up 4-3 in the league in fourth place while Dartmouth finished second only to Princeton with a 6-1 mark...
...Harvard victory would be a mild upset, but the Crimson have an excellent shot at knocking the Big Green off their temporary perch stop the Eastern League. "On paper they're 30 points better than us." Gambril said Thursday, "but we have a chance to win every race despite their better times, so we'll just have to wait...
...glad they swam those times against Princeton." Gambril said, "at least we know what we are facing." And, although the Crimson, in most cases, swam for wins instead of times against Army and Navy, they will definitely swim much faster Saturday. Gambril said, "I'd be very surprised if Dartmouth betters more than two of their times...
...teams are so evenly matched in almost every event that the meet will probably be extremely close or. as is unlikely but possible, it could go big either way. "It should be a great day for the spectator." Gambril said, "because the races should be close...
...Gambril's swimmers now hold all but 2 of the 17 University records, and most will be broken again in the next three months, when the Crimson face far more powerful opponents such as Dartmouth, Princeton, Penn and Yale. The relatively mediocre times turned in by Harvard's top swimmers in the last two meets are of very little importance, since Gambril has freely acknowledged looking past the first two meets to the crucial Eastern showdowns yet to come...