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...middle and distance freestyle events will be Harvard's greatest strengths, Gambril said. Sophomore sensation Fred Mitchell and freshman Dick Baughman are among the best in the East in anything from 200 to 1000 yards, he said. Mitchell, in particular, will be worth watching. In a preseason meet before Thanksgiving, he unofficially shattered the varsity record in the 1000 yard freestyle by over 13 seconds and appears headed towards national prominence...
...Gambril rates the sprints and the individual medley as the team's second strongest area, along with the one-meter and three-meter dives. The major weakness of the squad, he says, lies in the specialty strokes: the breast, back, and fly, but Gambril believes that the weakness will be more than overcome by strength in the freestyle events...
...outlook for the season appears uncertain, but Gambril said that the opportunity for a fine season is definitely present. "I am very pleased with the preseason. We avoided being hurt by the flu, and the guys worked hard and are coming into the season in fairly good physical shape," he said. His strategy for the season is to "take each meet one at a time. We will be pointing towards the big meets later in the season against Dartmouth, Princeton, Pennsylvania, Yale, and of course, the Easterns," he added...
...February. Gambril expects to have the team in excellent shape to face the tough part of their Eastern and Ivy League schedule. Although he classifies Penn as the team to beat again this year, he thinks that the other Eastern teams, including Harvard, will be fairly evenly matched...
...Gambril noted that a win against Army this afternoon is important for team morale. "We tapered off more than normal because the team has been working without a break for eight weeks, and besides the intersquad meets, hasn't had any competition," he explained...