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PROVIDENCE, R.I.--Princeton freshman speedboat Andy O'Hara outsprinted Harvard's sensational Bobby Hackett in the anchor leg of the 800-yd. freestyle relay to give the Tigers their sixth straight Eastern Seaboard swimming and diving championship here at the Brown Swim Center Saturday night...
...Hara, the standout first-year man from the Peddie (N.J.) School, who had beaten Hackett in the anchor leg of the 800-yd. freestyle relay here on Friday night, jumped out ahead of the best performer in Harvard swimming history at the start of their pressure-packed duel. He never relinquished his scant lead, as Princeton won the relay and the meet by just three-tenths of a second...
...their dual meet here in Cambridge exactly one month ago, the outcome of the contest between the two swimming powers depended on that of the last relay. Trailing only 332-330 going into the event, Harvard sent the explosive quartet of Malcolm Cooper, Duncan Pyle, Julian Mack and Hackett to the blocks amidst the absolute bedlam that surrounded the most exciting finish to an Eastern championship meet in years...
...relay. The Princeton foursome of Tim Sullivan, Howard Nelson, Andy Saltzman and Andy O'Hara obliterated the meet record set by last year's Princeton squad by more than eight full seconds as they sailed to victory in 6:41.68. Harvard's team of Malcolm Cooper, Mack, Coglin and Hackett, the favorites in the event, bettered the meet record by a full five seconds themselves en route to finishing second in 6:44.05. Much to everyone's surprise, Princeton's sky-high O'Hara split a 1:38.00 compared to Hackett's 1:38.98 in the anchor...
...Crimson go into today's final round, which should be a barnburner, trailing by 16, the same amount they led by 24 hours ago. Harvard has the advantage in the 1650-yd. free, where Hackett and Coglin should finish at worst first and fourth; in the three-meter diving, where Harvard's four divers--led by high-board specialist Mike Toal--all could make the finals; and in the 200-yd. backstroke...