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...Curtis Haydon, Princeton's freshman hotshot, or should I say, hot dog, came into town undefeated in the 500-yd. and 1000-yd. freestyles. He must have felt like a wet noodle when he left, golf hat and all, with two seconds, as Rich Baughman touched him out in the 1000-yd. free, and captain-elect Fred Mitchell bunted him a second time in the 500. Unfortunately Princeton, on the strength of their equally obnoxious divers, won the meet...
...remained a close second to Princeton both Thursday and Friday, pulled ahead early on the final day, 260-242, and hung on for the rest of the evening to win with 365 points to Princeton's 353. The Tigers, on the strength of an outstanding weekend by freshmen Curtis Haydon and Charlie Campbell who set three new meet records apiece, needed a first in the final event--the 400-yd, freestyle--to tie Yale...
...Thursday, Harvard started strong with two new record performances, and 48 points. Rich Baughman, who was later to set a second mark on Saturday, dethroned teammate Fred Mitchell to take the 500-yd. crown with a time of 4:42.581, taking second behind Haydon of Princeton. In the 200-yd. individual medley. Dave Brumwell broke the first of three school-records with a 1:59.628, taking ninth overall...
Saturday, which was the Crimson's best day, saw five Harvard records fall in a flurry of great races. The evening began with another record, as Baughman, unable to overtake Haydon in the 1650-yd. free, swam a strong second to record a new school mark...
...extremely satisfying three days for coach Don Gambril as the team performed near perfection in an overwhelming majority of races it entered. In events where the Crimson falled to set new records it invariably swam its best times, and only Camphell and Haydon prevented Harvard from taking firsts in at least two races...