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Ohio State's three men from Hawaii, Sprinter Dick Cleveland, Distanceman Ford Konno and Backstroker Yoshi Oyakawa, all U.S. Olympians in 1952, did not go to Ohio State by chance. Ohio State's Coach Mike Peppe, who has a sharp eye for talent, started the migration before the war, and last week it paid off handsomely...
...Chunky Konno (5 ft. 6 in., 147 Ibs.) started it off by winning his specialty, the 1,500-meter grind, and swam the distance in 18:14.4 to break his own N.C.A.A. mark by 1.1seconds. In the second event, the 50-yd. freestyle, Cleveland touched out the opposition in 0:22.3, just two-tenths of a second off the record; in the third event, Oyakawa won the 200-yd. backstroke. With that kind of 1-2-3 start, Ohio State's Hawaiian hands kept right on going. Konno won the 440-yd., setting another record, placed second...
...Jorgensen is completely recovered from his cold and cough, he may show well in the 220. Ohio State's Ford Konno will win that event and the 440 since he happens to hold the intercollegiate records in both (2:04.7 and 4:29.4), but at least this will keep Yale's Marty Smith out of the high-point bracket...
...Columbus. Ohio, Hawaii's Ford Konno, freewheeling free-style swimmer for Ohio State, set a new world record for the 220-yd. distance, 2:04.8, breaking the record set by Australia's John Marshall in 1950 by seven-tenths of a second. ¶ At Davos, Switzerland, Russia's Boris Shilkov became the first man from his country ever to win the European speed skating championship, edging Norway's famed Hjalmar Andersen, 198.058 points...
Last week, after winning the 1,500, Jimmy came back to win the 220-yd. event in 2:07.2, just 1.7 seconds off the world record, then whipped the field at 440 yds. to join Marshall, Konno and Jack Medica as indoor triple-distance winners in a single A.A.U. meet. McLane figures that this is his farewell to swimming, and after ten years of competition he is not really unhappy about it: "In fact, it wouldn't break my heart if the Army stuck me in the Sahara Desert...