Word: lapping
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Borican led the pack through the half in an incredible 1153.2. Then Glenn Cunningham went out after him. At the end of five laps, with only the bell lap to go, Glenn was on the flying Negro's heels. Down the backstretch, Glenn put on his famous finishing sprint, tried to edge around Borican's shoulder. But Borican, wise in track ways, moved out. When Glenn tried to slither inside him, he moved toward the rail. He was still in front as the pair flashed over the finish line. When the time was announced the crowd went wild...
Garrett, a sprinter comparatively unknown to the public, continued his consistently fast season's performances by plowing through a 23.8 50 to win the two-lap title. Previously, Yale's Perryman had taken the first heat in 23.8, beating Garrett, and Julian Armstrong, of Dartmouth, had won the second heat, also in 23.8, with Harvard's Jim Curwen third. Curwen placed fifth in the final behind Garrett, Russ Duncan, of Yale, Armstrong, and Perryman, a formidable field for any 50-yard race...
Stein is slated to swim the 50 as well teamed with Julian Armstrong, Indian Sophomore who at present holds the League's season's record of 24.2 in the 50. They will face Jim Curwen and either Ned Goldwasser or Lonnie Stowell in the two-lap sprint. Armstrong ought to give Big Jim the best race he's had so far this year...
...supposed to be home with a cold, gained a body-length over Finnerty, but Captain Callahan did has breastroke 100 in around 1:04 to pile up a huge lead over Waldron, another sick-list swimmer. Curwen was faced with the prospect of overcoming a deficit of almost one lap in the free-style leg, but Coach Ulen signaled him to ease up. The time, 3:04.8, was excellent for the Columbia pool...
Eric Cutler was the here of the business-like part of the evening when he repelled Phil Carson's tremendous last-lap sprint to win the A.A.U. 500-yard free-style event. Frank Powers was third and Ed Hewitt fourth; the time, 5:45.6. Rusty Greenhood won the New England A.A.U. three-meter dive with 119.63 points, Art Bosworth took the flying-start century backstroke in 1:03.2, Eliot House beat Kirkland and Lowell in 1:29.7 in the House 150 medley, and Harvard (Powers, Bosworth, Ned Goldwasser, and Jim Curwen) triumphed in the 400 relay...