Word: nell
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Springfield is in the New England Lacrosse League, as are Williams and Yale, the remaining one-two punch for the Varsity. So far the team's record in NELL play is three and one--wins over MIT, New Hampshire, and Tufts; and a loss, alas to Dartmouth...
That year the Dutch girls made al most a clean sweep of swimming, winning every race but the 200-meter breaststroke, which Japan took. This time the Dutch have the world's No. 1 breaststroke swimmer, chubby Nell van Vliet. But San Francisco's pretty Ann Curtis is supposed to be the best freestyler...
...told the committee I would play only on the center court. I'm the defending champion and I don't see why I can't play on the center court . . ." Just to show them, Pat flounced out of the stadium. France's Mme. Nell Landry promptly claimed and got a victory by forfeit...
Victory had become a habit with Nell. Since her first race in competition, six years ago (in which she placed second), she has never been beaten, now holds more titles than she can remember. One reason for her endurance: during wartime in German-occupied Holland, she lived most of the time with friends and relatives in the country, pedaled a bicycle on 100-mile trips to visit her home in Amsterdam...
...good as Nell is (next summer's Olympic breaststroke crown is practically hers for the taking), her speed, of course, doesn't compare with that of a good man breaststroke swimmer. In New Haven last week, where the men's A.A.U. swimming championships were held, blond Joe Verdeur of La Salle College became a hero for the second week running. He came butterflying and frog-kicking down the final lap of the 220-yard breaststroke race to win. His time of 2:30.5 (compared to Miss Van Vliet's 2:51 at Daytona Beach...