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Neville Hayes and Bob Corris predictabl furnished the only real bright spot of the afternoon for Crimson coach Bill Brooks. Hayes eked out one the most satisfying victories of his Harvard career over Yale's healthy Olympian Bill Mettler in the 200-yard butterfly. Hayes set the pace for the first 50 yards relinquished the lead to Mettler for the next 100 and flailed his way back into the lead over the last 50, winning in his fastest time of the season 1:53.5 a half second ahead of Mettler...
...trials for the 600-yard run, Harvard hopeful Jeff Huvelle drained himself trying to pass St. John's Walt Kueffner and finished in 1:14.2, well below Huvelle's better efforts. Olympian Tom Farrell of St. John's won the event...
...Crimson mermen haven't hit the water officially since Jan. 15 when they edged an unusually resistant Dartmouth squad 53-42. Shrout and Corris won two events apiece and distance freestyler Pete Adams showed improvement, leading Crimson Olympian butterflyer Neville playes...
Such a descent from the peaks of gloire to the crass arena of politics hardly seemed possible for the 75-year-old master of the Elysee, long accustomed to thinking of himself in the third-person historic present. But neither French politics nor the once Olympian image of De Gaulle himself would ever be the same again. For last week, needing more than 50% of the votes in a field of six to win a first-ballot reelection as President of France, Charles de Gaulle lost. Though he ran first in the field, he got only 44% of the votes...
Yale, in spite of staggering graduation losses, gains Olympian Don Schollander and will dominate the League for the 22nd time in the last 23 seasons. Navy and Princeton lost nothing from the two teams that tied Harvard for third in the Eastern Swimming League last year, while Army and Dartmouth are both improved. If Harvard's sophomore freestylers don't come through, it could be a long wet season...