Word: relayers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...four, Bill Murray in the backstroke, Jim Stanley in the orthodox breaststroke, captain John Hammond in the butterfly, and Dick Seaton in the freestyle, comprise the group that gave the Crimson 400-yard medley relay team first place in the Easterns and fourth in the Nationals last spring. They are all back, and presumably improved with increased experience...
...accomplishment of the Pioneer could be told at once. While it was high in space, the operators on its tracking stations gaily used it as a radio relay, e.g., England talked to Hawaii on the other side of the earth, the waves climbing up to the Pioneer and down again. This dramatized the often discussed possibility of using satellites as relay points for the earth's communications...
What hurt the varsity most was shutouts in both dashes, the 880, and the mile relay, all of which coach Bill McCurdy had relied on as Crimson point-gainers. Sandy Dodge had a bad day in the dashes, and Art Cahn was tired for the 880 after running a very fast qualifying heat against Yale's John Slowik, who won the main event...
Predictions figure the meet to hinge on the final relay, which the varsity should win. However, if the varsity cannot remain within striking distance until the end of the meet, Dartmouth could pull a well-predicted upset...
...varsity won 10 of the 16 events, with Yale winning five and the relay. In the 440, Al Gordon continued his amazing running, fighting off a challenge by Eli Bob Skerritt at the top of the stretch to win by five yards in 49.1 seconds, excellent time in the teeth of the miniature gale whipping around the Soldiers Field oval...