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...will compete today. He holds the American record of 1:41.2 for the 200-yard freestyle. Against Dartmouth on February 17, he swam in the 1000-yard free for the first time and set a Yale record of 10:17.4. By contrast the Harvard record, set by Bill Shrout last Saturday against Cornell...
Today he will gain further evidence for his case against Harvard. Shrout, one of the champions who couldn't stay on top, will very likely be Schollander's competition. Last year Don edged him out in the 50-yard freestyle. This year his victory could come in the 50, 200, 500, or 1000-year free, or all four...
...Bill Shrout, Murphy, and Pete Adams each won two events. Shrout, swimming the tough 1,000-yard freestyle for the first time, set a new Harvard record of 10:-35.9. The only bright spot for Cornell came in the 200-yard butterfly where Jim Boizelle set a Cornell record...
...swept the 200-yard butterfly to gain the lead for the first time in the afternoon. Harvard's Bragg and Adams responded by sweeping the 100-yard freestyle. The seesaw continued to swing as Princeton won the 200-yard backstroke to tie the meet; Harvard stormed back with a Shrout-led sweep of the 500-yard freestyle. Then Princeton edged out Harvard's Carl Cummins in the 200-yard breaststroke, postponing the decision to the final event, the 400-yard free relay...
With Harvard ahead 55-51, coach Bill Brooks put Bragg, Dan Thompson, Shrout and Adams on the line. Shrout had won twice, Bragg had won twice, Adams had placed first and second. The effort had been too much. As against Army, the larger, stronger team came on in the last event to win a heartbreaking victory over a tired and overworked Harvard team...