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Dave Hawkins has proved his lithe versatility by the increasing ease with which he handles all four strokes of the new 200-yard individual medley. Chouteau Dyer is gaining finesse and may lower the 100-yard sprint record he set earlier this year...
Coach Bill Brooks hasn't had a chance to shape his Yardling team yet, but four freshmen already stand out. Dick Seaton look strong in the 440 and 220 free style. "He hasn't learned to sprint, but why teach him when he's so good in the longer events," Brooks commented...
Playing without its injured tailback star, Royce Flippin, Princeton defeated Brown last Saturday, 14 to 7, and will come into Soldiers Field next weekend leading the Ivy League. The Tigers scored on a one-yard plunge by fullback Dick Martin and on a 26-yard sprint by wingback Bill Danforth. Brown's touchdown was made by fullback Bob Johnson from one yard...
...dawn broke, Thomas could see crowds gathering along the Victoria shoreline. With an exuberant sprint, he closed the last 25 yards, staggered up the beach into the arms of his wife. Then, after a cup of coffee, he was whisked off to Victoria for a municipal welcome. Later, with nearly $3,000 in prize money and bonuses in his pocket, he expanded on his plans: "I'd like to try the Golden Gate swim and after that the Gibraltar strait. If I don't get too old, I'd like to break every swimming record there...
...victory. The Canadians could hardly have expected to keep up their winning ways when they took on the University of Pennsylvania's crack eight in the finals. Still, they managed to make a race of it. The Quakers had to put all their power into a last-stretch sprint to finish a third of a length in front...