Word: stroke
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...attractiveness of the meet Joh Higgins, national 200-yard breast stroke champion, has announced his intention to try for a new world record...
...strongest teams is Charles G. Hutter, Jr. '38, national ranking 220-yard free style artist. Keen local opposition will also be afforded by Henry K. Fitts '36 and Bernard F. Merriam, 2nd '36 in the dive, and by Graham Cummin '38 and Richard T. Fisher '36 in the back stroke...
...legend of a penny-pinching "Coolidge of Kansas." there have been impressed on the public mind as his two chief qualifications for the Presidency the facts that he: 1) has "balanced" Kansas' budget; 2) makes nickel bets on University of Kansas football games. Last week a shrewd publicity stroke added one more fact to the Landon Legend. Discovering that his 10,000 Happy New Year cards were so large that they required 1½? stamps, Governor Landon had the printer shave them down to if size, thereby deprived the U. S. Government of $50 in postage...
Harvard won all but two first places, losing only the 100-yard free-style after a nip and tuck battle between Donald McKay of Harvard and Eloranta of the visitors, and the 200-yard breast stroke, in which A. Dell nosed out Bob Heskett, Harvard merman. The team captured every second place...
Coach Muir of the Freshmen is gradually rounding his charges into shape although there is a marked dearth of outstanding material available. All the Yardlings are improving fast, however, and in Bill Bixby, Muir sees a sure point winner in the breast stroke events...