Word: stroker
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...swimming gets most attention from the U.S. at the Olympics. With Japan on the sidelines (Japan and Germany were not invited), the U.S. has the pool almost to itself-except for France's Alex Jany in the 100-& 400-meter freestyle. The best U.S. bet: husky Breast-Stroker Joe Verdeur, who has been breaking his own world records...
Weatherhead is one of a talented trio of ex-Freshmen swimmers who established a medley relay record in last year's yearling Yale meet with 3:12.1 for the 300 yards. Breast stroker Larry Ward may still work into the lineup, and backstroker Tom Woods is the leading backstroker. Woods has other distinctions besides being the third College man to bear his name, and son of Thomas S. Woods, JF, an all-American Crimson football player in 1920. He broke the Freshman backstroke record on his own again in last year's Bulldog sinking with 2:39.4. Diving mentor Bernie...
Hiram II. "Chuck" Hoelzer '49, of Leverett House and New York City, was elected to lead the Varsity swimmers next winter. Hoelzer, number one breast stroker in the 200-yard event, has been a consistent winner all season. He came from behind in a thrilling finish to win against Yale, and is a probable entry in the Eastern Intercollegiate meet this weekend...
...Scarlet started off by turning in a fast 3:04.7 for the 300-yard medley relay, with breast stroker Charlie Gantner setting an impossible pace for his share. Walt Bullard with first, and Jerry Gorman with third, evened things up temporarily in the next 220-yard freestyle...
Meeting the New Jerseyans now, and even a team in the Eastern Intercollegiates, like Penn, is strictly an anticlimax after being worried over by the Bulldogs. Tonight's opponent is loaded with GI talent, and boasts in a breast-stroker named Charlie Gantner a number one man in National AAU competition...