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...eighteen Hawkins holds every Australian breast stroke record there is. He is the British Empire champion at 200 meters. At our National A.A.U. Championships held in August he took two third places. There is only one faster breast stroker in an American college today, Ohio State's senior Jerry Hollan...
...While Australia's crack Breast-Stroker John Davies clipped the Olympic record in the 200-meter event, the University of Iowa's Bowen Stassforth bobbed in a close second to pick up another five points...
...Taffy-haired little (5 ft. 9 in.) Lefthander Art Larsen, 25, of San Leandro, Calif., No. 6 in U.S. rankings. Larsen, a steady, unspectacular stroker who had wanted to play on the Davis Cup team himself, had had the satisfaction of putting out Davis Cupper Tom Brown...
...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...