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...John" Eusden was a double winner in the Varsity meet, taking the 50 and 100 yard free styles, while Bus Curwen turned in one of the best times of the evening when he swam the 200 yard breaststroke...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: VARSITY MERMEN OVERWHELM PROVIDENCE BOYS' CLUB 48-27 | 3/5/1942 | See Source »

...Army meet saw a turn for the better as far as the Ulenmen were concerned, and they swam some excellent races. But Cadets Croonquist, Scofield, Criss and Company had too much power for the Crimson and took the meet in the crucial 400 yard relay...

Author: By Burton VAN Vort, | Title: TANKMEN NOSE OUT QUAKERS; LOSE CLOSE MEET TO CADETS | 2/24/1942 | See Source »

...demonstrated in '35 at the Intercollegiates by a swimmer from Iowa who swam much faster than an ordinary breast-stroker,' said Ulen. "You can get in more leg movements than with the frog kick, so it's bound to be faster. One of my breast-strokers, "Sandy" Huston, can swim faster now with the fishtail kick." Mann's proposal has so far been regarded as illegal. The rule calls for the legs to separate and describe the same movement, but although the legs move in the same manner, they are kept together in the new kick...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ulen for New Breaststroke Kick Only as Special Event | 1/26/1942 | See Source »

Nazis at The White last week followed the routine of guests at any fashionable resort. On the leafy lawns and terraces they sunned themselves, played ping-pong, swam in the heated pool, bought quantities of clothing at shops in the hotel basement. They did not mingle with the other guests, took their meals in lonely splendor in their own section of the big dining room...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The U.S. At War, ENEMY ALIENS: Christmas at The White | 1/5/1942 | See Source »

Cecil Brown parted reluctantly from a brand-new pair of shoes, jumped into the oily water and swam hard to avoid the down-draught of the huge vessel as she turned on her beam ends, lifted her ugly stern underparts, and sank. From the water he saw the Wales, torpedoed and afire, slowly go down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: Wales, Repulse: A Lesson | 12/22/1941 | See Source »

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