Word: swimmers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Harvard's present facilities for swimming are notoriously poor. The Randolph pool holds scarcely more water than would the tub which Diogenes turned into a home. As for the Big Tree, one look at the water usually discourages the most hardy swimmer. The new pool, to be located very judiciously on the north side of Hemenway, with a gallery capacity of 2000, will have the immediate effect of resuscitating the swimming team. More than this, as Major Moore says, it is the next logical step in the program of "sports for all". Further development in the direction started...
...their annual meet the University swimmers went down to a 37-16 defeat before the championship Yale tankmen. Although several of the Eli regulars were absent from the line-up. Captain A. H. Brackett ocC., was the only Crimson swimmer to take a first place...
...clock this afternoon the swimming team will meet the West Point Cadets at West Point in an endeavor to break its consistent streak of decisive defeats. The soldiers have a one-man team, with their chief strength centered around the champion swimmer of the Pacific Coast, but have in this star enough power to force the Crimson to the limit...
...Michael Prendergast has consented to coach both the University and Freshman teams this year but his appointment has not yet been ratified by the Athletic Committee. Mr. Prendergast is a well-known swimmer as he was a member of the Brookline Gymnasium relay team which broke the world's record for the relay event in 1916. Previously, in 1914 and 1915, he was on the Brookline High School swimming team which won the National Interscholastic championship. In 1917 and 1918, he was on the Brown University team. After joining the navy, he was chosen swimming instructor of the second naval...
...Michael Prendergast, although his appointment has not yet been ratified by the Athletic Committee, has agreed to coach both the University and Freshman teams this season. Mr. Prendergast is well known in and around Boston as a swimmer and in 1916 was a member of the Brookline Gymnasium relay team which broke the world's record for the event. In 1914 and 1915, he was on the swimming team of the Brookline High School which won the National Interscholastic championship. In 1917 and 1918, he was on the Brown University team, and later, after joining the navy, was appointed swimming...