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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...dropped from 54 plus to 53 plus in the century. Lonnie Stowell and Ted McNitt are two other standout members of the free-style brigade. Both are big Seniors, Stowell a seasoned veteran, and McNitt a late-comer to the Varsity. Last year he was a House swimmer, and now he is paired with Stowell in the 50. McNitt's 50 against Brown was one of the best meet performances by a Harvard swimmer in that event in several years. Stowell is a consistent 54 man in the century and may dip down below that figure any time...
Twenty-one swimmers scored points for Yale at Pennsylvania, and no Eli swimmer scored in more than one event. A second by Penn's Bob Walton in the 50-yard free style prevented a perfect score for the Elis...
Powers was the standout, but there were plenty of other Harvard stars in the near whitewash triumph. Ted McNitt and Lonnie Stowell combined with Captain Powers to shove highly touted Sherb Carter out in the cold with a pair of fourths in the sprints. McNitt, a House swimmer last year, has improved by leaps and bounds and did very close to 24.2 Wednesday. Lonnie Stowell, with a shaky turn and start, was close on McNitt's heels in the 50 and got another third...
Smart, ambitious little Billy Rose has spent most of his 40 years writing songs, producing shows, collecting money and curvesome Swimmer Eleanor Holm, whom he married after a divorce from Fanny Brice. Last week Showman Rose revealed himself as a collector of art. Mr. Rose has some 20 canvases, mostly Old Masters, which he began buying a year aro to hang in his house on Manhattan's swank Beekman Place...
Fair of 1915, the Paris Fair of 1925, and the Chicago Century of Progress, the new Rose-colored spectacle has much more varied costumes, provides snatches of old tunes, glimpses of past gaiety. By pairing up Waterlulu Eleanor Holm with handsome Swimmer Buster Crabbe, instead of Aqua-caveman Johnny Weissmuller, Rose added oomph to their big aquatic waltz. The water scenes gain from the use of fountains and a "curtain" of shimmering spray...