Word: swimmers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Swimmer's itch," long thought to be caused in salt water by pollution or jellyfish stings, has been traced to the common mud snail. The snail's tiny larvae attack swimmers in calm waters and cause an itchy rash. Best way to outwit them: avoid still waters, keep splashing, take a shower afterwards...
...Yale's John Marshall, Australian Olympic swimmer, the Eastern Intercollegiate 1,500-meter and 220-yard titles; at New Haven. In his bid to keep his "triple title, Marshall was edged by his roommate Wayne Moore, by a stroke, in the 440-yard event...
...John Marshall, Wayne Moore, Jim McLane, and Frank Chamberlain of Yale finished one, two, three, four in the 440 freestyle. All four are juniors this year. The first three also took the first three places in the 220. Because of this, John Millard is the only Crimson middle-distance swimmer to make the trip...
...Manhattan, New York University proudly announced its new women's swimming coach: two-way Channel Swimmer Florence Chadwick...
...potential event-swimmer from Tech is the fine backstroker, Dirk Plummer. The Crimson has lost its outstanding man in this event, John Steinhart, who went undefeated last season until the Eastern Championships. Steinhart's understudy was Hugh Hartwell, and sophomore Don Mulvey is even faster than Hartwell, but neither should be able to defeat Plummer in an opening meet...