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Yale's Steve Clark set pool, Eastern, and NCAA records in the 200-yard freestyle race, winning with a time of 1:46.2. Equally impressive, though, were the other Ell swimmers. Toby Mussman, Dave Lyons, and Ed Townsend, who took second, third, and fifth in times of 1:47.0, 1:48.0 and 1:49.4 respectively. Since the winning time in the Big Ten Conference meet last week was 1:48.2 by an Indians swimmer ineligible for the NCAAs. Yale may be able to look for a sweep of the event in the nationals later this month...
...only excitement of the meet came in the 200-yard butterfly with the appearance of John Pringle, the only Harvard entrant is the event. Naturally, neither Brown swimmer could provide any competition, and both finished more than a full pool length behind Pringle. Pringle's effort, however, came within 1.2 seconds of breaking the Harvard record of 2:05.7 for the event...
...meet's outcome may depend on the performance of Harvard's most outstanding and versatile swimmer, John Pringle. Pringle, last year's EISL individual medley champion, also holds the University records in the 200-yard backstroke and the 200-yard breaststroke...
Never challenged in the race, Abramson finished more than a pool length ahead of the second-place swimmer in brilliant time of 5:13.7. This erased the pool and University records of 5:26.0 and 5:21.5, which he set earlier this season...
...North America and made occasional trips into what he called "the interior" in search of funds. During his numerous sojourns in jail, he carried a walking stick during exercise hours. Because he said he had once escaped from Ellis Island by trudgen crawl, he was celebrated as a swimmer until the day that he fell into a swimming pool before dozens of surprised witnesses and sank without a bubble. Hollywood understood him. His life deserved an Oscar...