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...much of a machine at all. Place finishes have traditionally been determined by the place judges, who sit at the side of the pool and sight down the finish line to see who touches first. In addition, at least three timers are usually assigned to time the swimmer in each lane...
...races that finish at the pool end, however, a possible solution to the judging problem may rest in metal caps, worn on a swimmer's fingers, that would close a low-current electric circuit at the touch. Electricity in the water, though, is more than hazardous...
Captain Jim Jorgensen was the only Crimson swimmer to take a first place. He took two, breaking a pair of his own Crimson records in the process and establishing himself clearly as the best middle-distance man in the East...
...captain Dick Seaton may be the man to replace Jorgensen. His best time in the longest freshman event to date, the 200, has been 2:02.3. In addition, Seaton has done the 50 in 24 seconds and the 100 in 52.3. "Such versatility is an indication of a real swimmer," coach Bill Brooks said, predicting that Seaton would also be a good...
Married. Hironoshin ("The Flying Fish of Fujiyama") Furuhashi, 27, Japan's onetime record-breaking long-distance swimmer, holder of the world's 1,500-meter mark (TIME, Aug. 29, 1949); and Keiko Okada, 21; in Tokyo...