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...disputed 50-yard backstroke race, Steve Singer matched the Yale swimmer stroke for stroke, touching the finishing line within a half inch. The first place judge picked the Yale swimmer while the second place judge named Ginsburg winner. The decision was ultimately made by the timer who favored the Pierson racer. Singer did the distance in 29.9 and Ginsburg placed third...
Willim J. Brooks was a sophomore at Rider College in Trenton, N.J., in 1929 and what he terms "just an A.A.U. swimmer," when the 600-student school was persuaded to start a swimming team. Brooks turned professional and became its first coach...
...this reason, his teams and fellow coaches swear by him. As Ulen put it, "Bill can take the worst swimmer in the world, put his arm around him, talk to him, and convince him he should be in the Olympics...
Another close race was the 220 freestyle, where Bruin Fogelson's quick turns helped him nose out Geer by a yard to take second less than a yard behind Whatley. Art Scott of Brown gave Crimson swimmer. Dick Stenson a battle also as he nosed Stenson out for second place by four feet in the 150 individual medley. Scott was still ten yards behind Pete Mackey at the end, but he had come from six yards behind Stenson at the 100 yard point...
John Martin gave Navy its one win in the 440 freestyle race. The failure, however, of Navy's aces Chuck Gray and Paul slack to beat a single Crimson swimmer testified to the strain on the visitors of travelling to Cambridge after a close loss to Dartmouth, 44-40, the day before...