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...Freshman swimmers will seek to extend their win streak to two consecutive meets today when they battle at Brookline High School. The varsity's chances against Dartmouth here Saturday were jolted, however, when Phil Pratt '54, dash swimmer, announced that a stomach injury has forced him to quit competition for the season...
Performing for the freshman paddlers will be Dave Hawkins, Australian Olympic swimmer who set a new tank record against M.I.T...
...Russian battleship, two heavy cruisers and 532 Red army tanks in 2,500 sorties. Decorated with the Wehrmacht's highest combat honors,* Rudel escaped to Buenos Aires at war's end, sold his memoirs (Nevertheless . . .) and, despite his wooden leg, bested all comers as tennis player, swimmer, skier and mountaineer...
...Yardling swimmer Dave Hawkins can hardly help breaking a school record this afternoon. The 18-year-old Olympic veteran from Australia has already turned in a 100-yard breast stroke performance five seconds fasten than the standing record of 1:05 minutes...
Last week, on a sunny afternoon, the Bosporus was conquered again. This time the swimmer was a sedate family man, U.S. Ambassador to Turkey George C. McGhee, who took along his wife, his private secretary, his children (Marcia, 12, and George, 10), and a visiting U.S. Senator, Russell B. Long of Louisiana. It was Senator Long's idea on the spur of the moment to fulfill a lifetime's ambition by swimming from Europe to Asia, and the McGhees picked it up with enthusiasm. Another Senator, Wayne Morse of Oregon, cheered the swimmers on from a motorboat...