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...Swimmer Ris was in Florida. At Daytona Beach's Welch Pools, he sized up his competition for the National A.A.U. zoo-yd. race with a clear water eye. His big feet gripping the tiled rim of the pool, Wally knew just how he would swim this one-in the same slow-starting style that keeps his friends' and coaches' hearts in their mouths until the last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Horses Under the Hood | 4/11/1949 | See Source »

...sprinters. A pinwheel fast turn and a lung-busting finish did the trick as usual. When Wally's big hand touched the tile 51.4 seconds after the start, he could add another A.A.U. championship to his collection of titles (fortnight ago, he was voted the all-collegiate swimmer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Horses Under the Hood | 4/11/1949 | See Source »

...only Crimson swimmer entered in the meet, Norris took third place ahead of Emile Estoclet of Yale and Roger Watts of Iowa State. Norris won the Eastern title last week in 19:40.6. Housner, last year's NCAA winner, was clocked in 19:04.8 last night, Sala Awam the race...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Norris Takes 3rd Place in National 1500-Meter Test | 3/25/1949 | See Source »

Only Crimson champion in the three day competition was Ted Norris, who won the 1500-meter freestyle crown Thursday night. In so doing, Norris edged out Yale's Emil Estoclet, favored swimmer in the race...

Author: By Gene R. Kearney, | Title: Yale Sweeps E.I.S.L. Swim Competition; Crimson 7th | 3/21/1949 | See Source »

...wasn't even speaking to himself after the varsity swimmer's heart yarding 41 to 34 loss to Army Saturday after before the largest crowd of the last in the Indoor Athletic Building. As anchor man in the 400 yard freestyle, Fox churned out the fastest 100 yards in his life, 52.0 seconds, only to such two tenths of a second behind Fary's great Jim Smyly. By winning of event, Smyly untied the meet for second, and clinched second place in the Eastern Intercollegiate League for the badets, Yale has already drubbed Army...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cadets Nose Out Swimmers In Tense, Close 41-34 Meet | 2/21/1949 | See Source »

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