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Chalmers, Olympic swimmer and National Collegiate Champion last year, has turned in a time of two minutes, 39 4-5 seconds and looms as a formidable threat to Stowell's record of being undefeated in 17 consecutive dual meets. Wednesday, the Crimson captain came within one-fifth of a second of breaking the World's record in the 220-yard back-stroke event, and has been clocked in a time just three-fifths of a second slower than the visiting star's for the 150-yard distance. It seems very likely that the pool record of one minute...
According to the rules of the A.A.U., a swimmer may try for a new record if his intentions are announced beforehand and he is timed by recognized men. Five watches will be held on Stowell this afternoon...
...which George Scott came through to beat Eugene Jennings, the Lion sprint flash, by a matter of inches. Another close race was between Ed Devereux and Tom Wright, in the furlong, which the latter finally won by only a few feet. In the quarter-mile, however, the Columbia swimmer had an easy time...
...Devereux, Jr. '34 is listed as a possible entry in the 20-yard freestyle, but it is more likely that he will enter the quarter-mile where Ulen expects a hard race from Nolan, the visitors' distance man, who has done ten seconds faster than the lanky Harvard swimmer, over this distance...
Sharkman Young confirms cinemagoers' suspicions that it would be almost impossible for a swimmer armed only with a knife to kill a shark. The shark, which swims 40 to 50 m.p.h., would probably be off like a streak if he saw a man diving toward him. Even if the man got close, it would take a powerful and lucky thrust to penetrate the shark's tough hide and cartilage, pierce its two-inch heart...