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...Clarence ("Buster") Crabbe, 22, of Los Angeles, ablest distance swimmer in the U. S.: the 1,500-metre race in the A. A. U. championships, at New Haven, lowering his own American record by 20.9 sec. to 19:45.6. Later he won two other championships?the 300-yd. medley and 500-yd. free style. Los Angeles won the team championship with 45 points to New York...
...with benefit of publicity and palaver, but on the home grounds of Hollywood, where the apes, crocodiles, lions, tigers, dwarfs, elephants and gorillas are better acquainted with their histrionic duties and can discharge them more effectively. Almost as effective as the animals is Tarzan Weissmuller. His ability as a swimmer has never led him into jungles. The wildest animal he ever knew hitherto was the comparatively tame and toothless alligator which used sometimes to be allowed to splash comically in the Roney-Plaza Hotel's luxurious swimming pool in Miami, where Weissmuller was swimming instructor. Nevertheless he acquits himself creditably...
Abbot Wilson Sherwood '35, of Toledo, Ohio, was yesterday elected captain of the Freshman swimming team. Sherwood prepared at Exeter where he exceled as an all-round swimmer, competing at different times in all the free-style events. On the Freshman team Sherwood has figured prominently as a dash man, being the natator's most dependable performer in the 50 and 100-yard free style events. He has met defeat this year only once in each of these races, and is expected to continue his stellar work during the rest of the meets...
While the Canadians' 41 to 29 defeat Saturday night at the hands of Brown, which fell a victim to Harvard three weeks ago, seems to leave little question as to the outcome, the visitors will have in Bourne of McGill a swimmer who should cause a good deal of trouble in several events. After breaking the local records in the 220 and 440 Saturday night, he took the 100 from Lewis, Brown's star sprinter, who was barely edged out in this race by B. S. Wood '33 during the Harvard-Brown meet...
...outstanding swimmer developed last year was B. S. Wood '33, who now holds the 440-yard intercollegiate championship and will be captain this year. The team was strong in the free-style races but rather weak in the specialty events...