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John Steinhart's 2:19.1 set a Hutchinson Pool and Harvard record in the 200-yard backstroke. It was the first time either team, had swum this race. In previous years, 150 yards was the standard intercollegiate distance for backstrokers...
...have been hurt and need fixing. Among his guests last week were three Canada geese, a very angry golden eagle named Sergeant, an albino cardinal, a mourning dove, two red-winged blackbirds and a raucous blue jay with a broken wing. Menaboni makes pets of many birds; ducklings have swum in his bathtub, bobwhites have made themselves at home in his living room and a screech owl has perched on his easel...
...swum the Channel in 13 hours and 20 minutes, faster than any woman had ever done it. The old record: 14 hr. 31 min., set in 1926 by Gertrude Ederle. "It's my lucky day," said Florence Chadwick...
...clear of the flaming, gasoline-covered water. Sherman was the last man to leave. He was burned, and badly shaken up by depth charges while he was in the water; 193 of his men were dead. But through the lane he had cleared off the stern, 2,054 had swum to safety...
Said Duke: "For the last four years John has swum in the tropical sea four hours a day, and is burned almost black. He should never have swum...