Word: tanked
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Freshman swimming team closes its season today in a meet with the English High School in the Boston Y. M. C. A. tank at 3 o'clock...
...Haines was satisfied with the workout, declaring that the University eight showed excellent form for only the third time on the water. Five of the lower boats, made up principally of green men, rowed from Weld under the direction of Coach Brown, while the remaining eights practised in the tank, supervised by Arthur Beane...
Little difficulty was experienced by the Freshman swimming team Saturday in defeating Huntington School at the Boston Y. M. C. A. tank by a score of 32 to 18. The 1921 team was an easy winner in every event but the plunge, which J. H. Eaton '21 lost by a margin of only a foot. L. H. Rand '21 was the individual point-winner, taking first in the 100-yard, second in the 50-yard and swimming on the winning relay team...
Therefore, the Yale Swimming Association sincerely hopes that Harvard will not delay in an attempt to secure a tank from the Alumni, and that, having obtained this, Harvard, Princeton and Yale may fight it out for the intercollegiate championship in future years...
...course we are aware that it is a very difficult task to turn out a strong team in one year, especially handicapped as Harvard is by the lack of a tank. However, a start could be made next year, and it seems reasonable to suppose that in a few years Harvard would be one of the strongest contenders for the championship in the Intercollegiate Association, due to its enrolment and the quantity of good material that would be drawn from the New England schools, should Harvard take up this sport...