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Coach Harold S. Ulen will probably start most of the men who faced Bowdoin, with the exception of the relay, century, and dive. Stanley M. Wyman '35 and Gordon P. Winsor '34, will represent the Crimson in the 100-yard freestyle, leaving George Wightman '34 and Herbert M. Howe '34, fresh for the 200-yard relay in which Ulen hopes to see the record fall. George C. Scott, Jr. '34 and Edward P. Parker '34 will make up the quartet...
...yard sprint, facing Bowdoin's sole star, Carson, the Maine hope in both this event and the dive. Wallace, who established a Freshman record for the furlong when he swam against Yale for the 1935 outfit, teamed with Fallon over this stretch last season. In the century sprint, George Wightman '34, and Herbert M. Howe '34, both experienced men, will carry the Crimson colors...
...pace of last year should have no trouble in holding down his position this season. In the century free-style, however, the situation is much more complicated and four men are in the field. John L. Ward '34, Abbot W. Sherwood, Jr. '35, Stanley M. Wyman '35, George Wightman '34 and Herbert M. Howe '34 are fighting for the top honors in the 100-yard free-style class. Howe is also in the running for the sprint event...
...Bernard F. Merriam, II, '36, is pushing Howard S. Bowen '35 to the limit for the position of first diver, Merriam won the Yale meet last year and seems like the most promising candidate for the dive. A list of stalwart free-stylers, including Edward P. Parker '34, Sherwood, Wightman and Wyman are expected to deliver in the relay, an event in which Harvard has always been strong
When Mrs. Helen Wills Moody fell ill last week of what her doctors called "sub-acute unstable fifth lumbar vertebrae symptoms" and what Sports Colyumist Westbrook Pegler called "a crick in her back," it looked alarming for the U. S. Wightman Cup team. The ablest substitute in sight was slim, brown Sarah Palfrey, a girl who has played the most graceful tennis in the U. S. for the last four years but who has always, out of some childish nervousness, failed to do her best in important matches. Last fortnight Sarah Palfrey beat U. S. Champion Helen Jacobs...