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...next shocker and the meet clincher came in the 200-yard breaststroke. Harvard's sophomore star Bill Chadsey ranked a clear favorite to beat Yale's Jerry Yurow, but the Harvard backup men were, as usual, inadequate. Harvard had to sweep the event. The score stood at Harvard 40 Yale 39 going into the breaststroke with only the freestyle relay to go. The relay was Yale's as the exhausted Crimson freestylers could do no more. Only eight points--a first and a second in the breaststroke--could have the meet...
...strong start put Pringle out in front. After 150 yards he was in solid possession of second place, two yards behind Chadsey and four feet ahead of Yurow. Then in the last length Pringle began to tire. The rested Yurow started to close the gap. With ten yards to go only inches separated the two, and the inches were rapidly disappearing. But Pringle proved to be the champion, touching out Yurow by one-tenth of a second and sending the Eastern Championship to Harvard for the first time in 24 years...
...individual event--the breaststroke. With the score Harvard 40, Yale 39, a Crimson sweep was the only chance Harvard had, as Yale was assured of seven points in freestyle relay. Bill Chadsey of the Crimson seemed a good bet for first, but the Elis were positive their own Jerry Yurow was a certain second...
When John Pringle stepped up on the block, the Bulldogs gasped in amazement. The Crimson junior had already won two exhausting races and hadn't swum the breaststroke all year. He was still too much for the vaunted Yurow, however, touching out the Bulldog by a tenth of a second...
...breaststroke: 1. Chadsey (H); 2. Pringle (H); 3. Yurow (Y). Time...