Word: dual
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Will should face a tough match and possible defeat from the varsity's Bob Foster. Foster, who absorbed his first loss in three years of dual meet competition on a freak forfeit against Brown last week, has eight victories this season and is also a strong candidate for an Eastern title...
Tomorrow's Harvard-Yale swimming extravaganza takes on added importance because of the impending retirement of two giants from the coaching scene. Both Crimson varsity mentor Hal Ulen and the Elis' Bob Kiphuth will coach the final dual meets of their careers when the two teams vie for the Eastern Intercollegiate Swimming League championship...
Though the varsity outcome is not in doubt (Yale is expected to take their 182nd straight dual meet), Ulen echoed a prevailing thought that ex-Crimson star Dave Hawkins will have his freshman unit in the winning column over the highly touted Yalies. Perhaps this points up Ulen's hopeful prediction made last night--"No one will break Yale's record ...until Harvard next year...
Even partisanship cannot discount the work of Yale's head swimming coach at New Haven since 1918. He was also Director of Athletics there from 1946 to 1949, and head coach of four American Olympic swimming teams. Kiphuth's squads have a present streak of 181 consecutive dual meets, not having lost since the Army meet of 1945. In all, his teams have won 507 and lost a mere 12 dual contests...
...Foster, after nearly three seasons without a defeat in dual meet competition, lost to the Bruins' Gene Roberts on a freak forfeit call. Using an illegal hold--without warning from the referee--Foster injured Roberts, and the Brown wrestler was unable to continue. The referee awarded the match to Roberts on a forfeit...