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Patty Aspinall, 14-year-old Indianapolis minnow, set a new U. S. record for the 220-yd. breast stroke - 3 min., 7.8 sec., 1.2 sec. better than the mark set last summer by Japanese Fujiko Katsutani of Honolulu. Little Patty used the exhausting butterfly stroke (an overarm stroke as in the crawl, with both arms moving together) for the full 220 yards...
Sometimes Editor Wertenbaker seems to beat his breast a little too fiercely over the past sins of Yankee imperialism. But this is a question of emphasis. To critics who fear that the new doctrine of hemispheric solidarity may supplant the Monroe Doctrine, he gives a flat no. "What was done at the Havana conference . . . did not make the Monroe Doctrine multilateral. The Monroe Doctrine was, and is, a unilateral declaration of U. S. policy against Europe. . . . The new doctrine ... is multilateral and does two things...
They are strongest in the backstroke where Captain Joe Tyson, a Junior, will be swimming. In the breast stroke the Penn mentor may pull a fast one by yanking a dark horse out of the bag. Two years ago a mystery man named Daugherty swam a fast 2:33 breast stroke, defeating both Max Kraus and Jack Waldron. Shortly after that he went on probation and last year did not swim at all. It has been rumored that the same mystery man may be back in the harness tonight, although he has not appeared in the lineup yet this year...
Wins were chalked up by Chid Gabeler in the 50 freestyle, Captain John Eusden in the 100, George Christman in the 200, Bill Hewes in the dive, and Don Harting in the breast stroke...
Captain Shea of the Gymnasts has done 1:42 in the 150-yard backstroke swim and may be counted on to give Art Bosworth and Bill Drucker some stiff competition. In the breast stroke Pincombe is favored over Bob White and Max Kraus...