Word: sprinter
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...past two years, Tennist Don Budge has been chosen as the No. 1 athlete of the U. S. In 1936 it was Sprinter Jesse Owens; in 1935 it was Boxer Joe Louis. Last week the 60 U. S. sportswriters from whom the Associated Press culls the annual vote chose Iowa Footballer Nile Kinnick as the outstanding athlete of 1939. Because of his stamina (he played the full 60 minutes against such teeth-rattling opponents as Minnesota, Notre Dame, Michigan, Purdue, Indiana, Wisconsin) as well as his talents as passer, punter and ballcarrier, Hawkeye Kinnick received 21 first-place votes, three...
...swimmers lost Paul Williams, sprinter, for two years individual high scorer in the league; Jim Daugherty, a very promising breast stroker, and Charles Smith, another sprinter. Frank Gosling, a diver, left college to go to war with the British Army. But the Quakers have come up with several good sophomores to take their places, notably Daniel Freeman, a New York boy who is as fast now in the 50 as Williams was; Joe Tyson, a back stroke; and John Houck, who will compete in the distance events...
Tank mentor Ed Kennedy believes that he has two standout performers in diver John Keating and sprinter John Vergeichik. Keating was the League's third best diver last season, and Vergeichik was the team's high point...
Other lettermen returning from the squad which finished fourth in the Eastern Intercollegiate League standings include Maurice Poitras, Kent and Steve Stavers, all distance men, and Berndt Lindgren, a sprinter. Outstanding Sophomore is Jack Brown, equally well at home in any free-style event, at the back, and the breast stroke. Other promising second-year men are Gunner Ohberg and Aiden Wood, sprinters, and Joe McKinley, a diver...
Arthur Bosworth, who was captain of his Freshman team and who has been first Varsity backstroker ever since, will compete almost exclusively in the free-style sprint races this year, thereby fulfilling Coach Ulen's need for a fast sprinter and his own desire to swim on his face for a while. During his first year in the pool Art negotiated the 50 in very close to 24 seconds flat, and while his backstroke 100's which at one time approached the 1:02 mark are valuable, his sprinting ability will probably be more in demand this season...