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Navy's best swimmer is a junior named Boots Johnson, a converted freestyler who now competes in the backstroke. He is reputedly the second best backstroker in the League. Racing against Johnson will be speedy John Steinhart and Tom Woods...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Six Varsity Teams on Road Today; Quintet, Green Clash in League Tilt | 2/11/1950 | See Source »

Grover is a 32-year-old Navy veteran from Boston, a resident of Lowell House, and a militant booster of Crimson swimming coaches Hal Ulen and Bill Brooks. It is his considered opinion that Ted Norris, who was graduated in June, is the greatest distance swimmer in America...

Author: By Andrew E. Norman, | Title: The Sporting Scene | 1/18/1950 | See Source »

Army's greatest strength lies in the freestyle department, headed by sprinter Jim Smiley and distance swimmer Jack Craigie. Danny Rogers is a top-notch diver...

Author: By Andrew E. Norman, | Title: Relay Race Is Key as Cadets Swim Varsity | 1/13/1950 | See Source »

Penn has had one meet already this season, a loss to La Salle College. La Salle, however, boasts Olympic champ Joe Verdeur, the world's greatest all-around swimmer, so there was no great shame in losing, according to Ulen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ulen's Swimmers Face Penn Tomorrow Seeking 3rd Win | 1/6/1950 | See Source »

...Ireland for a London convention with 300 of Canada's top Salvationists. In a thick St. Lawrence River fog, a freighter cut the Empress in two; she capsized and 200 of the Salvationists were among the 1,024 passengers and crewmen who drowned. But Ernest, a powerful swimmer, survived...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: I Was a Stranger ... | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

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