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...Playing out the string" (as the same sports writer would call it) is always rather dismal business. This weekend should be even worse since the team will be playing at Yale the same night as the swim meet. And since Yale has clinched a tie for the title, and will be playing its final home game, it will probably go for blood...
There really is no point in going into the painful details; the Crimson will swim every man on the bench--and still win by thirty of forty points...
Brown's 400 yard freestyle relay team may be able to pick up a few points, particularly since their event is the last of the meet, and Crimson coach Bill Brooks will probably not swim his first line relay against them. Bob Martin is highly touted in the individual medley but will be lucky to sneak away with a second...
This leaves Captain John Modell and sophomore Bob Nash as the most powerful Columbia threats. Modell can swim any event on the program and specializes in the long freestyle races. Nash broke every existing freshman freestyle record for the Light Blue last year, and has been switched to the butterfly on the varsity...
...Harvard swim team maintained its undefeated record by beating Cornell 57 to 37 last Saturday at Ithaca. Two new records were set, one by Harvard, the other by Cornell...