Yardling Mermen To Splash Exeter

With victories over M.I.T. and Brown behind them, Yardling splashers face an Exeter aggregation Saturday, February 8, minus the services of Charley Grover, Art Sicular, Art Phinny, and John Chamberlin, who will join Coach Hal Ulen's Varsity squad at the beginning of the term.

In a pre-season practice encounter against Andover, Freshman swimmers had the privilege of losing to Johnny McLane, 16 year old veteran pool specialist, who added another to his string of records, the unofficial scholastic 200-yard free style prize. His time was 2:01.5, or three seconds below the world's record.

The M.I.T. battle was the Yardlings' closest, as they came from behind to take the free-style relay event by three feet, and thus the meet. A slightly better margin was obtained when they sunk the Bruins, 44 to 31.

After the Exeter meet, Coach Bill Briggs' Yard men will go on to race Andover, St. George's School, Dartmouth and Yale freshmen.

The rugged Andover, Exeter, and Governor Dummer fives are on this term's schedule, and will probably give Berg's men their toughest opposition.