Geer Places 12th In Eastern Swim

PRINCETON, March 18--Duke Geer of the varsity swimming team finished 12th out of 15 in the 1500-meter free style event at the opening of the three-day Eastern individual championship meet here this evening. This was the only race held today.

Geer's time was 21:17.7. Springfield's Bill Yorzyk took first in 18:50.7, with his teammate, Bruce Hutchinson, placing second. The Crimson's Dave Hawkins beat both of these men when they swam the 220-yard free style at the IAB in the season's opener on Dec. 12. His clocking of 2:09.6 at that time set a new Crimson record which Jimmy Jorgensen broke last Saturday at Yale. Both Springfield swimmers defeated varsity captain Charley Egan and Geer in the 440 in that same meet. Yorzyk's time then was 4:49.2.

Yale's Marty Smith, who lost to Jorgensen's record 2:08.1 in the 220 at New Haven but who won the 440 in 4:44.6, beating Egan and Geer, took a fourth in