Varsity Swimmers Elect Whatley Squad Captain for 1954-55 Season

John T. Whatley '55 of Brookline was yesterday elected captain of next year's swimming team. He succeeds Charles J. Egan, Jr. '54.

Whatley saw considerable action this past season as a free-styler and as a member of the Crimson's 300-yard medley and 400-yard free style relay teams. Whatle's key performance came in the Dartmouth meet when he helped the 440-yard relay team beat the Green and avert a tie.

In all, Whatley swam in six winning relay teams. Among the other colleges he helped the varsity defeat are Princeton, Columbia, Navy, Army, and M.I.T. In the Navy meet a relay defeat would have meant the Crimson's first loss of the season.

Whatley also scored many points for the varsity in individual free-style events. He finished second in the 220-yard free-style races against M.I.T., Brown, and Penn, and won the 220 in 2:16.1 against Columbia late in the season.