Swimmers Drown Indians, 51-44

The Crimson swimming team rolled up its fourth straight victory of the season with a 51-44 win over Dartmouth Saturday at the I.A.B.

Highlighting the meet was a sprint duel between Bruce Hunter and Dartmouth's Charlie Brown, who edged out Hunter in the 50 yard freestyle last year. This year Hunter reversed the honors, nipping Brown by a tenth of a second in the 50 with a time of 22.4, and then making his revenge complete by beating him again in the 100 yard freestyle in 49.6. Bill zentgraf took third with a mildly disappointing time of 51.2.

The Indians hold their own until mid-way through the meet, and were tied with the Crimson as late as the 100 yard free-style. But in the closing raoes the varsity gradually began to open up a lead.

Bob Kaufmann swam to a first place in the backstroke, gliding in easily in a time of 2:13.9. Then sophomore George Mulligan and Steve Seagren put the Crimson four points in front with a first and a third in the 440 yard freestyle.

Crimson Takes Breaststroke

It was all over for Dartmouth after the breaststroke, as captain Bill Schellstede (2:30,7) and junior John McJennett (2:24,4) swept past their Indian competition. Dartmouth easily won the freestyle relay, but the meet was already decided.

Mulligan continued unbeaten in the distance events, with victories in both the 220 and the 440 yard freestyle, while Hunter, Kaufmann (with victories in the backstroke and the medley relay), and Schellstede (who won the breaststroke and swam in the opening relay) were also double winners for the Crimson.

The Crimson faces Cornell on Feb. 4 and Navy on Feb. 11. The Navy meet promises to be the toughest until Yale. The Midshipmen boast considerable strength in the breaststroke and the middle distance freestyle events, and may give coach Bill Brooks a real headache.

Freshmen Lose, 51-43

The Yardling streak was snapped at five by a surprisingly strong Dartmouth squad. In four of the events the freshmen posted a better winning time than was recorded in the varsity meet.

Bill Chadsey turned in a remarkable performance good for a new Yardling record. In the 200 yard breaststroke he won by nearly a pool length to set a new freshman record of 2:25.8, nearly five seconds better than Schellstede's time in the varsity meet and less than a second off the Harvard record.

Swimming the 220 yard freestyle for the first time in competition, Chadsey turned in a highly creditable time of 2:14.6, half a second behind teammate Harry Turner's winning mark and only one second slower than Hunter's time against Brown.

Price Shows Potential

Butterfly man Bob Price showed that he may be a great help to the varsity next year, as he turned in a fantastic 55.2 split in the medley relay--Jim Coffman's split in the varsity relay was 59.0.

But the Yardlings fell prey to Dartmouth's superior sprinters, failing to take a first place in any of the short distance events; and they saw their hopes of winning the meet shattered as the Indians churned their way to a new Dartmouth freshman record in the final relay for a 51-43 victory.