Swimmers Drown Springfield; 68-45 Win Is Crimson's Fifth

The Harvard swimming team entered the exam and intersession break yesterday with its undefeated record infact, easily trouncing Springfield College, 68-45 and upping its record to 5-0.

As on the Brown meet last Saturday most of the swimmers who were healthy enough to make the trip swam off-events and the versatility of the squad continued to be impressive. Freshman sensation Hess Yntema who already owns Harvard records in the 200 yd butterfly and the 200 yd individual medley, brought to six the number of different events he has won thus fat this season by winning the 50 yd. backstroke.

With Yntema moving to the freestyle, sophomore freestyler Mike Cooke filled in the IM and recorded a fine 2:05.8 clocking Cooke's showing was particularly impressive in light of a recent illness which had kept him out of the water for almost a week. He was one of the many Crimson performers who were double winners, as he took the 100-yd. free as well.

Captain Fred Mitchell, one of the few Harvard swimmers to escape the flu thus far, had a good afternoon. After a 49-plus freestyle leg on the medley relay, he came back two events later to take the 200-yd, free in a very good time of 1:46.8.

Freshman diver Dave English continued to dominate his event as he again swept both the 1-meter and 3-meter competitions. His point total in the lower board was a very impressive 292.8, and his 258 is total on the 3 meter board was English's best total of the year.

Beautiful Race

About the only close race of the afternoon came in the 1000-yd. free where Roy Geronemus, a triple winner against Brown, lopped ten seconds off his winning time Saturday as he edged out his Springfield opponent in 10:48.5. "Roy swam a beautiful race," head coach Don Gambril said last night.

"I thought things went very well," Gambril said. "About the only thing we didn't figure on was losing the last relay [Springfield won by a second]." "We are very happy to be 5-0 at this point, and the most important thing now is to finish off the semester and get back in shape for Princeton," he said.

The league race, with five teams scrambling for the title, will probably sharpen into some kind of focus in the next two weeks. This Saturday Penn faces Dartmouth in Hanover, N.H. and that crucial encounter is followed a week later by the Penn-Princeton confrontation. Harvard meets the Tigers February 10.