Swimmers Dump Cornell, 71-42; Sweep GBC

The Harvard swimming team continued its methodical domination of any and all opposition, routing Cornell, 71-42, Saturday afternoon in Ithaca, N.Y., and capturing the Greater Boston Championship by defeating five area teams in a meet held yesterday in the IAB.

The Crimson subdued the Big Red on Saturday with less than a total effort. Certain key swimmers did not make the trip to Ithaca, yet Harvard managed to capture first place in eight of the meet's 13 events.

Sophomore Hess Yntema led the Crimson with victories in both the 200-yd. individual medley and the 500-yd. freestyle. His times of 1:56.9 in the individual medley and a very fast 4:44.5 in the freestyle shattered two Cornell pool records.

Reliable Crimson co-captain Fred Mitchell also claimed two blue ribbons, winning the 200-yd. freestyle event, and anchoring the victorious 400-yd. medley relay team. Freshman Ted Fullerton swam the breastroke leg in that medley relay, and was an easy five-second victor over teammate Brent Haywood in the 200-yd. breastroke.

Freshman Peter Tetlow breezed to victory in the marathon 1650-yd. freestyle event, and placed a close second to Cornell All-American Bob Meade in the 200-yd. butterfly. Sophomore Dave English turned in a solid performance on the boards, taking top honors in the one-meter competition and placing second in the three-meter.

The efforts of Cornell's senior sprinter, Chip Harrison, provided some solace for the Big Red. He won both the 50-yd. and 100-yd. freestyle, and his excellent clockings establish him as the favorite in those events in the upcoming Eastern championships.

In the Greater Boston Swimming Championships held all day yesterday, the Crimson confirmed their status as the top local swimming power. In a few events, such as the 100-yd. freestyle, the Crimson overwhelmed the opposition. Harvard claimed the first six finishers in that event.

Overall Depth

In many of the other races, however, the Crimson used their overall team depth to rest the star swimmers for the two Ivy League meets yet to come this week. Harvard still had enough scoring power to win going away.

The final results showed Harvard in first with 384 points followed by Tufts with 313 and MIT with 300. Boston College, Northeastern, and Brandeis rounded out the team scoring in fourth, fifth, and sixth respectively.