Crimson Swimmers to Face Quakers

The Crimson aquatic juggernaut, having disposed of a series of hapless victims including Brown and sundry area foes in the Greater Boston Championships this week, faces another patsy in Pennsylvania this afternoon at the IAB.

Actually, it is probably unfair to call a squad that fashioned a victory over Yale, the traditional Ivy swimming power, a patsy. But what else can you call a team that lost to Cornell, Dartmouth and Princeton, all teams that Harvard drubbed this year?

The aqua-Quakers's sea strengths include Brad Gandee in the sprints, Glenn Crooks and John Brethwaite in the freestyle, as well as a strong diving corps.

Gandee holds a best time of 22.1 in the 50-yard freestyle this season. Crooks, who also swims the anchor leg of the 400-yard medley relay, has posted a 48.4 in the 100 free, his specialty.

Brethwaite does dual duties, swimming both the 200 freestyle and the 200 backstroke. He has registered a 1:49.1 in the 200 free and a 2:00.3 in the 200-yard backstroke.

The Quaker diving corps is led by the one-two combination of Robbie Craig and Bruce Knipe, who have been turning in impressive performances all season. Last week against Army, Graig swept both the one-meter and the three-meter competition with teammate Knipe placing second in both events. In the Yale meet the week before, the two divers split the honors with Knipe winning the three-meter board and Craig taking the one-meter diving.

Penn has relied heavily on its medley relay team of Alex Kazcikas, Tim Shead, Tarn Thompson and Crooks, as a potent early scoring punch in its last two meets. The group gave Penn a 3:33.6 against the Elis, with Shead swimming a 59.9 breaststroke leg.

Harvard will again be counting on strong performances from aces Hess Yntema, Peter Tetlow, Ted Fullerton, Dave Brumwell and Fred Mitchell. Yntema, who can swim everything from the 200 free, individual medley, butterfly to the very long 500 freestyle, will swim in probably three of the above events.

Tetlow will be manning the long distance freestyle, with Mitchell handling the shorter distances. Fullerton and Brumwell, who have been potent scoring threats this year, will hold down the breaststroke responsibilities.