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Swimming Team Tops Engineers, 74-12

By Thomas M. Pepper

The varsity swimming team broke three M.I.T. pool records as the Crimson swept every first place to trounce Tech 74 to 12 last night.

John Hammond thrashed through the 100-yard butterfly in his fastest time of the season, 56.4, crushing the old mark by nine seconds. The 400-yard medley relay team of Bill Murray, Jim Stanley, Hammond, and Ron Mischner swam the distance in 4:01.8 to break the pool record by seven seconds. Doug McCartney swam the 200-yard breastroke in 2:37.9.

Dick Seaton and Koni Ulbrich finished one-two in the 220-yard freestyle, and surprise sprinter Pete Zemo won the 50-free in a commendable time of 24.4.

The Summary: 400-yard medley relay--won by Harvard; Murray, Stanley, Hammond, and Mischner; second, M.I.T.; Divine, West, Getchell, and Veeck. Time--4:01.8. (breaks pool record). 220-yard freestyle--Won by Seaton (H); second, Ulbrich (H); third, Kohlman (M.I.T.). Time--2:21. 50-yard freestyle--Won by Zemo (H); second, Rose (H); third, Kane (M.I.T.). Time 24.4. 100-yard butterfly--Won by Hammond (H); second, Perilman (H); third, Getchell (M.I.T.). Time--56.4. (breaks pool record). Dive--Won by Gorman (H); second, Stone (H); third, Cahlender (M.I.T.). 78.38 points. 100-yard freestyle--Won by Boeckler (H); second, Cochran (H); third, Windle (M.I.T.). Time--54.2. 200-yard backstroke Won by Murray (H); second Pildner (H); third, Divine (M.I.T.). Time--2:19.6. 440-yard freestyle--Won by Seaton (H); second, Kohlman (M.I.T.); third, Pecsok (H). Time--5:11.2. 200-yard breast-roke--Won by McCartney (H); second, West (M.I.T.); third, Falk (H). Time--2:37.9. (breaks pool record). 400-yard freestyle relay--Won by Harvard: Rose, Nash, Winthrop, and Cochran; second, M.I.T.: Veeck, Kossler, Kane, and Windle; Time--3:45.4.

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