Swimmers Sink Indians; Shrout Leads Freshmen With New NCAA Mark

The varsity swimming team is losing its glory to the freshmen. Saturday, for example, the varsity piled up an easy 60-35 victory over Dartmouth, but the freshmen broke the records and put on the most exciting swimming performance of the year.

Following Captain Bill Shrout's record-breaking example, Coach Benn Merritt's freshmen came from behind in the final freestyle relay to upset highly-favored Dartmouth 50-45. Shrout anchored the relay in a cool 47.4 seconds, the fastest 100-yard split ever done by a Harvard swimmer.

Shrout had already broken freshman, University, pool, and NCAA-freshman records with a superb 1:47.5 in the 200-yard freestyle. This is his third University record; he already holds the individual medley and 100-yard butterfly marks.

Going into the final relay, Dartmouth's fine freshman team had broken five records of their own and led 45-43. After two legs, Harvard was half a pool length behind. Phil Chase made up half the distance with a 50.1 split, and Shrout pulled it out for a final 3:21.0 clocking, a freshman record. Chase, Steve Bulloch, Peter Alter, and Shrout were individual freshman winners.

The varsity's victory was an anti-climax. Sweeping four events, the Crimson piled up an early lead, then coasted leisurely home. Individual winners were Dave Abramson in the 200 freestyle, Danny Mahoney in the dive, and Neville Hayes in the butterfly.

Harvard swept both sprints, Andrew Grinstead and Bob Padway taking the 50, and Jim Seubold and Richard Saxe winning the 100 in a respectable 50.5 seconds. The other sweeps were Bob Corris and Stephen Teaford in the individual medley and Henry Whelchel and Al Lincoln in the backstroke.