Rutgers and Princeton Dominate Eastern Swimming Tournament

Although the absence of Yale made for slower times and a slightly slackened interest on the part of local fans, the Sixth Annual Eastern Intercollegiate Individual Swimming Championships produced some exciting aquatic action at the Harvard pool this weekend.

The Crimson end of the deal was none too impressive, as the Ulenmen salvaged one second, a third, and two fourths out of the nine events on the lengthy card. Most impressive Harvard performance was that of Dave Barnes in the 440. In last place for the first two laps, the Crimson distance man gained rapidly, and his sprint nearly caught Columbia's Eugene Rogers, a Freshman who chalked up one of the meet's two doubles.

Barnes' Best

Rogers had only a yard edge on Barnes at the finish, and the Crimson merman's time was well under five minutes, his best clocking at this distance. In the trial heat which he won, Dave turned in a 5:02.3 quarter-mile, also better than any previous effort.

Princeton, which had been expected to dominate matters, had things by no means to itself. The Rutgers squad, which consisted of only five men, succeeded in nailing four firsts and a second, besides producing two of the best individual performers of the weekend.

Diver Ralph Buratti, barrel-chested Junior from New Brunswick, won the low board diving, but finished second from the higher board on Saturday night to Princeton's Connie Doran. Breast stroker Chuck Gantner, who butterflies all the way, was the main cog in the Scarlet's medley relay victory, and he edged Tiger Norm Zheutlin in the 200-yard breast stroke.

Times Unspectacular

Norm Siegel, backstroker, was the best individual medley man in the place, dying for dear old Rutgers to win in the unspectacular time of 3:34.6. None of the times, for that matter, were anything to get excited about.

The aforementioned Rogers, than whom there are few more huge, had his troubles in the 220 with Amherst's Jim Ammon, who pushed him all the way. The time was 2:13.3. Barnes finished sixth in a field of six.

Captain John Eusden of the Crimson looked far better, as he usually does, in the 100-yard sprint than he did in the 50. The century trial heat found him in a blanket finish with Ed Hall. Mass State notable, both men being clocked at 53.8. In the final, however, Hall turned on a little more steam to win in 52.6. This time Ammon, who had finished under the same blanket as Hall and Eusden in the heat, took second, and William's Danny Case, who hadn't officially swum in two years placed third. Eusden was fourth.

Hall versus Case

Hall's triumph in the 50 reversed the result in the trial, in which Case had nosed him out. The final found Hall off to an excellent start, however, and he had that edge on Case all the way. Eusden was fifth.

The backstroke saw Princeton's Tom Shand loaf his way to victory, without competition, in the strictly mediocre time of 1:39.1. Princeton also won a victory with Doran in the high board dive, and its 400 yard free style relay team nipped Rutgers. Representing Harvard, John Watkins, Ossie Morton. Barnes and Eusden qualified for the final only because Amherst's team disqualified by missing a turn, turned in a better performance with the chips down, to place third behind the two New Jersey colleges.

Harvey Pastel, Crimson tankman, whose diving performances have improved with every meet, took a fourth in the high board event with 99.8 points. Morton and Watkins failed to qualify in the 50 and 100. Several other Ulen entries were scratched.

Had Yale been present, it is safe to speculate that only two or three of the results would have remained the same. Yale's best time in every event except the 440, the individual medley (performed only in championships), the breast stroke, and, of course, the dive, were better than those turned in by the Eastern champions. It was like playing Follow the Leader without the leader.

Swimming Summary

50-Yard Freestyle

Final--Won by Hall (Mass State); second, D. Case (Williams); third, Dobbs (Navy); fourth, Bernabei (Princeton). Time--0.23:9.

150-Yard Backstroke

Final--Won by Shand (Princeton); second, Eastburn (Amherst); third, Mott (Navy); fourth, Merrow (Bowdoin). Time--1.39:1.

220-Yard Freestyle

Final--Won by Rogers (Columbia); second, Ammon (Amherst); third, Trubee (Princeton); fourth, Glynn (Army). Time--2.13:3.

300-Yard Medley Relay

Final--Won by Rutgers; second, Princeton; third, Navy; fourth, Brown. Time--2.59:6.

One Meter Dive

Won--by Buratti (Rutgers) 130.2 pts.; second, Doran (Princeton) 125.6 pts.; third, Smyke (Springfield) 119.7 pts.; fourth, Eppler (Cornell) 84.7 pts.

300-Yard Medley

Final--Won by Siegel (Rutgers); second, Anderholm (Dartmouth); third, Paulson (Brown); fourth, Stadig (Princeton). Time--3.34:6.

100-Yard Freestyle

Final--Won by Hall (Mass. State); second, Ammon (Amherst); third, D. Case (Williams); fourth, Eusden (Harvard); fifth, Bernabel (Princeton). Time--0.52:6.

200-Yard Breast Stroke

Final--Won by Gantner (Rutgers); second, Zheutlin (Princeton); third, Manherz (Navy); fourth, Berry (Navy); fifth, Kallop (Princeton). Time--2.27:3.

440-Yard Freestyle

Final--Won by Rogers (Columbia); second, Barnes (Harvard); third, Glyan (Army); fourth, Rolph (Dartmouth); fifth, Fisher, (Cornell). Time--4.55:4.

400-Yard-Free Style Relay

Final--Won by Princeton; second, Rutgers; third, Harvard; fourth, Dartmouth; fifth, Navy. Time--3.39.

Three Meter Diving

Final--Won by Doran (Princeton), 136 pts.; second, Buratti (Rutgers), 130.6 pts.; third, Cant (Pennsylvania), 127.4 pts.; fourth, Pastel (Harvard), 99.8 pts.; fifth, Krotkiewicz (Navy), 95.9 pts.