Varsity Swimmers Meet Lion Today As Ulen Forecasts Crimson Victory

Crimson mermen will take to the tank against Columbia's Lions at 4 o'clock today in New York before a swollen Alumni Week crowd, in an attempt to make Coach Hal Ulen's "We ought to beat them" prediction an established fact.

Though unaccustomed to Columbia's large, Grecian-styled, circular pool, which slows down swimming times, such aqua-stars as 220-man Walt Ballard, diver Bob Aaron, and Chuch Hoelzer in the breaststroke division should keep the Crimson churning out in front for most of the way.

In the sprint events, however, Columbia offers Paul Beduy and David St. John, who has just returned from service. St. John will enter the 50 and 100 yard freestyle events, and stacks up as the best man on the Columbia roster. He may have his hands full with Carl Busby, whose sprinting speed contributed to a Crimson victory over West Point last week.

Confident of Relays

Back-seat scorers are not anticipating victory in the breast stroke for the visiting team, but the Crimson swimmers are expected to pull both relays out of the fire. Ballard, who amassed a ten-point total as high scorer in the Pointers meet, will join with Jerry Gorman and Ted and Norris to offer the Lions potentially powerful opposition in the long distance races.

In a simultaneous meet at the home pool, Freshman swimmers will toe the mark today against Andover and its school-boy champion, Johnny McLane, who, in a practice meet against the Crimson last month set an unofficial national scholastic record of 2:01.5 for the 200 yard freestyle event. The Yardling record stands at two wins and one loss for the season.