Varsity Swimmers to Enter NCAA Championships Today

Nine varsity swimmers dive into the 31st NCAA championship meet at the Syracuse University pool today with a better than average chance to beat Yale.

Hal Ulen will thereby be concluding his 25th year as Crimson swimming coach at the site of his first college job, Syracuse University. Ulen was the Orange coach from 1924 until he moved to Cambridge, five years later.

Ohio State and the University of Michigan figure to place one-two in the team scores, but more than that, they have the free stylers to hold the Elis down in the low-point positions, if not out of the scoring entirely.

"The only poker hand we've got," said Ulen, "is Dave Hawkins." But that ought to win two deals, both in the breast stroke.

"The 200 breast presents no problem," said Ulen. The best time Michigan's Bumpy Jones has done is 2:20.7. Hawkins holds the Crimson pool record with the fastest clocking in the East this year, 2:15.9.

Hawkins Challenged in 100

But the 100-yard event will take some straining. Hawkins established a meet mark of 59.7 seconds in the Eastern at Princeton last Saturday, but John Dudeck of Michigan State set the same record at the same time in the Big Ten championships.

Hawkins can butterfly the 100 in 59.6, or at least he did at the NCAA's last year. But if he can't push himself to that speed or better this weekend, he'll be pushed out of competition. Bob Clemens of Illinois, Bob Van Heyde and Bon Ledger of Ohio State, and Mike Delaney from the U. of Michigan can all shade 1:01.

Hawkins will also swim with Jim Jorgensen and Don Mulvey on the 300-yard medley relay team. Mulvey, in addition, will swim the 100-yard backstroke, in which he placed third at the Easterns, while Jorgensen, holder of this season's fastest 220 time in the East, 2:08.1, will enter that event and the 400-yard free style relay.

Swimming with Jorgensen in this relay will be Gus Johnson, Alan Rapperport, and Ted Whatley. In addition, these three will swim the 100, Johnson also entering the 50 and Whatley and Rapperport the 220.

Ralph Zani will be Hawkins' co-entry in the breast stroke events, while Marshall Walter will be the Crimson's diving representative.

If Jorgensen is completely recovered from his cold and cough, he may show well in the 220. Ohio State's Ford Konno will win that event and the 440 since he happens to hold the intercollegiate records in both (2:04.7 and 4:29.4), but at least this will keep Yale's Marty Smith out of the high-point bracket.

Donovan Meets Match

The Crimson and the Elis will reach the final in the medley relay, but Ohio and Michigan will keep both from high places. Also Dick Cleveland from Ohio will prove that Yale's Kerry Donovan can't match a 21.9 clocking in the 50. In fact, Michigan's Don Hill, Northwestern's Al Kuhn, and Ohio's Tom Whiteletter may force Donovan far back.

"We have a chance for two firsts with Hawkins," said Ulen. "Yale won't get one, unless its diving comes through." The Elis' Ken Wolch is easily the best in the East, but it is impossible to tell how he will stand up against mid-western competition.

If Hawkins can win his two events, if his mates can capture a few of the lower scoring position, and if the foreigners can hold the Elis down, the Crimson may do what it could not do in dual meet competition: beat Yale.