Crimson Ranks First In ESIC Swim Meet

NEW HAVEN, Conn., March 15--John Pringle, as expected, won the 200-yd. individual medley in the opening night of the Eastern Seaboard Intercollegiate Swimming Championship at Yale's Payne Whitney Pool.

Two of Pringle's teammates picked up a couple of extra points for Harvard today to give the varsity a total of 12 points and a first place tie with Yale for the championship lead after two events.

As Pringle took an early lead and held on for first place, sophomore Joe Stetz edged out Yale's Allan Cunningham for fourth place in the medley event. Cunningham, second to Pringle in the Harvard-Yale meet two weeks ago, was expected to finish ahead of Stetz.

This afternoon, before an empty pool gallery, Harry Turner, the varsity's distance man, swam for the first time in the 1500-meter freestyle and finished a surprising fifth. The Crimson had hoped for a possible sixth place for Turner, who had been weakened by the flu early this week.

The sophomore from Australia, unacquainted with the pace, started fast in the first 440 and found himself in third place in his heat. He then slipped back but later managed to overcome George Collins of VMI and Jeff Galper of Dartmouth. Turner was fourth in his heat, the fastest of the three, but took fifth place in the race on basis of time.

Lynwood Straw, from Yale, easily took first place in 18:12.3, 20 seconds ahead of his nearest rival.

Pringle Wins in Touch Finish

In the evening final of the individual medley, before a scattered gathering of fellow competitors and a few stray ushers, Pringle took the lead at the first turn of his opening butterfly stint. On the backstroke lap, the versatile junior opened up a body-length lead over Dartmouth's Terry Bentley, a butterfly specialist, who was racing on Pringle's right.

Meanwhile in the lane to the left of the Crimson swimmer, Alec Borden of Colgate was advancing rapidly. Borden made a strong challenge on the freestyle anchor leg and was still gaining at the finish. But Pringle managed to touch out Borden in 2:05.2, slower than usual for him.

Elizaide Will Meet Bentley

The Eastern coaches are curious about developments in the 200 yard butterfly, which will pit together Bentley, Dick McDonough of Villanova, possibly Fred Elizalde of the Crimson, and Joe Shanaborough of Army. It is probably the most unpredictable of the events in the Easterns.