Swimmers Face UConn at Storrs

What worries swimming coach Bill Brooks is not the University of Connecticut team Harvard faces tonight, but the possibility of a snow storm.

"They say there's an 80 per cent chance of a storm, and it's supposed to be a Nor'easter." Brooks lamented at the side of the pool yesterday. He fears that he and his team may be stuck in Storms overnight.

Harvard undefeated in four meets, first swam against the Huskies last year and won easily, 69-35. Since the Crimson is improved over last year's team, and since UConn has shown no great streaks of brilliance, it is unlikely that tonight's encounter will be very close no matter how much Brooks changes his lineup.

Six members of last year's team have graduated, but junior backstroker Ted Brindamour and freestyler Quentin Pearson give the Huskies some strength. They downed Columbia in December, but that is not much of an accomplishment, and Rutgers had little trouble with UConn.

In its last meet, Harvard crushed Brown. 59-34, despite the fact that five swimmers failed to make the trip. "I expect tomorrow's meet to be sort of a Brown affair, except in a different pool," Brooks said. As in the meet at Providence, there will be no 1000-yard freestyle or three-meter dive.

No Expectations

The Harvard coach said that he does not expect many exceptional times since his swimmers are just back from vacation, although some swam during the past two weeks.

The Crimson is now at the less demanding part of its schedule, with two easy meets scheduled for reading period. The next big test will come on February 14 against Dartmouth.

The Harvard freshmen, who have also won every contest so far, swim against their UConn counterparts prior to the varsity meet, and it appears that they will be able to earn fifth victory without undue strain.