Yale Trounces Swimmers

Harvard actually tried to beat Yale in swimming Saturday at the LAB, and pushed the Elis to the final relay before finally succumbing, 63-50. It was the final meet for Harvard coach Bill Brooks.

But Yale left Cambridge with only a 1-1 record for the day since the Crimson freshmen had upset a superior Eli squad, 48-45, earlier in the afternoon. In that meet Fred Mitchell smashed two Harvard records and helped the freestyle relay team set another in winning the event and the meet.

Though Mitchell set two records-1:45.9 in the 200-free and 4:47.4 in the 500-and Steve Baird scored 11 3/4 points, the most incredible performance was probably that of Phil Jonckheer. Just as Yale appeared to have wrapped up a victory, he won the breaststroke in 2:17.5, eight seconds faster than his previous best.

The varsity started right where the freshmen left off by winning the medley relay for a 7-0 lead. As in almost every event. Yale's previous bests were much better than Harvard's, but Dan Kobick turned in a record leg of 54.2 in the backstroke, and freestyler Mike Cahalan did a 58.1 butterfly to give Harvard the win. The time of 3:37.7 was a Harvard record.

Then sophomore Henry Watson returned to the lineup to win the 1000-free in 10:23.5. But just as another upset was seeming inevitable, Yale won the next three events to go up, 23-20.

After divers Dave Silver and Dick Eisenberg got first and third in the low-board event to tie the score, the visitors gradually stretched their lead and threatened to put the win out of Harvard's reach.

No Walkaway

But second-place finishes by Steve Krause, Tim Chetin, and Kobick, and a 48,3 win in the 100-free by captain Cahalan prevented a walkway. Harvard needed another six points in the last dive to stay in contention, and Tom Wallace and Silver got them in a rather uninspiring exhibition.

The Bulldogs were heavy favorites in the final relay, but as the crowd chanted "Go, go," and Dave Powlison and Jim Denvir mounted the blocks, it almost seemed like an even race. Moriarty said afterwards that there was "no way" his team could have lost.

Powlison bested Denvir by 0.2 seconds, and then Paul Horvitz increased the lead against speedy Rich May. But Yale captain Mike Cadden did 47,2 on the third leg to give his team a lead it never lost. "Hell, we dragged them to the final relay." Crimson assistant coach Harold Miroff said later, "It was like a victory."

Harvard ended the season with a League record of 2-5 to tie Navy and Dartmouth for fifth place.