Swimmers Lose to Princeton, 67-46; Mitchell, Baughman, Brumwell Excell

Although they dominated the freestyle events in which they set two new pool and school records, and set a new school record in the individual medley, the Harvard swimming team could do nothing but sit and watch as Princeton swept both dives and went on to beat the Crimson, 67-46 at the IAB.

It was both a rewarding and, at the same time, frustrating afternoon for the Crimson as they tired to offset Princeton's overwhelming strength in the dive and win the meet, but in the end, the Tigers, strong where Harvard was weakest, held too many aces. As lopsided as the final score appears to be, the two teams swam a close, exciting, fiercely competitive meet that Princeton did not clinch until very late in the contest.

After a Princeton win in the medley relay the records began to fall in the 1000 yd, free. Freshman Dick Baughman, pacing himself beautifully, upset Princeton's Curt Haydon edging him out with a spectacular winning time of 9:49.2, a new schools and pool record and the fourth fastest time in the nation this year.

At the gun lap, Haydon, who had been trailing Baughman for most of the later stages of the race, pulled ahead, but Baughman hung on and came back in the final lap to touch Haydon out amidst some atypical top-of-the-lungs screaming from the Harvard crowd. "Hell, I wasn't going to let him get me after I had been leading the whole race," Baughman said afterwards.

Dominate Freestyles

Baughman's win seemed to excite the Crimson as they went on to dominate the next two freestyle races. Fred Mitchell, saving for the 500 yd. free duel with Haydon, had to work a little harder than he had planned to win the 200 yd. free with a good time of 1:45.9. Freshman Jim Davis took third with a personal best of 1:49.8. In the 500 yd. free, Time Neville and Co-captain Paul Horvitz took 1-2, with Neville's time a good 22.1. Suddenly Harvard was 45 points ahead, 19-15.

Dave Brumwell, in the next event, set a new school record in the 200 yd. individual medley with a very good time of 2:00.8 but, in an exciting finish, he was beaten by Charles Cambell of Princeton who swan a 2:00.1 and set the pool record. Going into the drive, therefore, Harvard held a slim 22-21 lead.

The dive quickly reversed that lead, with Princeton's Bill Heinz and George Dunn taking an easy sweep and giving the Tigers the lead for the second time in the meet, 29-23.

The Crimson, however, refused to fold. Dave Brumwell and Roy Geronomous swept the 200 yd. butterfly, both swimming their personal bests, and Harvard was back in the lead, 31-30.

A 48.0 performance by Princeton's Cambell in the 100 yd, free prevented a Crimson sweep of the freestyle events, but Paul Horvitz and Steve Baird took important places to deadlock the meet at 35-35.

After Princeton swept the 200 yd, backstroke, Mitchell, Haydon and Baughman began what was expected to be another record breaking race, the 500 yd, free, with Harvard hoping doe a sweep that would take the meet down to the final relay.

Mitchell, who swam on Haydon's shoulder for most of the race, was unable to take the lead early and tire out the Princeton swimmer in order to let Baughman, catch up. But, with an exciting final sprint he was able to nip Haydon at the finish and win the race in a new school and pool record time of 4:45.5. Baughman took third with a personal best of 4:50.2, "My strategy was to get him at the end," Mitchell said, "because that is what he tried to do to Baughman."

A first by Princeton in the 200 yd. breastroke, coupled with a sweep of the 3-meter dive, however, ended the Crimson dream of an upset. a Tiger victory in the final relay, the first loss for Harvard all year in that event, inflated the score but ended an exciting meet on a sour, anti-climactic note