Crimson Swimmers Will Meet Princeton Today

A battle of titans, a crucial most, a test of champions: any of those could be descriptions of today's meeting of the Harvard aquamen and the swimming Tigers from Princeton is Princeton's Dillon Pool.

Both teams are undefeated in Eastern competition. Princeton at 4-0 and Harvard at 5-0, and with the exception of the Harvard-Navy meet, both teams have crushed their unfortunate opposition Whichever team takes this meet will also win the Ivy swimming championship and can claim the title as the best swim team in the East.

The key factor in the meet, both sides agree, will be the return of Harvard's All-American Hess Yntema to the lineup, Yntema quite swimming before the season started and will be back with this meet.

"Hess will race anyone they've got, Harvard swimming coach Ray Essick said. "He's only been on a minimum training schedule for the last four weeks which has been during exams and intersession, but he has a lot of years in the water for his training background."

$2000 in the Bank

Princeton Director of Sports information Phil Langan agrees on Yntema's value. "Having Hess Yntema in an lineup is like having an extra $2000 in the bank," Langan said. "He will make a big big difference Saturday."

Two Princeton stars, long-distance man Joe Loughran and diver Bill Heinz appear to have four meet first-places locked in, Loughran was narrowly edged last year in the 500 and 1000 free by Harvard's Peter Tetlow, but Loughran has since improved to the point where he is a world-class distance man.

"No one is going to beat Loughran this year," Essick said. "How close we get to him depends on how close he wants to let us get."

Heins placed second last year in both the one meter and three meter diving competitions at the NCAA Championships. This year he appears just as strong since he has not lost a one-meter event so far.

Aside from these two outstanding swimmers, Princeton has a whole fleet of good aquamen. Harvard coach Essick is quick to point out that Fred Test in the 50, 100, and 200 free; Mal Howard in the 100 and 200 free; and the 200 individual medley and Bob Cousar in the 200 fly all have better times than Harvard swimmers have recorded in those events this year.

Key Swimmers

In addition to Yntema's performance, several key swimmers will be counted on for Harvard today. Distance freestyle hopes for the Crimson will rest on the back of freshman Paco Canales. Canales has been swimming the distance events since last year's star Tetlow quit training. Tetlow will make the trip, however, and will probably swim in one event, maybe the 200 fly.

The return of veteran diver Dave English who was out for the first half of the season because of surgery, will greatly help Harvard's diving efforts. Mike Toal and Roger Johannigman have performed well this year so that the Crimson is looking to pick up at least a second and third in the two diving events.

Duncan Pyle and Tom Wolle should take the fist two places in the backstroke while Ted Fullerion and Ivor Gordon look to do the same in the breaststroke. Brent Haywood and captain Dave Brumwell will be counted on to pick off two places in the I.M.