Swimming

A tough weekend is the prospect for the Varsity swimming squad. With the Navy meet on Friday night and the Princeton test on Saturday, the Crimson tankmen face two of the hardest contests of the current season. And Coach Hal Ulen's opinion is that the Princeton meet will prove to be the hardest of the year, tougher than Yale.

Last Saturday Princeton swamped Navy 52 to 23, which is a pretty decisive beating. Navy took only one first place of the nine events, the 440-yard free-style, won by Holt with time of 5:09.9, a naval Academy record. Princeton took the rest of the races easily, breaking two intercollegiate records on the way.

Navy Will Sink

The conclusion to be drawn is that Navy's opposition won't turn out to be very much except in the dive. Gibson, of the Middles, has been diving consistently over 110 points. Although he suffered a relapse against Princeton, he'll probably make a good fight of it with Rusty Greenhood Navy has started its season late this year and is still expecting improvement. The Middles have won one and lost two meets in League competition.

Princeton won from Pennsylvania by a score of 45 to 30. Harvard beat the Quakers 57 to 18. Princeton defeated Dartmouth 49 to 26, while the Crimson crushed the Indians by a 53 to 22 score. Comparative scores show a lot in swimming because most mormen turn in pretty nearly the same times every race. They can usually be depended on to take the same places they've been taking.

No More Than Four For Tigers

Because of these consistencies in performances, Princeton can be conceded no more than four first places on Saturday. Al Van de Weghe, whose best backstroke time is four seconds under Graham cummin's best has stacked the cards for himself. Dick Hough, in the breastroke, is almost certain to finish ahead of Fritz Berrizl. Hough's personal record is five seconds faster than Berizzl's. With Van de Weghe and Hough in the medley relay, assisted by Van Oss or Simpson for the free-style leg, the Tigers stand a better-than-average chance of winning that event. They have broken Harvard's intercollegiate record in the medley this year.

The fourth event which may fall to Princeton is the dive. Cranston of the Tigers is undefeated so far. If Greenhood, who has ranged from 104 to 125 points this year, is caught off form, five more points will be lost. But no one's ever complained about Rusty's form in the pinches. Princeton's free-stylers, on the whole, don't stand much chance of taking first place in any event. Messrs. Hutter, Kendall, Coleman, Barker et al will be much too much too much for them. But, to be conservative, if Princeton takes four firsts and Harvard takes five, the seconds and thirds will play an important part Saturday night. However, Princeton still remains a definite underdog.

From The Press Table

According to the times Michigan turned in when they best Yale, the Crimson tankmen could have taken the measure of the Wolverines. and Ohio State, handing Michigan its first dual meet defeat since 1930, 47 to 37, has showed that either the Buckeyes or the Crimson swimmers are tops in college ranks. . . . Although Penn is at the bottom of the League, Williams of the Quakers is on top in individual scoring. He usually competes in two sprint events and the relay. . . . On Sunday Ralph Flanagan did 1:23.6 for 150-yards free-style, eight-tenths of a second better than Bill Kendall's world record. But Flanagan was swimming in a 20-yard pool; hence the better time. . . . Yale, with or without Johnny Macionis (he's been sick) looks mighty good nowadays.