About a minute after the varsity swimming team lost to Yale last March, Harvard followers immediately and unequivocally stated: "Wait till next year." things stand now, the same chorus should be heard this coming March, The opens today against Springfield College at Springfield.

Productions that the Crim on could beat Yale in 1961 rested on sevaral first, the met would Cambridge, a tremendous advantage; (The at Yalo cohered around three front line losses by loss than a foot week following the Yale meet in the Eastoras these front liners whipped the first places to four finally, several weeks later the Crimson team beat the Nationals.

Top Swimmers Lost

then, have things changed? Simply, Harvard has lost two top swimmers back. Frod Ellxalde, Eastern 200-yard butterfly champion and of list Phillipine Olympic team, illegible earlier this week, was prompted by an in which Elizalde was last May.

Elsenbry, a freestyle out for last season's squad only before the Yale meet, went to for the summer, but decided to a year. Without question, the two has hurt the Crimson's urably.

those swimmer and a home coach Bill Brooks, "we'd be . Now, as the other way to beat them might other way begins with Bruco a member of the 1969 U.S. Olympic and a taster sprinter than the Yalle. Any race Hunter enters guaranteed first place for Harvard eight behind him is Bill Zentgraf, any who wants to improve and keeps so.

Kaufman Most Versatile

Bob Kaufman, another swimmer of Olympic class, is the Crimson's most performers. Depending on the tension, he can handle the backstroke, individual medley, and short and as freestyles.

The hole created by Elizalde's loss has ably filled by John Pringle, an standing student who decided to varsity his first year. His times in school were excellent, and his leap varsity competition should entail difficulty. In this sense, he assembles manna from heaven, and will butterfly and individual medley.

In the breast stroke the varsity will heavily on the expected improvement from captain Bill Schelistede, said. Diving can't possibly equal thrills provided last year by Frank the greatest diver in Harvard history. As in most other events, however, it will outclass he league, save and Yale.

In fact, the season should proceed like well-rehearsed play: Army and Dartmouth might possibly offer difficulty, a great deal more, and Yale, well, that can you do. Otherwise, it should be glide.