Harvard's swimming team did everything it could to hold down the score against Brown Saturday, but to no avail. Brown had no strength at all and the varsity piled up a 70-24 victory, winning all ten swimming events and losing only the dive.

The only fireworks came in the freshman meet, which Harvard won 65-28. Freshman phenomenon Bill Shrout set a University record in the 200-yard freestyle, winning in a time of 1:49.0 and erasing sophomore Jim Seubold's record of 1:49.7 set last year.

In the varsity meet there were few close races and the times were far from impressive. In fact, the Crimson swept first and second place in every event but one in which two Harvard men were entered. Seubold, Neville Hayes, and Dick Smith swam alone, but managed to win the 200-freestyle, the butterfly, and the 500-yard freestyle, respectively.

The first sweep came in the 50-yard freestyle, won by Richard Saxe, a sophomore. Bob Padway, another sophomore, was second. The individual medley followed, with Henry Frey taking first and sophomore Stephen Teaford grabbing the second spot.

Andy Grinstead and Bob Meredith took the 100 freestyle for the third Crimson sweep, and Henry Whelchel led Al Lincoln to the finish in the backstroke. The only race in which a Brown swimmer beat a Harvard swimmer at all was the breastroke. Harvard's Bob Corris swam by Brown's Tom Wilder and Nick Whitlam took third for the varsity.

Regulars Tony Singleton, Bruce Fowler, Al Rose, and captain Dave Abramson won the medley relay, and a quartet of Padway, Meredith, Teaford, and Eric Klaussman won the freestyle combination.

Bob McDermott took second in the dive behind Brown's first-rate diver Rhoades.

At New Haven, the Yale swimming machine, operating without its Olympian cogs, still managed to thump Army 54-51.