Springfield threatened early by winning the 400-yard medley relay, but Harvard swamped the weak opposition by dominating individual events.

Junior Bob Hughes started the romp with a victory in the 1000-yard freestyle event. His time of 1:38.7 established a pool record for the newly created event.

Shrout, the Crimson's best freestyler, stroked to runaway victories in both the 500 and 200-yard events. John Bragg gave Harvard sweeps by placing second to Shrout in both events.

Murphy

Murphy, a junior who won the Eastern Seaboard three-meter diving event last year, outclassed the Springfield divers, winning in championship style. His dives of 2.7 and 2.8 difficulty won marks of seven and eight from the judges and loud applause from the awed crowd.

Murphy's near-flawless form garnered 331.8 points. Captain Pete Alter placed second to give Harvard another sweep.

Springfield did not win another event until the 200-yard backstroke. Steve Olsen's weak 5:04.7 was good enough to edge Harvard's Al Birch.

Although the score was more lopsided than expected, it is no real indication of Harvard's swimming power. Last year the Crimson beat Springfield 61-34 in the first meet, but lost to Army in the second and went on to have a poor season.

Again this year the first real test of the season will be against Army. The Cadets will be here on Saturday, and Harvard will need more than Shrout and Murphy to sink the men in gray.