The Harvard varsity swimming team's hopes for a first division finish in the Eastern Seaboard League were dimmed Saturday when it lost to Dartmouth, 68-45, at Hanover.

Amid the Winter Carnival spirit the Big Green romped to take seven of eleven first places. The meet was never really in doubt as Dartmouth started off with a win in the medley relay and piled up the points from there. Even the two Harvard big guns, Bill Murphy and Bill Shrout, lost three out of four of their events, and without points from them the Crimson cause was hopeless.

Dartmouth diver Mike Brown scored two upsets over Murphy to put the meet on ice for the Indians. Brown, who placed 12th in the National A.A.U. three-meter diving meet, first beat Murphy in the one-meter event and then edged him out on the three meter board. Shrout won the 500-freestyle race but lost in the 200 free.

The only bright spots for the Crimson were Pete Adams' win in the 1,000 meter freestyle, Marty Chalfie's victory in the 200-meter fly, and Dan Thompson's second place in the 200 Individual Medley. The only other Harvard win came in the final event, the 400-meter freestyle relay after Dartmouth had already clinched the meet.