Part of the strategy, as Krause explains it, is to complain a lot. He complained at practices when everyone didn't have to do the same workout When roommates for the Penn trip this winter were assigned far in advance by alphabetical order. Krause refused to cooperate. He submitted a report to the Eliot kitchen asking that the serving women smile more and serve hotter food.

Yankee Peddler

One classic Krause stunt was his refusal to go to Yale in 1970 for the dual meet because the itinerary did not include the traditional dinner stop at the Yankee Peddler.

In addition, Krause has almost quit the team on three occasions. Each time, assistant coach Benn Merritt had to talk him into staying, though Merritt said recently that Krause really wanted to be dissuaded. Once Krause almost gave his quitting plans to the CRIMSON firstso that his decision would have an air of finality.

One of the most amazing Krause episodes unfolded two years ago at the Casablanca. Cahalan took him there and bought him a gin and tonic. When Krause finished it, he threw the glass over his shoulder and broke it, Cahalan recalls. He went through four more drinks-and four more glasses-before Cahalan escorted him out the door. Merritt, however, prefers to talk about the many times when Krause has been an inspiration to the people around him. At this year's Easterns, for instance, when Villanova's Tom Aretz was officially relegated from an obvious first to fifth because he failed to hit the automatic timing devise, Krause and teammate Johnny Burris stood up and led the crowd in an emphatic "No!" which helped Aretz eventually get the medal.

One of the clearest recollections of another Harvard swimmer, Dave Powlison, involves Krause. At West Point this year when Harvard barely lost the relay, Krause kept cheering and clapping afterwards while others had thrown down their towels. "He was almost inspirational," Powlison said. "He was cheering because it'd been a good race. It was this really beautiful thing."