SWIMMING

Y. M. C. A. Noses Out DartmouthIn First Swimming Meet

Dartmouth's first swimming team lost its first meet in the new Spaulding Pool January 22, when the watermen of Springfield Y. M. C. A. College splashed up three more points than the Green men could float, winning, 28 to 25.

In the 220-yard relay, the actual start of Dartmouth's tank career, Springfield won out by inches in a thrilling finish. The lead wavered back and forth from that time on, but the initial victory proved the margin needed to win. Dartmouth was strong in the plunge with Bird falling only six inches short of the 75-foot length of the pool, and Short reaching 73 feet, while the best Springfield plunge measured 52 feet. Hazelton's team also took the first two places in the diving, Carver being closely followed by Weed

Dartmouth 42—Harvard 11

In the second swimming meet in the Spaulding Pool the brand new Dartmouth swimming team submerged Harvard for a 42 to 11 victory, taking all first places. In the 100-yard event Bracket of Harvard made a strong bid for a win, but was nosed out by Taylor. Taylor again counted for the Green in the relay race when he handed over a lead to Roberts which the Crimson swimmer was unable to cut down. In the plunge Captain Bird of Dartmouth sustained his reputation by covering the 75-foot length of the tank in 55 seconds.

The summary:

Relay Race—Won by Dartmouth (McClintock, Harper, Taylor and Roberts) ; second, Harvard (Gross, Thayer, Wyman, Bracket). Time—1 min. 49 4-5 sec.

Dive—Won by Weed (D) ; second, Carver (D) ; third, Doherty (H).

50-Yard Dash—Won by Roberts (D) ; second, Bracket (H) ; third, Thayer (H). Time —36 1-5 sec.

220-Yard Swim—Won by Smith (D) ; second, Rice (D) ; third, Douglas (H). Time— 2 min. 58 2-5 sec.

Plunge—Won by Bird (D), 75 ft.; second, Short (D), 74 ft.; third, Thomas (H), 57 ft.

100-Yard Dash—Won by Taylor (D) ; second, Bracket (H) ; third, Wyman (H). Time —61 4-5 sec.

Bird Elected CaptainOf Dartmouth Swimmers

R. P. Bird '21, of Brookline, Mass., was elected captain of the newly-organized Dartmouth swimming team February 9, and led the team to its decisive victory over Harvard in the new Spaulding Pool February 12. Bird has developed into the surest point scorer on the Green team, and is recognized as one of the best plungers in college tanks. Before coming to Dartmouth he was the individual star of the Brookline team and there set the interscholastic plunge record of 78 feet, which still stands. He has easily captured first place in his events in the meets this season, and has several times plunged the length of the pool, 75 feet. Bird is a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity.