Dartmouth Swimmers SecondIn N. E. Intercollegiates
Scoring 28 to Brown's 49 and 1-2, and taking two first places to Brown's six, Dartmouth came in second in the New England Intercollegiate Swimming Championship at the Boston Y. M. C. A. pool on March 17. Rogers '25 won the 100 yard breast stroke and Lake '26 won the plunge for Dartmouth's first places.
Captain Taylor '23 came in third in the 50 yard dash, and fourth in the 100. Eiche '25 place third in the 100 and second in the 220. Algar '26 pushed Jones, the Brown captain, in the 50 yard back stroke and succeeded in winning second place. Dartmouth's relay team composed of Dempsey '23, Ellis '23, Bolles '25, and Captain Taylor '23, captured second in the relay.
Dartmouth 42 - Syracuse 17
Dartmouth decisively defeated Syracuse 4217 in a swimming meet in the Spaulding pool on February 22 by winning six out of eight first places. Eiche '25 gave a marvelous exhibition of swimming when he smashed the Spaulding pool record for the 220 yard swim with the fast time of two minutes 35 and 2-5 seconds. Captain Waterman was the only Orange swimmer to win two places.
Dartmouth 36 — Wesleyan 32
In a close and exciting meet, in which the New England records for the 50 yard backstroke and the breast stroke were shattered by G. E. Algar '26 and J. G. Rogers '25, Dartmouth won over Wesleyan swimmers 36-32 in the Spaulding pool on March 10.
Captain H. F. Taylor '23 had two thrilling duels with Howard, the Wesleyan expert, in the 50 and 100 yard dashes. In both races Howard managed to crawl a foot ahead at the finish. M. R. Lake '26 and Southwick of Wesleyan both plunged the length of the pool but Lake made the distance in a little faster time than his opponent.