SWIMMING

In defeating Brown 48-27, the Green swimmers came up with a new lineup, principal changes being the appearance of Captain Jay Urstadt as a 100 yard dash man, with Ted Belfit moving up to the 220. Charlie Solberg enlivened an otherwise uneventful meet with a sparkling performance in his 200 yard breaststroke specialty.

On January 24, Coach Michael's men played host to perennially powerful Yale, losing 46-29 in a meet that showed good races in all events except the 200 and 440, where the Green was completely outclassed. Ted Belfit was a surprise winner in the 100 yard freestyle, while Urstadt and Solberg swam a dead winning heat in the 200 yard breaststroke. The only other Dartmouth win on the nine event program was the 400 yard relay, where Belfit, Urstadt, Pollak, and Pettit defeated the Yale foursome by a body length.

The natators journeyed next to Williamstown, where they lost 48-27 to a Williams team that has been New England champion four times running. The Green medley relay team of Dodd, Urstadt, and Solberg opened the meet by setting a new Williams' pool record for the event. One of the few remaining bright spots in the rest of the encounter was die performance of sophomore Steve Pollak, who contributed the best 50 yard performance (except one) in Dartmouth swimming history. Solberg and Urstadt turned in their customary one-two in the breaststroke, which is a very pleasant reservoir of points for Coach Michael in every meet.

Harvard journeyed to Hanover for Carnival weekend and came out on the winning side in a meet that was not decided until the final event, the 400 yard relay. Coach Michael's aggregation was (in terms of this particular encounter) fatally handicapped by the sudden appendectomy of Captain Jay Urstadt, plus the leg injury suffered by Bill Deevey in a skiing accident a few days before the meet. As it was, the Green made a fight of it right up through the final starting gun, when they were beaten by Harvard in the relay. A victory in this crucial race would have brought a well-earned upset victory to Dartmouth. The Green turned in wins in the medley relay (Belfit, Solberg, Jackson); the 50 yard freestyle (Pollak); and the 200 breaststroke (Solberg, followed by a surprise second by sophomore Osborne, subbing for the ailing Captain Urstadt). Even with their personnel handicaps, the Green put on their best performance of the year. In view of these facts, this would have been a nice one to win.