Swimming

Following its initial victory of the season last month over Springfield College, the Dartmouth varsity swimming team had a month's layoff and then returned to action in mid-January with two dual meets in two days. Coach Karl Michael's team defeated Syracuse University Friday evening, 55-29, but bowed the following day to Princeton in a close 46-38 meet. Dartmouth now has two wins and one defeat.

The Big Green had little trouble against Syracuse. Captain John Glover won the 50- and 100-yard freestyle events, while Duke Hust captured the 220-yard freestyle. Dartmouth's Neil Sween won the 200-yard backstroke, with Phil Pendleton third. Neol Sankey and Jim Venman placed first and second in the dive while Jack Hodgson finished second in the breaststroke. Dick Karslake, Pete Knoke, Creighton Hart and Bob McCollom teamed up to win the 440-yard freestyle relay for the Indians.

The Dartmouth-Princeton meet the following day was one of the closest seen in the Spaulding Pool for some time. Princeton trailed Dartmouth by one point going into the final event, the 440-yard relay. John Glover, swimming the third leg in the relay, gave Dartmouth a slight lead, but Princeton anchor man Pat Shannon turned in a dazzling performance to edge the Dartmouth anchor swimmer, Duke Hust, by one foot and the Tigers won the meet 46-38.

Captain Glover had another brilliant day. The Dartmouth Ail-American set a new pool and College record in the 150- yard individual medley with a time of 1:30.8, only 1.3 seconds off the NCAA record set in 1954 by Bumpy Jones of Michi- gan. Glover also captured a first place in the 100-yard freestyle, while teammate Duke Hust annexed the 220-yard and 440- yard freestyle events. Jim Venman and Tuck Creamer placed one-two in the dive, but Princeton captured both relay events as well as the 50-yard freestyle and the breaststroke and backstroke events for the meet honors.

The Indians meet Army before exams and then swim Navy at Hanover during the Carnival weekend. Coach Karl Michael still has some tough opposition in Harvard and Yale this winter. Jumping ahead a year, with three really outstanding swimmers on the present freshman team, Dartmouth's swimming hopes look promising.