Columbia University - Columbian Yearbook (New York, NY)

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Varsity Swimming W? far T the start of the current swimming season the prospects for a suc X K? class opposition that was scheduled for the Varsity Natators The ling, Eastern Intercollegiate League by the admission of Navy and Dart N N mouth, had become the strongest league of its kind in the country. However, mid-years and the consequent eligibility of several men wrought a decided change in affairs, and as we go to press the squad seems to have an excellent chance of making at least a better record than that of the last couple of years. The season opened on January 12, with a non-league match with Wes- leyan in the Columbia pool. The Blue and White made an auspicious start by easily conquering the Middletown athletes. Horace Davenport carried off the individual honors for the evening by winning the fifty and hundred yard dashes. He also swam anchor man on the victorious relay, the other members of which were Pick, Uhrbrock and Forsyth. The most exciting race was the 200-yard breast. Ince and Dragunas both trailed during the early stages of the race but pulled up towards the end and lnce nosed out Gray of Wesleyan for first place, Dragunas finishing third. Columbia picked up eight points in the back-stroke when Frank Bowden and Bratter finished one-two. The irst league meet of the season followed. The Yale swimmers proved so invincible in their own pool that they turned in a perfect score against the Morningside team. On February 5 the team lost another meet, this time in the local pool. The opposing college was Williams, which came down with a surprisingly well-balanced team of fast swimmers. In this meet two Colum- bia stars made their debut of the season. They were Henry Kumpf and Bill Wright, both of whom had been ineligible to date. The winners in all events made exceptionally excellent time and two Columbia Pool records were broken: Walter Schott of Williams did the 200-yard breast-stroke in l:4-2, and the Blue and White relay team, composed of Uhrbrock, Davenport, Forsyth and Wright, won with l:42 4-lO seconds. The second league meet of the year took place on February llth at C. C. N. Y. Although Columbia won by only four points, the result was never in doubt. Wright, as usual, won the 50 and 100-yard events with Davenport a close second in both. Uhrbrock competed in the back-stroke for the first time, and captured second place. Kumpf once again led the field in the dive. The last event contested, the relay, saw Columbia with a safe lead of twelve points. Columbia captured this event but was disqualified because of the failure of one man to touch one end of the pool in making a turn. Meets are still to be held with Navy, Dartmouth, Syracuse, Penn, amd Princeton, and the outlook seems to be excellent. cessful season seemed rather poor, especially in view of the high ' . P - - f278j

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accepting a contract to coach at Princeton. He went there in 1912, after a season in which he won both the National and Metropolitan championships in the 145-lb. class. While at Princeton, he devoted his time to coaching Wrestling and also acted as trainer for the football team, besides being on the physical education stall. Three years after his initial bow in college circles, Petersen came to Columbia, where he not only continued as wrestling coach but assumed the responsibility of trainer in all sports. ln 1918 he was made an instructor of swimming in the physical education department, and since then has held this position besides training Freshman Football. Our record since Gus has been at the helm has been a worthy one. Among the individual intercollegiate champions that have been developed are, Lee, Pascarella, Amy, Bairsh, and Johnson, all of whom owe their success to their coach. if-4 Edward T. Kennedy OACH KENNEDY was born in 1889 at Manchester, N. HZ, where he attended High School and where he exhibtedprowess in base- ball, basketball and football. Later, however, his interests veered Epwardsiswimming, and at the age of twenty-four he came to - U olumbia where he has been coach of swimming and waterpolo for thirteen of his thirty-seven years. During his work here at Columbia, Coach Kennedy has developed a number of remarkable men, among whom are Vollmer, Balbach, Krissel, Harburger and Millison. Vollmer is, perhaps, for- gotten to many of the present generation, but he has the distinction of being the only man to hold two individual championship records in the Intercolle- giate Swimming Association for three years in succession, while, more recently, Walter Krissel, lntercollegiate Diving Champion, has demonstrated the value and efliciency of Mr. Kennedy's coaching. Coach Kennedy is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Swimming Rules Committee, and is a former President of the College Coaches' Association of America. f2771

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The 1926-1927 Varsity Swimming Team E. FRED UHRBROCK, '27 Captain FREDERICK DASSORI, '28 Assistant Manager 440-Yard Swim Douglas W. Bowden, '27 T. Lloyd Tyson, '28 ' Clarence K. Conard, '28 50-Yard Swim Horace Davenport, '29 William Wright, '27 150-Yard Backstroke Frank Bowden, '29 Edward Bratter, '28L ROYAL C. MONTGOMERY, 28 Manager EDWARD KENNEDY Coach Fancy Dive Henry W. Kumpf, '29 Charles B. Horton, '28 100-Yard Swim Horace Davenport, '29 E. Fred Uhrbrock, '27 William Wright, '27 200-Yard Breaststroke Richard W. Ince, '28E William H. Dragunas, '27 SCHEDULE Opponent Date Place Columbia Opponents Wesleyan January Columbia Yale January New Haven Williams February Columbia C. C. N. Y. February C. C. N. Y Navy February Annapolis Dartmouth February Columbia Syracuse March Syracuse Pennsylvania March Columbia Princeton March Columbia I:2791