Northwestern University - Syllabus Yearbook (Evanston, IL)

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RASMUSEN COLLOPY HINCH Then Michigan won the Conference meet. A new national and Western Conference record' was set by Al Schwartz when he stroked 220 yards in 2:18 2-5. Colbath continued his winning streak in the diving, but these two firsts and several seconds did not give the Purple swimmers enough points to overcome the Michigan lead. Later, the dual meet with Michigan was a Wolverine victory by a top-heavy 45-24 score. Hineh, Schwartz, and Colbath won in their specialties, Lennox won a second place in the breast stroke, while thirds were won by Schwartz and Collopy. V Tom Robinson's swimmers went to Minnesota again and won, 43-26. Seven out of eight first places went to the Wildcats, while Minnesota had to be content with winning the I6O-Yafd relay. Lennox, Colbath, Hinch, and Schwartz, in the breast stroke, diving, back stroke, and free style, could not be beaten. Hinch, Lennox, and Wicks swam the 300- yard relay in the best time, winning easily over the Gopher trio. ' S W I M M I N G One Hundred Twenty-eight ' ,, , V ' ,.V, . ,, . - ., ,,, l ..,. , ,. . , -Y .. -, 1, :-V V if' 42 if M 4 i 9 2 9 IIZNOMFI

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- fi: SYWABUS: .... c McDoN.xLD, Captain Connxru Knox-IN The Central A. A. U. indoor championship Went to the relay team when it was victorious over the C. A. A. four. McDonald, Hinch, Wicks, and Collopy swam the four hundred yards in 3:51. Only one first was allowed Purdue in a 54-14 Northwestern win at West Lafayette. This was the first conference meet and the strong showing made by the squad boded well for future competition. The strong sophomore medley 'relay team composed of Hinch, Lennox, and Schwartz set another conference record of 3:15 3-5. The national mark for this event is 3:10 2-5. The 160-yard relay team composed of Col- bath, Parks, McDonald, and Schwartz also won easily over the Boiler- makers. The hundred-yard free style was a raceibetween two of the Purple men, McDonald and Wicks, and the latter beat out his team- mate. Colbath and Miller garnered first and second places in the fancy diving. A 55-14 score against the Wisconsin team almost duplicated the victory over Purdue, but this time the opposition won no first. Al Schwartz, Purple free style speedster, was the outstanding figure of the evening, taking firsts in the forty and hundred-yard free style events, and then swimming as anchor man on the fast relay team. The third conference win found Indiana as the victim, and the score was 51-I8 for the Purple. Indiana's eighteen points was the most any conference team had scored against the Wildcats to date. Only the fifty-yard free style was taken by a Hoosier. Hinch, back stroke star, broke a pool record by going the 150-yard back stroke in 1:49. Colbath placed first in the diving. S W I M M I N G ' One Hundred Twenty e , - . 3

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- ll sY1L1LABtlE- - LENNOX SCH w,m'rz Wxcxs YVestern teams invaded the East, and in the national intercollegiate meet at Philadelphia Michigan Won another hrst, while Northwesterrfs twenty-two points took second place honors. Eddie Lennox, Purple breast stroker, took a third in his event, netting two points for the Wild- cats. VVally Colbath firmly established the fact that he is national diving champion by Winning easily. His performance of the required dives and his diflicult choice plunges possessed more polish than any other exhibition. ' - ' Hinch's 1:45 in the Igo-yard back stroke was the best time in that event. Collopy added another point to the Purple score by taking fourth in the 440-yard free style. With the entire team together once more after the national meet, Northwestern defeated the Leland Stanford swimmers, who came all the way from the west coast to take the short end of a 42-27 score. Stan- ford's only firsts were allowed in the forty and 440-yard free style events. While the Northwestern swimming team was not undefeated in the IQ28 season, the campaign was more than successful in that it saw the development and rise to fame of a strong nucleus of sophomore stars. The future of Tom Robinson's swimming team is assured of a liberal quantity of success. S W I M M I N G- One Hundred Twenty mme