The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-09

Susan Robertson, two other wo- men swimmers of note. Kathryn Laich, Connecticut A. A.. w. 16 year old 50-yard champion, re- tained her title by defeating Bar bara Kelleher, the 100-yard state champion, and Esther Lindsay, who placed in the city champion ships recently.
 The much heralded 2o"-yard breast-stroke race between 1arG Spence, worlds record ht~ and Walter Savell, Yale star, i,-..ed to materialize. Spence reported under the doctors care, but swan an exhibition 1900" alone. In another 200.yard breast -stroke race Savell defpated Wallace Spence, a brother of the champion and Brown of Yale by a good margin. Savell's time was 2:33 1-5. Leonard Spence, swimming alone, went the distance in 2:35 4-5.
 Crosby high schools crack 2OO- yard relay quartet won the Con- necticut state scholastic relay title from field of six schools. with HiIlhouse second, and Bridgeport Central high third. The Crosby team took the lead from the very start and never relinquished 1t, though Johnson, Hillhouse star, made a game effort to overtake Fox. in the final 25 yards but missed by less than a body's length. ,..
 A comedy race in which the four Yale contestants first dove from the high board, swan 25 yards, donned a night shirt, swan an- other 25 yards blew up a balloon until it burst, and took a lighted candle back another 25 yards, to- gether with some comedy nigh board diving by Dutch F1ssier; Johnny Braslin and Stewie Louo furnished the crowd with about the greatest thrills of the carnival.
 An exhibition high board diving event between Frances Meaney Scofield and Janice Lifson of the Women's Swimming association, also brought forth some scintillat- ing performances, while an orna. mental swimming feature by 2O members of the Yale swimming squad, with the underwater lights playing on them, was also an out standing event of the diversined program.
 tho sons of Yale faculty members opened the program with keenly contested 25O yard relay in which D. Kiphutl1, son of Yale's great swimming coach, brought home victory with 6 final 25-yard spurt that cut down a slight lead held prior thereto by the losers.
 The summaries:
 25O.yard relay, faculty member children-Won by Robins team G.. Boyce. E. Clark. R.. Donovan, K Ham, Hiscock, Machines, Schrei- Der, Waterman Williams and D. Kiphuth). Time, 3:39 3-5.
 Women's 100-yard backstroke (handicap)--Won by Lisa Lnd- strom; Joan McSheehy. second; 1:19 2-5. (Corrected time with handicap, s seconds for winner. 1914 2-5).
 200-yard high school relay Won by Crosby. Waterbury; Hili- house, second; Central, Bridgeport, third. Time, 1:46. (Winning team. Meyerhans, Pronovost. Corcoran and Fox).
 Kid 50-yard jockey race--Won by Kimball, Hammond and Paul Condit. Time, 3-5 seconds.
 Diving exhibition, by Janice Lip son. metropolitan high board champion and Frances Scofield, former junior national high board champion.
 440-yard freestyle Won by George Fisler: Carl Leidy, second; Jos, Barker, third. Time. 5:01 1-5.
 Women,s 220-yard freestyle-- Won by Alice Bridges; Dorothea Dickinson, second: Susan Robert son, third. Time, 2:45 1-5.
 Exhibition 200-yard breaststrokc ---by Leonard Spencer. Time
 2oO-yard reaststroke--won by walter sevell, Yale; Wallace Snen- cer, N. Y. A. C., second; Brown, Yale. third. Time, 2:33 1-5.
 50-yard women's state cham pionship--Won by Kathryn Laich; Barbara Kelleher, second; Esther Lindsay, third. Time, 33 seconds.
 Night shirt, balloon and candle raca--Won by Charles Wickwire.
 Comedy high board diving Dutch Fissler, Johnny Braslin ana Stewart Loud.
 5O-yard dash, varsity men--Won by King: Sterling, second; Quinian. third. Time, 25 4-5.
 10O-yard dash--Won by Livtngs- ion: Hapke, second: Carew, third. Time, 54 2-5 seconds.
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