The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-26
CROSBY SWIMMERS
BRILLIANT in WIN
OF STATE TITLE
Fox Sets Two New Marks
in Sprints CharrOn
Won Diving Event

ance of Revill Fox, who smashed
one state record and equalled an
other in capturing the two free
style dash titles, 'Crisby high won
its fourth Connecticut Interschol-
astic swimming championship
Saturday scoring 43 points in the
eighth annual title meet in the
exhibition pool Of the Payne Whit
ney gym at Yale. The blue and
white mermen's victory ended the
four-years reign of the Hillhouse
natators. The locals captered four
first places ana finished 20 points
ahead of their nearest rival, Hart
ford Public high. Close to 500 saw
the locals in action in the finals in
the afternoon.
Bristol, Woodrow Wilson, Meri-
den, New London Bulkeley, Com
mercial, Roger Ludlowe and Mid
dletown entered contestants, but
failed to score in the finals.
The meet was undoubtedly the
finest ever run off by the confer
ence and saw four records broken
and two equalled, with the times be-
ing generally faster than any prev
ious meet.
AL AIOHC
Fox furnished the outstanding in
dividual performances of the
championships as he easily won
his qualifying heat of the 50yard
freestyle in the morning, and a
few minutes later went out and
lowered Bob Johnson's 100-yard
freestyle record by four-fifths of a
second in the time of :54 As sec
onds. The finals found him equal
ing Johnson's 50-yard mark of rs
is seconds and coming home in
the century one full second behind
his morning record.
Crosby started off the preliminar-
les by breaking the existing record
Of 1:49 in the 200-yard relay by
2-5 seconds as the quartet Of
Yurgaitis, Corcoran, Pronovost and
Grabowski let the six qualifying
teams by an easy margin. The
Waterbury medley team also low
cred its own record of 1:40 As to
1882 3-5 as it easily won the first
heat. This mark was short-li lived
however, for Hartford's team of
Slovic, Evans and Pulchalski won
the second heat in time that WITS
25 seconds faster, the Capitol City
boys time being taken on a tenth
second watch. Evans and Slovik of
Hartford also provided plenty of
good swimming in the morning as
each came within 1-5 second of the
state records in the 100-ward
breaststroke and the century back
stroke events.
The finals started with Crosbys
relay quartet coming through on
the final length to pull away from
the Central high team. GraboWski
put on a finish that Stnkaitis could
not match, and Crosby jumped off
to a lead that WIS never headed.
Warren Harding came in third and
the Hillhouse team fourth. The
team, however, was four seconds
behind the new state mark estab-
| lished by the same team in the
| morning.
Close Enough =.
Evans of Hartford who came
within 1-5 second Of equalling
Johnny Brest's state breaststroke
record of 1912 in the morning,
easily won the afternoon race over
the 10O-yard course in the same
tnme1:121-5 Crosby added five
more points as Lazeski and Dulles
kis finished second and third, and
Manchester gained it's only point
of the meet as Stecholz garnered
the fourth place decision.
The 50-yard free-style was all Fox
as the Waterburian cqualled John
sons mark. Grabowski added an
other second for Crosby and Mac
Leman of Hillhouse beat out FlyntZ
in a close race for the third posi-
ton.
The 100-yard was Fox exhibi-
ton as far as first place was con-
cerned, but the battle for second
position proven a real thriller with
MacLeman beating out Harkabus
of Central with u fourth length
squirt. Sonny" Pronovist of Cros-
by finished fourth.
Duplicating his last years per-
Torrance, Babe" Charron of Gross
by again came through in the finals
to win the fancy diving event. Plac-
ing 30 point behind Chamberlain of
Hillhouse in the preliminaries with
5S:28, the defending champion went
out and totalled 64:13 for his af-
trenoon's work to rewin the title.
Kelleher of Warren Harding placed
second, Chamberlai third and Vim
ME Reno of Crosby fourth.
The medley relay was another
thriller as the teams from Hart
ford and Crosby battled it out over
the 100-yard course. Both teams
were even after the backstrokers
finished, but Evans gained on La
zeski and Puchalski kept the mar
gin to give the Capitol City team
third title of the meet. Crosby
team III, finished in third place to
garner 10 points in the event for
the victors and Central was fourth.
The Summary
2O0-yard relay won by Crosby
(Yurgaitis, Corcoran, Pronovost,
GrabowskD. End Manchester, 3rd
Warren Harding, 4th Hillhousc.
Time 1:44 4-5.
1OO-yard breatsroke won by
Evans (HartforO, End Lazeski
(Crosby), Bird Uuleskis Crosby,
4th stecholz (Manchester(. Time
1912 Is.
5O-yard free-stylo won by Fox
Crosby End Duncan (Hillhouse),
3rd Killian (TIartford), 4th STAN
kaitis (CentraD. Time 2:34.
1O0-yard backsthoke won by Slo-
Wik (Hartford, End Thorpe (Ior-
ringson), 3rd Abel (CentraD, 4th
Poscavage (Naugatuck). Time 1:10
2-5 equals state record.)
1O0-yard free-style won by FOX
Crosby, End MacLeman chill
house,, 3rd Harkabus (CentraD,
4th Pronovist Crosby. Time :56-
AS.
Fancy dive won by Charron
(Crosby), End Kelleher Warren
Harding, 3rd Chamberlain chill
house,, 4th Reno Crosby points
GALS.
1OO-yard medley relay won by
Hartford (Slowik, Evans, Puchal-
SKID, End Crosby,I, 3rd Crosby III,
4th Central I. Time 1880 l-5.
MISSOURI MULE KICKED
DUTyIIUyIy ON CHR TEAM