The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-09
QUAKER STATE BOY SURPRISES
 AT YALE POOL
Patnik Shades Strongly Favored Greene in Dives;
 Three Events Today
BY HENRY SUPER United Press Staff COrrespOndent)

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 New Haven, Conn, April 9-(UP) The diving of 21-year, old Ohio State freshman, was the talk of the town today as the National A. A. U. indoor swimming champion ships entered the second round.
 Blonde haired Al Patnik of Homestead, Pa, ir1augurating his second year of "big time" compe- tition, was the only star to break the ranks of four defending cham pions who appeared in the opening session of the three-day meet in Yale's Payne Whitney poland he did it by defeating two of Uncle Sam's premier divers.
 This slender product of the Home stead Library club which also produced Lenore Right, one of the leading women freestylers-won the springboard title from A lGreene of the Lake Shore A. C., Chicago last night.
 Three other champions retained their titles. They were: Adolph Kiefer, Lake Shore A. O., 150 yard backstroke; Johnny Higgins of the Olneyville Boys club, Providence, R. T., and also an Ohio State fresh- man, 300 yard medley: and Peter Flick of the New York A. O., 100- yard free style. They were unani- nous choices to repeat-and so was Greene until young Patnik be- gan hurling himself through the air with grace and precision never before seen in a diver with so little "big time" experience.
 Patnik led Greene by a little more than two points at the end of five compulsory dives. !. When they started the difficult optional twists and turns it looked like ex- perience would tell, for Green had finished third in the Olympic springboard event behind the great Dick Degener and Marshall Wayne, both of whom are now profession alS.
 At the end of the seventh dive Greene was out in front by 1.5s points. On the eighth dive he ran his total to 17.78 by scoring l7.l0 with running one-and-a-half gainer with a tuck. Patnik elected to do the same, and he turned the trick so perfectly thatt he judges warded him three "tens" and four "nines"-just about perfect. That broke Green and Patnik won, 145.40 points to 143.50. Ebert Root of Detroit, second in the Olympic high board event, was third.
 Patnik learned how to dive under Jack Scarry at Homestead. In 1886 he won the junior national title and finished third in the senior championships.
 Kiefer, who won the backstroke title for the third straight year, finished second in the medley to Higgins and, with the three points earned by Greene, pushed the Lake Shore A. c. out in front in defense of its team title with Il points.
 Three events were scheduled to- day-220 yard freestyle. 220 yard breaststroke, and 400 yard relay. A four way battle was predicted for the 22O freestyle between Charles Hutter, Harvard; John Macionis, Yale; Tom Haynie. Michigan, and Ralph Flanagan, Miami. The title will not be defended because its holder, Jack Medica of Seattle is in Australia.
 Higgins was favored to retain the 220 yard breaststroke and be dou- ble winner for the second year in a row. A triple battle was seen among the N. Y. A. G., defending team; Michigan, the N. O. A. A. champions, and Yale for the relay title.