The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-18
EASTERN SWIM
 CHAMPIONSHIPS AT YALE FRIDAY
Cream of College Water Crop to Show at Payne
 Whitney Pool

Yale's Indefeated Eastern Inter- collegiate League champion swim merS will play host to the out standing college swimmers in the East when the fifth annual Eastern Intercollegiate Swimming Champ ionships get under way in the Payne Whitney Exhibition Pool Fri- day.
 The meet, lasting from Friday morning at 10 until 9:I5 that night and continuing on Saturday from 10 a. m. until 9:45 that evening ap- pears virtually walkaway for the Eli machine on paper. The meet will be run on the basis of indt- vidual championships with no team scores.
 The Blue Inermen win have to work hard to defend their laurels, however, when such stars as Ed Hueber of Penn and Tony Bernabei of Princeton are pitted against Jack Pulleyn and the Lilley brothers in the 50 yard freestyle. Bernabei and Captain Scofleld of Army vii be on hand to make things hot for Cap- tain Howie Johnson, Dick Kelly, and Ed Pope in the century free- style while Captain O,AIara of Dartmouth and Tom Shand of Princeton vie with Danny Dannen- baum, Bob White, Johnny Manvel and Tom Jackson in the backstroke. Joe Jodka of Massachusetts State will provide the fireworks in the breaStStroke when he meets Ted Davidge and possibly Johnny Meyer. Both Davidge and Jodka have bet- tered the time of Jim Skinner, Michigan star, at 100 yards. Thurs ton Twigg- Smith, Bill Fairhurst, and Jay Drake will also enter the breaststroke for Yale.
 Eli Entries
 Kiphuth has named Dannen- baum, Davidge and Pope as his choice in the medley relay but the entry for the 400 yard freestyle re- lay is still indefinite.
 Jim Cook, Sandy Thompson, and John Birmingham are slated to dive for the Blue, while Captain John son, Dick Kelly, Rene Chouteau and Bob Arras, Dick Peters or Ev Me- Leman will swim for the Ellis in the 22O. Rene Chouteau, Bob Arras, Dick Peters and Dick Mann are Kiphuth's choices for the 40 yard freeStyle. Versatile distance man Rene Chouteau, and backStroker Tom Jackson will do the honorS for Yale in the individual medley.
 Among 50 yard freestylers ex- pected for the meet who have done under PAS are Schoheld of Army Hueber of Penn. St. John of Co., lumbia, Worthen. of Dartmouth Bernabel of Princeton, Eusden ot Harvard as well as Britton, Pulleyn and Johnson.
 100 yard freestylers who have bettered 54 seconds and who will probably be here this week include the same men plus CriSS of Army, and Storrs of Dartmouth, and ex- cepting Britton and Pulleyn.
 StandOuts ~.-
 BackStrokers who have turned in times faster than l:42 and who will be on deck for the Easterns in- clude Selmer of Navy, OMara of Dartmouth, Drucker of Harvard, and Shand of Princeton along with Danny Dannenbaum.
 Breaststroke swimmers who have shaded 2:35 include Croonquist of Army, Canter of Rutgers, Pincombe of Springfield and Jodka of Massa- chusetts State, Stebbin of Amherst plus Davidge, Twigg-Smith and (Myer) Meyer.
 220 men faster than 2:20 number Griss of Army, Worthen of Dart mouth, Storrs of Dartmouth, Jones of Princeton, Trubee of Princeton, and Hall of Massachusetts State. Yale swimmers include Chouteau, Johnson and Kelly.
 440 swimmers better than 5:10 are Worthen, Storrs, Trubee and Chou teau and Peters for Yale.