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S W I M M I N G

Edward W. C o o p e r ............................................................... Captain
R ichard D. C l e a v e s ...............................................................Manager

Immediately after Thanksgiving vacation, Coach Whitford put in his call for
swimmers. An encouraging group answered. Among those who were with us last year
and year before that were Ed Cooper, Harry Bartlett, Johnny Patch, Ed Seiler, Clarke
Murray, Dick Field, Charlie Freeman, Bob Fox, and Bob Lathrop. We "old soaks’’
were to find a lot of good material in the newcomers: Frank Scofield, Hamilton
Dorman, Kenneth Heinold, and "Frank’’ Rollins.
We now jump ahead six weeks to January 17, when our first meet took place
with LaSalle. Those six weeks had done much in preparing us for competition.
During Christmas vacation four of the boys went with Coach Whitford to Florida.
From their reports on returning the winter training was beneficial to all.
In the meet with LaSalle, Frank Scofield splashed his way to victory in both the
40 and 100-yard freestyle events. Johnny Patch stood up nobly under the grueling
pace set by his opponent, Harold Stanhope, in the 100-yard backstroke and won for
himself a second place. Captain Cooper, shifted to the 220-freestyle event, got a well-
earned second place. Ed Seiler and Harry Bartlett took second and third places respec­
tively in diving, Ed being nosed out of first place by one point.
One week later saw Moses Brown pitting its team against Brookline at the Brown
pool. Here again Scofield shone, winning first place in the 50-yard and second place
in the 100-yard freestyle events. Ed Cooper and Ken Heinold took second and third
places respectively in the 220-yard freestyle event, while Ed Seiler took third place in
the diving. Albert Eastwood, Harry Bartlett, Ed Cooper and Frank Scofield as our 200-yard relay team
nosed out ahead in the finish to take first place.
Next came the Harvard Interscholastics, where competition was keen. Again the 200-yard relay team
came through, Dorman, Bartlett, Cooper and Scofield combining their efforts to win second place in the
finals and establish a new school record. And, Scofield clipped three-tenths of a second from Chase Sander­
son's record of last year in the 100-yard freestyle event.
St. George’s school was our next meet on the schedule. Capt. Cooper and Frank Scofield were respon­
sible for M.B.’s two first places in the meet, Ed winning the 200 freestyle and Frank coming out on top in
the 40. Ed’s race was the "mosta of the besta’’ in that meet. His opponent matched him stroke for stroke
till a few yards from the finish, when Ed broke away and won by inches. Also, a word should be spoken
of the diving, in which Adrian Sanford took second place. This is Sanford's first year in competition. Keep
up the good work, Sandy!
Next came a meet with Pawtucket High. Of all the meets this year, this one had a dose and exciting
finish, with Pawtucket triumphing with a margin of only two points. Moses Brown captured five of the
eight first places. The individual performances of Dorman, Scofield, and Cooper were featured, while both
the medley relay team composed of Cooper, Bartlett, and Scofield, and the 200-yard relay team of Patch,
Eastwood, Lathrop, and Murray came through to win first places. Ed Cooper won his specialty, the back-
stroke, and "Ham” Dorman won first place in the 50-yard freestyle event.
Priming for the Brown Interscholastics, we met the Brown Freshmen. The most exciting event was the
100-yard backstroke, in which Cooper won by a narrow margin. Also, the same medley relay team took
first place. Harry Bartlett garnered third place in the diving, showing his consistent performance.
Finally arrived the Brown Interscholastics. Cooper, Scofield. Dorman, Patch, Bartlett, Murray, and
Rollins competed, Scofield taking second in the 50-yard freestyle event of the finals and our standby, the 200-
yard relay team of Dorman, Bartlett, Cooper, and Scofield, taking first place in the finals plus a new school
record.
A few bouquets should be thrown in reviewing this season—for giving us a new school record in the
100-yard freestyle event we salute Frank Scofield—for giving us a new school record in the 150-yard medley
relay we salute Captain Ed Cooper, Harry Bartlett, and Frank Scofield. Finally, for breaking the 200-yard
relay record, not once, but twice, we salute Hamilton Dorman, Harry Bartlett, Edward Cooper and Frank
Scofield. A glance at the scores will show the reader that our team was consistent and had won a maximum
of points possible. Of the record Mr. Whitford is proud.
And it is most important that we salute Richard Field, Kenneth Heinold, John Patch, and Albert East-
wood for giving us examples of consistency, hard work, and spirit.
As a season, it is marked by surprises, hopes, a few disappointments, and particularly by good in­
dividual performances. One to equal it in those respects would be hard to find.

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