March 15, 1942 (vol. 52, iss. 119) • Page Image 1
… Wolverines Retain Swimming Crown In Bitter Struggle Thinclads Rank Fifth In Butler Relays As Notre Dame Takes First Place; Purdue Wins In Big Ten Wrestling By BUD HENDEL Michigan, staving off a great Ohio…
…. For Ohio State, employing every available ounce of effort and energy, staged the most heroic assault ever seen in the Wolverine natatorium. Bat- tling the Maize and Blue mermen on even terms throughout…
…-or-die effort, clinched the crown that almost passed into foreign hands. With the score tied at 44 all, the Wolverines, who entered the meet a top-heavy favorite, took first place and the Big Ten title in that…
… spirit to counteract near exhaustion, led off for the Wolverine relayers and handed Bob West a stroke lead over Capt. John Lett of Ohio State. West lost the advantage to speedy Ed Arm- bruster of Iowa but…
… Buckeye Don Schnabel had slipped to fourth posi- tion in the Scarlet and Gray lane. Then Wolverine Lou Kivi, swim- ming his heart out, regained Michi- gan's margin, heading Iowa's second place Clyde Kemnitz…
… good enough to give them the title. From the first event on the pro- gram until the last, it was a two- team battle. Wolverine followers saw a seven point lead erased in the fancy diving contest, where…
