Purdue debris . , Kling Varsity Swimming Team THE fact that the past swimming season has been an unsuccess-ful one for Purdue so far as winning the dual meets is concerned,is entirely offset by the brilliant performance of some of the individualmembers of the team. Captain Roberts has been the chief point-better for the Boilermaker team, and with Ogden, Earp, andStoever, have kept Purdue in the running. In a meet with Chicago, Roberts won the 220-yard breast strokeand the fancy diving, these being the only two events in which Pur-due was able to score. In the meet with Indiana. Ogden won the 1
Purdue debris . , Kling Varsity Swimming Team THE fact that the past swimming season has been an unsuccess-ful one for Purdue so far as winning the dual meets is concerned,is entirely offset by the brilliant performance of some of the individualmembers of the team. Captain Roberts has been the chief point-better for the Boilermaker team, and with Ogden, Earp, andStoever, have kept Purdue in the running. In a meet with Chicago, Roberts won the 220-yard breast strokeand the fancy diving, these being the only two events in which Pur-due was able to score. In the meet with Indiana. Ogden won the 120-yard breast stroke, while Roberts followed him to the tape for secondplaee. Captain Roberts, Ogden, Stoever, and Earp were selected torejiresent Purdue at the Conference meet held at Wisconsin, andtheir performance certainly proved very creditable. All of the members of the team, with the exception of Earp. willbe lost to the squad by graduation, but prospects are bright for next Page Two Hundred Thirty eight. kamp, Pn Varsity Fencing Team THIS year has .seen the advent of another sport here at has made its debut here as part of the gym teams ac-tivities and has made a fair bid to become popular, since in this sport,it is not strength, hut skill that is needed. A fencing class was first organized under the direction of ProfessorAllen C. Staley, formerly captain of the Yale fencing team, and pres-ident of the Intercollegiate Fencing Association of New York thirty men entered the first class, hut lack of equipment neces-sitated cutting down the number of men until now only six or eightwork out with the foils. Fencing is a sport which requires agility, quick thinking, and anabsolute knowledge of the rules of the game. The fact that fencinghas not been universally taken up in the Conference, is hampering thedevelopment of the sport, but development must conic with time, andthe future of this form of sport has an optimistic appearance. Page Two Hundred Th
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