Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-04-03 | Page 28 | Veterans Dominate A. A. U. Swim Event Field

t 1 f r i 1 V t r s Dominate Do U Sw in EY Spencer plummer Seek To Extend Long Rule In Two Day Two Splash Meet Orson Spencer and Stan Plummer veterans with a con COIn total of 19 titles in the past e eight gh years in senior Inter Intermountain Interi mountain A. A A A A. U. U swimming competition will lead a field o of seasoned pe performers formers against a strong contingent of young young- n nw- nw w comers in ill this annual event Thursday Thursday- and l d Friday a at the D Des eret gymnasium Spencer has been crowned champion cham champlon pion plon twelve times In the past eight years gaining the yard medley title and the yard backstroke backstroke back back- stroke championship each five times Plummer's Plummers reign in the yard b breaststroke breast breast- re a a t stroke event has b been e e n unbroken since 1934 when he wrested that 4 title from Lewis Ramsey Spencer Is de defending defending fending the yard free style crown this year in addition to his laurels In the backstroke and medley A speedy young t team e a m from G Granite r a n i t e Orson Spencer high school composed of Bill Taps Taps- field Evans and Calvin Smith entered the amateur meet Tuesday night and is expected to tomake tomake make a strong bid for the team laurels taken in each of the past six years by Deseret gym pad pad- lers Spencer and Plummer will probably swim for the title de de- de fenders Feminine Entrants L Leah ah Peterson Beverly Booth and Billee Thomas will seek the women's yard backstroke crown held last year by Beverly Beck who is now attending school at San Francisco Miss Becks Beck's yard free style crown will be besought besought sought by Miss Thomas Miss MisS' Booth Jane Potts and Dorothy Dorpthy Rawlins the yard breaststroke breaststroke breaststroke breast- breast stroke title also gained by Miss Beck in 1939 will be the goal of Lois Gilner Hattie Hadlock Leone Hunter and Miss Potts Mary Berryhill Miss Hadlock and Miss Hunter will compete for women's diving honors taken last year by Virginia Nelson of Ogden Miss Hadlock seems most likely to lift the crown in this event Clarence Gehrke will defend his laurels in the fancy diving event I for men against what is expected to be a strong field Trials S Stated Slated Trials for for- the the- events will be te beheld beheld held at 4 p. p in sn both Thursday and Friday according to Charles Welch Sr veteran coach Dr Munn Muon Q Cannon chairman of the amateur organizations organization's swimming committee committee commit commit- tee announced the starting time for title competition as p. p m m. Thursday Officials for the event are Dr Cannon referee Edwin H. H Braby Jr starter A. A F. F Robbins Bobbins Dr Hyde Cowley Ray Welch Ferron Ferron Ferron Fer- Fer ron Losee Sam Baird timers John D. D Giles Herb Hills Delmar pelmar Fairbanks Fairbanks Fairbanks Fair Fair- I banks Charles Paull and B. B Markham Markham Markham Mark- Mark ham judges of the finish Charles Welch Jr Giles A. A F. F Robbins Braby Fairbanks Art Van broek Theron Nielsen and Losee judges of the dives