Show Bud Shields in Great Gr at Form for Defense of National Tank Titles B. B Y U. U Swimming Will Depart With Coach Leaf Saturday for St. St Louis By Bob Goodell PROVO March Bud 22 Shields B. B Y 1 U. U swim and national Intercollegiate champion in and yard I f r r re ee e e o owr wr st le races is in in tV fine io fettle on the t 1 years year's Louis iro for national this St StLouis i t tank classic Is m slated and J o Marcia larch 29 7 j Y e Repeating his feat ot of last t ft victories point high when of the F lie meet in f both yon by L events will be a terrific task for or orthe the Utah tank on Thid J J e I u marvel However Bud I is tearing off the two distances in remarkable time and Is wen well under Isis his intercollegiate intercollegiate inter inter- collegiate record marks in both events In the Shields is showing especially especially es- es good form Winning with witha a record mark ot of 5 2 last ye year r Shields this season has been un- un clocked at 4 57 which is close to tile the American record IMPROVES TIME In the yard event Shields has been negotiating the distance in the neighborhood o 0 which is four and four fifths seconds better than his last year years year's record mark I In the yard eventS event Shields Shields' d. d outstanding rivals are expected to tobe tobe be Garnet Ault of Michigan l and Bill Cream of Yale Ault was second only to Shields at the nationals last season and was n. n heavy favorite to win at that time lIe ha has been training training- hard in his effort to get revenge on the Utahn Both Ault and Cream have been timed this year at about 5 10 and probably can do better In the it seems probable that shields will not only meet Al Schwartz northwest ace whom lie he defeated last season but also tile the famous fanlou George Kojac of Rutgers Olympic backstroke Kojac Ko- Ko jae jac will be the favorite in the it if ho he takes part and his recorded times tills this season are approximately the same as those registered by Bud BudIn Budin In recent workouts MAY BE HANDICAP The comes after the however and the effort of the longer long long- er race undoubtedly will be n. n hand hand- cap to Shields lot in tile the against such strong competition Coach C. C S. S Leaf has abandoned the Idea Iden o of entering Shields In the yard breaststroke race this year Shields and Leaf will leave Salt Lake for St. St Louis Sunday afternoon afternoon after after- noon arriving in St. St Louis Tuesday Tuesday Tues Tues- day afternoon allowing a few days for fOl workouts and becoming ace ace- mated before the big event The 1 11 e preliminaries and semifinals oJ the collegiate classic are billed for Friday Fri Fri- day March 29 with finals Saturday night I |