UNDEFEATED CHAMPIONS — Shown here are the University of North Carolina swimmers who have
finished their second successive undefeated season and arc unofficial Southern champions, and have estab¬
lished a strong claim for the national title.
Left to right: First row — Bill Ward, Raleigh; Pete Hexncr, Chapel Hill; Bob Dungey. Williamsville,
N. Y.; Jesse Greenbaum (captain), Baltimore, Md.; Dave Whichard, Greenville; Snooky Proctor. Rocky
Mount (co-captain elect); Mike Morrow, Wilmington; and Carroll Poplin, Winston-Salem, Manager.
Second row — Jack Perkins, Lakewood, Ohio; Norman Ripps, Bayonne. N. J.; Paul Spiewak. Brooklyn;
Jack Shiller. Brooklyn; John Lord, Philadelphia; Dick Twining, Charlotte; A1 Raynor. Bay Shore, N. Y.; and
Graham White, Edcnton, manager.
Third row — Coach Willis Casey, Goldsboro; Billy Kelly, Raleigh; Jack Zimmerman, Brooklyn; Bill
Pritchard, Chapel Hill; Warren Perry, Kinston; Burt Sparer, Bedford Hills, N. Y.; Jack Davies. Washing¬
ton; George F. Brenning, Springfield, Ohio; and Jim Fowler, Charlotte, Manager.
Ben Ward, Goldsboro, Co-Captain elect, was absent when the picture was taken.
A Great Bunch of Swimmers
Carolina's great swimming team lias won
its last 21 consecutive dual meets. Not only
that, but the team lias only l«»st one nieel
out of their last 12.
ONE of the greatest records
compiled by a North Caro¬
lina college sports team
during the past few years has been
turned in by the University of
North Carolina swimmers, who
have won their last 21 dual meets
in succession, and have been vic¬
tors in 41 of their last 42 meets.
By Jim kluttz
The Tar Heels have not tasted
defeat since losing to Navy in 1943,
and since that time have notched
two victories over the Midshipmen.
who annually have one of the na¬
tion’s most powerful teams.
In running up this amazing
record the Tar Heels have de¬
pended a great deal on North Caro¬
lina boys. Take this year's squad
for example. Seven of the nine
top-ranking swimmers are from
the Old North State, and ten of
