The Washington herald., 1908-07-19

finally were won by Princeton The Tigers
had a fine squad Of amphIbians. SO did
Pennsylvania. who won the team honors
CT the season, while Yale took a share
OF the laurels BY winning the water polo
championship.
At the individual championships, IN
which Princeton made Il points. Yale 10,
and Pennsylvania 13, Dennison, Of Prince
so1, made a new record for 30 yards OF
e:26 - and Beatty, Of Yale, a new rec
ord for the plunge for distance. = feet.
Swimming Events Plentiful.
There were dual swimming competi-
lions In plenty. Harvard won from
Brown in one Of them. but lost to the
Providence people at water polo. Yale
vanquished c. c. n. Y. both at swimming
and water polo. Princeton defeated c. c.
y. Y. Williams won from Brown. Penn
syivania surpassed Columbia in dual
meet. Yale put away her old rival Har-
ward. ar swimming and water polo. With
ington, OF Harvard. set up a new college
record OF 1.o2 % for the 100 yards at this
meet Pennsylvania was too much for
Princeton. Princeton eclipsed Yale, Har-
ward took Columbia into camp, Pennsyi-
vania won from Yale at swimming and
water polo. Prin. vas too much for
Harvard. and Yale outpointed Columbia.
West Point and Annapolis. between
them. have pretty nearly q monopoly OF
the fencing championships. First one
wins. then the other. West Point was the
winner this season. The Navy was sec
ond. with Cornell and Columbia tied for
third place. In dual fencing bouts the
midshipmen disposed Of Yale, Peunsyl-
vsnia beat Yale, and Yale won from
Columbia
The sinuous Tigers captured the gym
nastio championship. Mecabe. OF Prince
ton, added 10 Nassau's gymnastic prestige
by bearing OF the individual prize In a
dual way, Annapolis gymnasts outpointed
Pennsylvania. Princeton excelled Yale.
New York University won from Yale. and
also from Columbia
IN track athletics there were extensive
doings, indoor and outdoor. and any num-
Der Of meets, dual and otherwise. The
intercollegiate meet, the most important
Of all. was won by Cornell The prowess
Of the Ithaca athletes earned them a to-
tai OF thirty-four points. Pennsylvania
was second Yale third. Harvard fourth,
Dartmouth fifth. Michigan sixth. Swarth-
more seventh, Columbia eighth. Princeton
ninth. and Syracuse tenth.
The University Of Pennsylvania relay
carnival. one Of the most spirited OF the
annual college gatherings. attracted at
tention second only 70 the intercollegiate
track meet Il was one OF the few occa-
sions IN which East met West. and the
East had 10 knuckIe down 10 the West IN
the two and four-mile relay races. Both
OF these were won by Michigan runners.
The Wolverines made a new record for
the twO-miIe relay Of S minutes % sec
onds. The mile relay was won by the
QUakers. Dray, Of Yale. established a
new pole-vault record at this meet Of y
feet 81 inches
The spring intercollegiate shoot was an
other opportunity for the Yale trap ex-
peTts 10 display their superiority. They
finished first. with Princeton second, Ffar-
ward third. and Pennsylvania fourth
Harvard had one Of the best seasons
Of her career IN rowing Her strong and
finished eight won from the Navy on the
Severn. ran away from Cornell on the
Charles, and then topped OF the good
work by a victory dearer than all the
rest. the defeat Of Yale. Yale had e fast
crew. but Il was rOwed 10 a standstiu
BY the Cambridge men
Harvard also won the freshman eight
cared and four cared races from Yale.
Ysle's sole sOlsCe was the fact that she
took the four-oar varsity race and IN
fast time At the Henley regatta on the
Schuylkil Yale won a race from Har-
ward and Pennsylvania crews. and the
Harvard freshmen, an exceptionally ac-
complished lot with the sweeps, defeated
the Pennsylvania youngsters Before that
the Columbia freshmen had beaten the
Yale freshmen at New Haven.
The Navy beat Columbia al rowing. and
Syracuse beat the Navy. There was a
much more naomentous victory IN store
for Syracuse than that. however. Ten
Eyck's men were the victors IN the big
regatta on the Hudson. the most fnpor-
tant aquatic event n the country. In a
close and thrilling rush down the river
they finished first with Columbia second.
and Cornell right behind. Pennsylvania
was fourth and Wisconsin fifth. Syra-
cuse won the foUr-oar and Cornell tie
freshman struggle
Princeton Champion Nine.
In deciding which baseball team IS en-
titled 70 the lions share Of the houors
there are. as usual. complications 70 be
smoothed out. but Princeton looms I'D
most prominently oS al. The Tigers.
strong year in and year out on the dia-
mOnd. not only won a big proportion Of
their games, but defeated Pennsylvania
two straight Harvard two straight. Yale
two out OF three. and Cornell. Fordham
had one Of the strongest college mines.