New-York tribune., 1913-10-26
Tigers Win by Margin of rwo
Full Lengths After Lead.
ing All the Way.
TRIUMPH FOR DR.. SPAETH
English Stroke of Visiting
Oarsmen Wofully Weak
and Breaks Badly at
the Finish.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune. ,

Princeton. n. j., Oct. 25-Victory co,
descended to raise Princeton spirits IN :.
least one sport this afternoon when n.
Nassau crew scored an easy victory over
the Yale challengers on Lake Carnep.
after the defeat on the football field Nv
Dartmouth. The Yale oarsmen were Is,,
| behind bv full two lengths in the racs
that they expected to win as the Avs,
conquest for their English stroke
TIE time was not remarkably fast ,or
the course OF one and three-quarter miles
but the Tigers undoubtedly could have
done better IL they had been compelled m
but they had the lead on an even stroks
all the way from the start The winning
time was 8 minutes, 80 and is seconds
finishing in 8 minutes 46 and 2-5 ssc'
onds. - Sec
the race was a revelation TO Princeton
men. as we'll as outsiders, of the skill
with which DR.. Spaeth has worked In
finished eight out OF comparatively
green material in less than four weeks
Contrary 10 all expectations, the Prince.
ton men pulled as polished a stroke az
II they had been under training for
months, and their physical condition
seemed TO be far better than that OF Yale
for they crossed the finish line pulling as
even and powerful a stroke while their
opponents had TO rest on their oars for
before going on to the boathouse The
four inexperienced men in the waist of
the Tiger shell, who had never rowed
varsity oar before, displayed all the power
and ability OF veterans. and made the
Yale men look like beginners in compar-
son.
At the crack of the starting gun both
boats leaped forward at forty stroke.
and Yale seemed to have nosed ahead. but
the Tigers gained at every stroke. and at
the half-mile post had put a half length
OF open water between them and Yale on
a thirty-six stroke.
They continued TO lower their pace un-
til they reached thirty-four. but the dis
tance between the two shells continued to
widen from a full length at the three
quarter-mile post to a length and half
at the mile mark. Here Yale tried 10
squirt. and held its own for a time. but
could not gain. Princeton eased up and
pulled just hard enough TO a little more
than hold the position until it came TO
the final spurt. Then the Tigers added
over half length in the last hundred
yards and pulled away without rest or
a pause.
A. W. Harriman's English stroke WAS
either not perfected or his men were N
bad condition. for early in the race Woot-
ruff. at No. 5, began catching water on
the dip, and the fault spread 10 nearly
the whole boat before the men had
crossed the finish. AS the two shells ap-
preached side by side the difference in
their manag agement was apparent to the
most unaccustomed observer.
No praise is too high for DR.. Spaeth az
Princeton tonight, for the whole work Of
the victorious eight is known 10 be his
skill in training, and the victory over
Yale is made all the more pleasing be-
cause the Princeton constituency was so
uncertain OF the results after the reports
OF progress OF the two crews II was
thought that Yale would not have offered
the challenge without pretty strong
foundations upon which to base hopes for
victory. and 1t seems to indicate that the
Tigers are TO have another winning crew
next spring for the other races, as well
as the return match with Yale. which
was made the condition Of rowing this
one out Of season.