New-York tribune., 1918-03-17
Wins Meet by Score of
80 to 23; Water Polo
by 10 to s
By Fred Hawthorne

Two intercollegiate championships
were won by Yale yesterday afternoon
IN the swimming pool at Princeton Uni
versity, when the Blue water men de-
feated the Tigers by total Of 80 points
to 20 in the swimming meet and took
the water polo game by score of 16
to 6.
The largest crowd that could pos
sibly jam it's way into the building was
clustered around the pool when the
first event-the 50-yard swm-began,
and some Of the rabid and adventurous
students who had gathered to cheer
their teams on to victory perched like
BIRDS of prey Oh the steel roof girders
above.
Until the 2Oo-yard relay race, the
hnal event on the swimming pro-
gramme. the Princeton swimmers led in
IN me point total, the score reading 23 to
~, and as consequence excitement
was at the boiling point when the men
lined up at the end of the tank pre-
paratory to beginning the struggle.
Captain Mayer, of Yale, and John
son, OF Princeton, who had earlier in
the afternoon. finished in dead heat
IN the 50-yard swim, appeared in the
hnal relay, and put up a thrilling race
all the way to the finish, Mayer getting
home first by scant two feet. The
time was 1:48, and Mayors time for
the final relay was given as 25 2-5.
This gave Yale 8 more points, and
brought her total up to 80, which gave
her the swimming championship for
the year Then followed the second
half of the water polo, and another de-
feat for Princeton.
Captain Mayer was the star of the
day, by the way, taking first place in
the 100-yard event, in the fine time of
O:58 3-5, and finishing in dead heat
with johnson in the 50-yard swim, in
0:25 3-5. 1t was his final drive in the
relay that clinched that event for the
Blue.
Mayer Wins Beautiful Race
The hundred furnished beautiful
race, with Mayer holding a one-foot
lead over Johnson for the entire dis
tance. In the 220, Hincks came through
finely, winning by half the length of
the pool in 2:49 3-5, with Wagner sec
ond, and Twitchell third.
Left Infirmary to Play
Yale had been saving her strength
for this event, Captain Mayer being
the only starter for the Blue in both
the so and 10O-yard swms, winning
them both. incidentally Captain Peter
son, the Yale water polo leader, had
left the Yale Infirmary to take part
in yesterdays meet and, after play
ing the first half Of the polo game, re-
tired and rested up so as to be able to
take his place as the first man in the
relay.
Georgi, of Princeton, opposed him
and opened up a gap Of six or seven
yards in the first two lengths of the
tank. Peterson was utterly unable to
hold the pace, and the Princeton CO.
horts almost raised the roof with their
cheering as Georgi slashed his way
through the water. Archbold took up
the work in Yale's second relay, while
Iwitchell represented Old Nassau. The
Tiger added a couple of feet to Georgi's
lead.
BY this time the Princeton rooters
were almost topping into the pool in
their wild enthusiasm, and things
looked dark for Yale. Hncks took up
the task for the Blue, with Brandon
swimming. for Princeton, The Yale
man slashed through the water 1T
great speed. placing his team within
two feet of the Tiger. Everybody was
standing up in the seats by this time,
for it seemed anybody's race.
In the water polo Howard, the Yale
forward, did all the scoring of touch
goals for Yale, making two in the first
half and one in the second Dexter
acorcd another point for the Blue on IA
goal from foul. All Princctons points