The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-06-05
PRINCETON DEFEATS
CALIFORNIA EIGHT
Smashes Record by 1-5 Sec
0nds in Terrific Struggle
on Carnegie Lake.
TIGERS NEVER HEADED
Show Way to Speedy Grew
From Golden Gate by a
Length and Quarter.
TIGERS NEVER HEADED
BY DANIEL.

BY DANIEL.
Special Despatch 10 THE NEW YORK HERALD.
PRINCETON, n. J., June 4.-In the
undying glory Of wondrous victory
over the stalwart California eight on
Lake Carnegie this evening Prince
toms greatest crew became greater
still. With success against the tawny
Titans from the sunset side of the
continent came to the octette OF
Tigers places among the select i'm
mortals of Old Nassau's proud ath-
letic history. For not only did the
unbeaten Princeton eight show the
way to California by length and a
quarter, but it bettered the record for
the course of one and three-quarter
miles
Back in 1918 one of the most power
full Of the many powerful Cornell crews
turned out by the late Charley Court
ney set mark of 8 minutes 1 second
for the course on Lake Carnegie. II
was a remarka BILE record to shoot at
and the closest any crew came to II
before this day was 9 minutes 8 sec.
onds, feat turned in by the Yale
eight Of 1915.
This evening Princeton set out not
| only to beat the visitors from the Pa
cific coast and keep the record of the
Leh stroked combination without blem-
ish, but to give to Princeton the mark
&c u-of ar Tal, n,I
succeeded beyond even the widest
hopes OF their supporters The Tigers
were timed In minutes IS As seconds
seven and one-fifth seconds faster thar
the record.
While reciting the glorles of this
great Princeton eight, let US not for
get the startling performances OF tn
! Californians who gave the Tigers tn
race of the season and forced them t.
set record smashing pace. Though
beaten. California earned for itself &
place alongside the fighting stanford
crew, which came up from the ruck a
PoEghkeepsie in 1915 and made q driv
ing Cornell eight row itself out TO ~
by a quarter of a length. For TO-DAY
California In defeat rowed faster thar
the record setting Cornell combina
ton. No official time for the beate.
eight was given out. but It was caugh
by US in minutes IS seconds-thre:
seconds faster than the old mark.
Dream of Years Realized.
For Princeton victory brought frenxiet
1 delight. This was a dream OF many
many years come true-a Tiger eigh
unbeaten with some of the great
est Fights in the country among rs
I xyfr ft,Nu ont ~ loxr Iaft
TO the two mile championship of Amer.
lea. but some of them are squeamsr
about advancing that claim. There a
/ a fly in the ointment.
The Leh stroked crew won over tn,
Navy and Harvard on Carnegie ant
over Cornell and Yale on Lake Cayuga
| But II was the Cresswell stroked crew
which bore the Orange and Black as th'
varsity against Columbia and Pennsyl
vania for the Childs cup on the Harlem
and that crew was beaten by Columbia
which will be the only indicated eigh
at Poughkeepse.
Behind the smashing pace which
Princetons eight set this day there wa!
ever a motive--a purpose which traced
back two weeks TO the regatta with Cor
nell and Yale. II will be recollected tina
| the Tigers won with ease over disor
| ganized Cornell eight, which was heater
at the mile when its bow lost his grip or
his oar. To-day the Tigers won out e
prove that the Cornell eight OF that af
ternoon could not have caught them
crab or no crab. And. to our way oil
| thinking. the Tigers proved il.
Hot Pace Began to Tell.
Princetons tactics to-day were similar
to those which 1t used in rowing Cornell
10 a standstill The order was TO sink
| the gaff into the Californians between
the three-quarter and the mile--and how
| the Tigers sank II For a while the
visitors responded. but then the terrific
! pace began TO tell.
For a short space they kept rowins
| stroke for stroke with tho Tigers, and
then came the break Ever relentless
the Tiger shell began TO nose its way
to the fore. 1t was Ave feet, ten. twenty
| fifty. while a frenzied California eight
became ragged as II smashed forward
at forty-two strokes to the minute.
On came the cold determined Tigers
rowing a clean thirty-six, getting every.
thing for which they were reaching
going ahead with every dip Of tbs
orange and black tipped sweeps Cali
fornia kept UP its terrific forty-two. but
II was not getting the most out of rs
power IN It's great allNloNy 10 overhaul
the Tigers. who kept going ahead though
rowing a slower beat, the coast athletes
lost their form. They were not dipping
very deeply they we're not gettinf
! enough water on their oars They were
lost.
The gafr had sunk deep and California
was beaten. That could be seen plainly
even at the mile, which found Princeton
leading by a length-a precious advan'
tage which Il had obtained In little NOR
man 900 yards The strategy OF Dr
Spaeth. the Princeton coach, again hat
triumphed. But only because he had
an eight which could carry out sucl
heart testing orders and a stroke whc
could set so killing a pace and carry
his men along with him
Was Gamble for Princeton.
Again it was gamble for Princeton
Some days ago IL looked as II the Tigers
worn from their great victories over
Cornell and the Navy. had gone stale
They did not look as IL they could repeal
the trick which worked so well at ithaca
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