New Britain herald., 1925-12-03
YALE BULLDOG RETAINS ITS
 HOLD BY NARROW MARGIN
Big Blue Athletic Teams Just Manage to Struggle to Top in Majority of Athletic Meets.
By the Associated pross

By the Associated Pross
 New York. Dec. 5-SutGted bit and forced 10 give ground on some of the more important sectors Of the eastern intercollegiate battlefront, the Yale Bulldog retains its grip on the major share Of athletic laurels for 1925 only by the narrowost Of margins
 With this years campaign in col leee ranks now virtually al an end, the summary of competition in 13 branches of sport in which 25 titles were distributed shows Yale to be closely pressed by the Naval Acade- my for all around honors, This summary shows the Els either hold ing outright or sharing in the pos session Of seven championships, one less than the total corralled by the Blue & year ago, while the Navy is right behind with a grasp of six titles.
 Track and Football
 Yale's heaviest setbacks this year came in two major sports, track and football, in addition to which indi- vidual titles also were lost in golf and cross-country running. The Eli tarck forces yielded the intercollegi- ate A. A. A. A, crown to the South srn Californians. while the gridiron teah, beaten by Penn and Princeton and tied by Harvard, dropped from the pinnacle 1t had held for two previ- ous years.
 To offset these reverses, however, Yale's rowing machine kept up it's victorious streak, while the Eli swimming and golf teams regained championship heights after a years lapse. Hockey, indoor polo and water polo honors also were gathered again while the Ell swordsmen shared fencing laurels with the Navy.
 Invaders Successful
 The unusual success of invading talent from other sections of the country figured somewhat in the in roads made upon Yale's leadership. Besides the victory which enabled Southern California to replace the Ellis as track champions, Fred Lam precht of Tulane came up from the south to take the golf crown which Dexter Cummings of Yale had worn for two previous seasons. University of California, by romping off with both tennis titles, added to the havoc created by the invaders.
 The Navy reg4inod prestige for the east, however. by conquoring the University of Washington huskies. two time varsity champions, in the classic four-mile pull at Poughkeep- sic. This was the outstanding achievement by the midshipmen who also won the boxing title from Penn State and retained gymnastic and rifle shooting championships, be- sides sharing the principal fencing and swimming honors with Yale.
 Other Colleges
 Syracuse, Harvard and Princeton were the only other colleges to win more than one title. Syracuse car ried off the cross-country team vic tory for the third time in four years, besides again winning honors in the northern division of the lacrosse league. Harvard conquered Yale to take the outdoor polo title and also produced the individual cross -coun- try winner, while Princeton, winning the basketball and team golf cham pionships, added to her glory with brilliant triumphs in track and foot ball over her Big Three" rivals.
 In several sports victories in sepa- rate title events or league races en- titled more than one college to top ranking. This was he case in swim ming, for instance, where Yale won the intercolle league champion ship while Navy captured first hon. CTS in the national collegiate 4. A. aouatic meet. Tn baseball Holy Cross had the outstanding eastern team while Pennsylvania won the first quadrangular league race with . .OlQIlbldt Nbl uSll anu -'tl ] lA4+ v "A LII completing the circuit
 The championship list for 1925, compared with 1924 titlehoIders, fol- lows
 Indoor Champions
 Basketball Leaguo), 1925, Prince ton; 1924, Cornell
 Boxing, 1925. Nary, 1924, Penn State
 Fencing. 1895. Tale; 1924, Navy,
 Gymnastics. 1925. Navy, 1924, Navy
 Hockey. 1925. Yale, 1924. Yale. Boston College
 Polo, 1925. Yale, 1924, Yale.
 Swimming. 1925. Yale, Navy, 1924 Frincaro& Navy.
 Track and Field, 1925, Georgetown 1924, Pennsvlvania.
 Water Polo, 1923. Yale, 1e2A Vale, Columbia
 Wrestling, le25, Penn State, 1924, Penn State
 Outdoor Champions
 Baseball 1895, Holy Cross. Penn Eylvanta. Ia-t Holy Cross.
 Cross Country tTeam), 1925, Syra- clse, 1924. Piushurrh.
 Cross Country CIr5ividuaD, 1895. V. L. Tibbets, Harvard; 1924, M. L, Smith, Yale.
 Football. 1925. Dartmouth; 1924 Dartmou,h. Yale Tenn.
 Golf tTeam'. 1a-5. Yale; 1924. Princeton.
 Golf. undwidnan. lo2I c. F.. Lamprcch', Tulane, 1924, Dexter CumninEs Yale.
 Lacrosse C%ortharn Divl. 1895. Syracuse: 1924 Syracuse.
 Lacrossef Southern niv). 1925, Maryland; 1924. Johns Hopkins.
 Polo, 1925, Harvard, 1924. Prince ton,
 Rowing, 1923. Yale, Navy, 1924. Yale, Wash1nrton.
 Rifle Shooting, la.5 Nary; 1924 Eorvtch. Navy
 Soccer tLeasus1. l'.5, Princeton; 1924. Pcnnsvtania.
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