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Princeton oarsmen began their out-door work on Lake Carnegie as early as February 15. Coach Fred Sphun, entering up on his first season as Gordon Sikes's successor, sent the Tiger oarsmen off to the their earliest outdoor practice in the twenty-seven year-history of intercollegiate rowing at Princeton. Seventy-two men under the leadership of Captain Phil Le Boutillier took to the water with the temperature hovering below the freezing mark...
...fastest game of the season, Captain Chester Sargent's malletmen thundered up from behind in the last chukker to overtake an unexpectedly speedy Tiger aggregation on the Commonwealth Armory tanbark Saturday night. The final score...
Although the International Swimming Federation will not accept medley tank records, the Tiger trio nevertheless swam the fastest mixed 12 laps in the history of water sports, making Intercollegiate and National A.A.U. marks. Van de Weghe, doing his 100 in 59 flat, established an early lead over Crimson backstroker Cummin. Then Hough stretched the Tiger's lead to more than 10 yards, and Van Oss held his own with Don McKay to hang up the superb mark of 2:53.6. The Crimson were second, with Columbia and Brown following...
Graham Cummin bowed to Al Van de Weghe in the 150 backstroke, but took second place over Yale's Joe Burns, as the Tiger ace muscled his way to a great 1:34.5, equalling his own intercollegiate record. Cummin was clocked in 1:37.8, only five-tenths of a second slower than his best...
Princeton's medley team will attempt to continue its record-cracking performances of this season, and will be far ahead of the rest of the field. However, if Jim Curwen swims anchor for the Crimson, the Tigers will be pressed to record-lowering time, as they were the night of the Princeton-Harvard meet when Cummin, Berizzi, and Curwen made the Tiger trio lower the world's record, unofficially, since Van de Wehe missed turn...