Princeton University - Bric A Brac Yearbook (Princeton, NJ)

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PRINCETON UNIVERSITY REVIEW OF THE 1933 SEASON PRINCETON,S Varsity oarsmen, with victories over Navy, Harvard, M.I.T., Cornell, Penn and Columbia to their credit, completed a highly successful 1933 season, marred only by a single defeat at the hands of the powerful Yale crew. Both Head Coach Gordon Sikes '16, in his second year of Varsity coaching, and the oarsmen themselves, led by Captain B. W. Smith '33, deserve much credit for having placed Princeton back among the leading colleges in the rowing world. In the opening contest at Annapolis the Varsity fought off Navy's desperate final half-mile sprint to win by a deck-length over the Henley distance, the Hrst Tiger victory over the Middies since 1921. In the second race, on the Charles River Basin at Cambridge, the Tigers defeated the highly rated Harvard eight and the M.I.T. varsity by two and a half lengths and eight lengths, re- spectively, over the mile-and-three-quarters course, the victory giving Princeton the first leg on the newly donated Karl Taylor Compton Cup presented by the president of M.I.T. In Princeton's third race, for the Carnegie Cup here against Yale and Cornell, the Tiger oarsmen were unable to settle down or space as well as in their previous contests and lost by a length and a half over the mile- and-three-quarters distance to a smooth, powerful Yale eight at the peak of its sprint form, Cornell, however, trailed the Tigers by two lengths. In its final race of the season, the Orange and Black Varsity won the historic Childs Cup on the Schuylkill Henley course by decisive margins, defeating both the favored Penn crew and the strong Columbia varsity. The Princeton Jayvees, stroked by G. M. Williams '33 in all but the first contest, lost their opening race to Navy by not quite half a length, but won with ease at Cam- bridge, finishing ahead of both Harvard and M.I.T. On Lake Carnegie the Jayvees lost to Yale by two and three quarters lengths while defeating Cornell, and in the final race at Philadelphia the Junior Varsity overtook Penn near the finish to win by a quarter-length and lead the Lions by five lengths. The third Varsity shell, stroked by H. Symington 735 and containing a majority of Sophomores, completed an undefeated season, scoring a twelve-length victory over the Manhattan varsity, and defeating the Penn thirds by over eight lengths. The 1933 lightweights, coached by Wilhelmus B. Bryan jr. '20 and led by Captain Standish Backus Jr. '33, com- piled one ofthe most successful 150-lb. records in recent years, winning from Yale, Harvard, Columbia, Navy and Penn, and losing only by an eyelash decision in the opening contest of the season to an underrated M.I.T. crew. In that race against M.I.T. both shells were virtually even during the last ten strokes, each boat gaining when its oars were submerged. In this manner, when almost on the line, the Tech oars dipped while the Princeton oarsmen were recovering, and the Engineersjumped ahead to finish two feet in the lead, both boats breaking the existing course record. On Lake Carnegie in the next race Princeton forged ahead of the highly rated Yale fifties in the last half of the course to defeat the Elis by five-eighths of a length, Harvard trailing the Tigers by four and a half lengths. This victory broke Yale's win- ning streak of three consecutive years and gave Princeton possession for a year of the perpetual Goldthwait Cup. In the final scheduled race of the season at the American Henleys on the Schuylkill, Princeton won the Joseph Wright Challenge Cup, emblematic of Eastern 150-lb. rowing supremacy, by defeating Columbia, Navy, Penn and Harvard in that order, the margin over the Lions being one length. The Tigers jumped into an early lead and had the race well in hand throughout the distance. With such a successful season behind them, the 15O's financed their own way to England during the summer to compete at Henley for the Thames Challenge Cup, but were eliminated in the first heat by the Quintin Boat Club after a plucky fight against their heavier opponents. 194

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t 1' ear THE 131110-A-BRAC OF 1935 CREW OFFICERS 1932-1933 B. W. SMITH '33 .......................... ...Captain REMSEN BRINKERHOFF '33 . . . ........... Manager A. L. Rowe 734 ......... ..... A ssz'stantManagei' W. B. DEVEREUX III '34 ..... Assistant Managei' G. G. SIKES '16 .......... .............. C oath VARSITY JUNIOR VARSITY Position Age Height lflfeight Tear Position Age Height Weigh Stroke, Aikman Armstrong '34 20 52115 165 First Stroke, G. M. Williams '33. . . Q2 6:2 190 No , R. F.. Pflaumer '33 .... 21 6:1 170 Second No. 7, VI. T. Hamilton II '34 23 6:15 167 No , B. W. Smith '33 ..... 23 6:4 190 Third No. 6, A. H. Howell '34 .... 20 6:4 167 No ,J. P. Rutherfurd '33 . . 22 6:53 205 Second No. 5, Hugo Rutherfurd '34. . QI 6:5 189 No , A. L. Strang 133 ..... 26 6:2 175 Second No. 4, William Speer '33 ..... 22 6:5 200 No , LI. W. Dayton '33 ..... 22 6:0 175 First No. 3, E. H. Kellogg '34.. QI 6:3 186 No , W. H. Piiaumer '34 .. QO 521.1 175 First No. 2, Rusling Wood '34 ..... QI 5:11 177 Bow, P. H. B. Cumming '33.. 22 6:1 172 Second Bow, R.,P. Habgood '34' ..... 20 6:35 178 Cox, M. cleK. T. Kennedy '33 23 5:4 118 Second W. Johnson Jr. '33 22 6:1 178 Cox, W. B. Morrow '33. .. 22 5:8 118 150-POUND Position Age Height Weight lf ear Stroke, Durand Echeverria '35 Q0 5:10 143 First No 7, R. F. Reybine 933 QI 5:10 150 First N0 6, Wharton Sinkler Jr. '35 18 6:1 151 First No 5, I-I. C. Mial '34 ....... QI 5:11 153 Second No. 4, A. D. Sieminski '33 ... 21 5:9 151 First No 3, H. T. Robertson '33 .. 23 5:10 I5I First No 2, Standish Backus Jr. '33 23 5:8 147 Second Bow, D. K. Yost '34 ........ QI 5:8 147 Second Cox, R. C. Brooks 534 ...... QI 5:5 125 First I. Second Second Second First Third First First First First Second

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THE BRIC-A-BRAC OF 1935 VARSITY CREW RACES APRIL 15, IQBBTAI Annapolis First4P1'inceton Second-Navy Distance-1355 miles Time, 6 min., 552 sec. fC0mj1t01z Cup Raccxvl First-Princeton ' Second-I-larvarcl Third-lVI. I. T. Distance-12 miles Ti1ne, 9 min., 182 see. APRIL 29, 1933-.AICiElTT1l3I'lClgC MAY 13, IQ33fAt Princeton CCarnegie Cup Racesj F irst-Yale Second-Princeton ThirdYCornell Distance-12 miles Time, 9 min., 45 see. UNIOR VARSITY RACES APRIL 15, 1933-At .Annapolis First-Navy Second-Princeton Distance4If6 miles Time-6 min. 54 see. Fl1'Sf-PFIIICCLOII Second-Harvarcl Third-M.I.T. Distancefii miles Time-9 min. 152 sec. APRIL 29, I933-.Al,C2UT1lD1'lClgC MAY 13, 1933-At Princeton Cffzzrnegze Cup Racesj First-Yale Second-Cornell Tliird-Princeton Disnancefli miles Time-10 min. 115 sec. MAY 20, IQ33e-At Philadelphia QCYzilds Cup Racesl First-Princeton Second-Penn Third--Columbia DlSt2,IlCC-I'15,i' miles Time, 7 min., 175 see. MAY 20, IQZSZAL Philadelphia QClzild5 Cup Racesj First-Princeton Second-Penn T hird-Columbia Distance-1 ft, miles Time-7 min. 29 sec. 150-POUND CREW RACES Lx P ' 1 MAY 27, 1933-Af Philadelphia APRIL 29, 1933-At Cambridge MAY 13, 1933-1 t rince on Cfloldllzwaile Cup RUCEID First-Princeton Second-Yale T hird-Harvard Distance-12 miles TimeF-7 min. 32 sec. First-M.I.T. Second-Princeton Distance-I fig miles Time-6 min. 5322 sec. fW1'ight Challenge Cup Raresj First-Princeton Second-Columbia Third-Navy Fourth-Penn F if th4I-Iarvarcl Distance-13, miles Time-6 min. 45 see. THIRD VARSITY CREW RACES MAY 20, 1933-at Philadelphia fB1'0wn Challenge Cujil Firs t-Princeton Second-Penn Distance-1 155 miles Time-6 min. 572 sec. 195