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COVERThe cover of ROWING AT PRINCETON is adapted from “Late Fall Practice” by the late James M. Anderegg ’51. Here is his promotion for the print which he sold in the 1950s for $5.00 postpaid.

$5.00 Postpaid, check or money order. Will be mailed immediately.

Colonial Club40 Prospect St.Princeton, N.J.


ROWINGAT

PRINCETON1872–2000

celebrating . . .

4500 Princetonians who have strained and gained from their rowing experience for 130 years

Compiled by Willis M. Rivinus ’50Princeton University Rowing Association

Princeton, New Jersey2002


Copyright 2002Princeton University Rowing Association

Princeton, New Jersey

First Printing – September 2002Second Printing – December 2002


FOREWORD

This first comprehensive history of Princeton rowing is a direct result and logical extension of the Celebration of Princeton Rowing, the renovation of the Class of 1887 Boathouse and its expansion into the C. Bernard Shea ’16 Rowing Center. Attended by hundreds of rowing alumni and friends in 1997, the Celebration com-

memorated 125 years of Princeton rowing, 75 years of lightweight rowing, 25 years of women’s rowing and the insti-tution of women’s lightweight rowing at Princeton. At the Celebration, the Princeton University Rowing Association (“PURA”) announced the boathouse renewal effort. Another crowd of hundreds of rowing alumni helped dedicate the Shea Rowing Center in October 2000.

The story of this book really begins with the search by Bob Faron ’68 and Stuyve Pell ’53 for material to use in the fantastic video tape shown at the Celebration, Princeton Rowing—The First 125 Years. The tip of the historical iceberg was discovered, and we realized we had an obligation to preserve Princeton’s dusty rowing “archives” in an-ticipation of the complete demolition of the boathouse interior. In addition to memorabilia of assorted value, hundreds of original photographs were found. It became immediately clear that this historical treasure trove had to be assem-bled, conserved and cataloged. The man who rose to this challenge was our colleague Will Rivinus ’50, to whom the PURA dedicates this book.

While ROWING AT PRINCETON reflects the efforts of countless people, friends of Princeton rowing owe a debt of gratitude to Will. Through his stewardship of the Princeton rowing archives, and in response to the strongly ar-ticulated desire of the PURA trustees and other Princeton rowing alumni to organize a comprehensive display of team photographs, Will generated the idea of digitally copying the original photos, typesetting the captions, and displaying them in framed panels in the new boathouse. Among other things, this would permit a “draft” set for the boathouse dedication that could be re-done as the inevitable additions and corrections poured in. Moreover, the originals could be preserved in the University’s archives at Seeley Mudd Library.

Will’s efforts were substantial. Notwithstanding the hundreds of photographs found in the boathouse, many teams were unidentified or missing. Will relentlessly tracked them down. A surprising lack of recent team pictures was solved with the cooperation (and agreeable fees) of Sportgraphics, who can supply you with copies of their identified pictures at www.sportgraphics.com. Photos of nearly all teams were eventually rooted out from numerous sources.

Will quickly realized that the resultant work product could be shared beyond the walls of the boathouse if it were assembled into a book. He agreed to be editor-in-chief. A book, however, would require text. Will assembled histories from his own pencil as well as a number of other sources, the most important of which was the annual Bric-A-Brac, which could theoretically provide a narrative of each season. The reality, however, was that the yearbook’s reporting was uneven and sometimes inaccurate or non-existent. Will therefore called upon each year’s captains to review, edit and supplement their respective year’s text. Most did, and we thank them.

Will Rivinus is responsible for everything that is good about this book; we thank him for his efforts, skills, perseverance and patience. Capturing the essence of more than a century of rowing at Princeton is a daunting task. Inevitably, despite our checking, cross-checking, and solicitations, there are errors and omissions—for which we sincerely apologize. Let’s consider this the first edition and look forward to the PURA’s accepting the challenge of a Version 2 in the future.

The PURA hopes that this book captures some of the spirit and experience of Princeton rowing. On behalf of the PURA trustees and my worthy successor, Bill Walton ’74, thanks for your continued support. We especially want to thank the Patrons and Sponsors listed herein, many of whom have been frequent, dependable and appreciated participants in the tradition of generous support for Princeton rowing; their contributions made this volume fiscally possible.

Seattle, WA Richard Ottesen Prentke ‘67February 2002 Past President

Princeton University Rowing Association


PATRONS

SPONSORS

James D.Ahstrom ’76Gerry L. Brewster ’79Richard T. Califano ’93Robert M. Chilstrom ’67Roberta B. Connolly s’73 & Arthur M. Miller ’73Thomas Craig ’76Stephen F. Deutsch ’74James K. Donnell ’53John Michael Evans ’80

Thomas W. Bakewell ’43Sarah Morrison Barpoulis ’87C. Minor Barringer ’42Frederic T. Billings, III ’68Craig H. Boyce ’94Robert H. Braunohler ’68Thomas W. Brennan ’93Willis V. Carpenter ’51Joanne R. Casper ’76 & Wendell B. Colson ’76Neil D. Chrisman ’58Michelle J. Clarke ’98Mary & Hal Cranston P’03Michael J.Cunningham ’77Ellen R. DeSantis ’78Christine Dias P’02Herbert L. Dillon, Jr. ’47Stephen & Joy Dittmann P’05L. Scott Frantz ’82Simon Furie ’87Robert R. Gambee ’64Erich B. Groos, Jr. ’83Wycliffe K. Grousbeck ’83George R. Hansen, Jr. ’66Ashton Harvey ’51Donald H. Hofreuter ’54

Charles T. Hopkins ’89Richard A. Hord ’43David & Anne Howerton P’03/’06Peter E. Hubbard ’64William L. Hudson ’74Lon F. Israel ’45Thomas R. Johnson ’68Thomas H. Jones ’72Peter R. Kaplan ’60Arthur H. Keyes, Jr. ’39D.Nicbolas Komorous ’04Laura D. Kunkemueller ’87Michael A. Ladra ’71W. Wallace Lanahan, Jr. ’40Edward A. Lasater ’59Donald L. Marsh, Jr. ’68Robert E. Mast ’76David M. Mastrianni ’81Gerald M. Mayer, Jr. ’51Mark W. Mealy ’79Charles A. Moran ’64Thomas & Margaret Nowak P’04Kevin W. O’Connell ’97Robert S. O’Hara, Jr. ’60John B. O’Sullivan ’65 & Sarah S. O’Sullivan ’00

Jonathan F. Swain ’57Stuyvesant B. Pell ’53David G. Powell ’54Susanne Wamsler Redetski ’83John G. Reeve ’70Donald R. Reeves ’86Robert H. Richards ’59Stephen D. Robinson ’94Francis F. Rosenbaum, Jr. ’48Michael F. Rosenbaum ’83P. Steven Sangren ’68Peter S. Schroeder ’62John S. Scott ’86Brendan L. Shannon ’86J. McWilliams Stone, Jr. ’50Robert D. Stuart, Jr. ’37A.Jordan Sykes ’03Carl E. Walter ’70Walter H. Wells ’45Robert F. Werner ’78Sankey Williams ’66John P. Woll ’83Helen I. Youngman ’93Alden D. Zecha ’87

Scot Fisher ’78Neil T. Hauck ’76G. Blair Macdonald ’50Richard O. Prentke ’67Willis M. Rivinus ’50Juan A. Sabater ’87Bruce G. Soden ’60Luther M. Strayer, III ’57William H. Walton, III ’74


The New Princeton Crew BoathouseDedicated October 7, 2000

The new C. Bernard Shea ’16 Rowing Center unifies the historic Class of 1887 Boathouse with a spacious modern addition, creating a striking presence on the north shore of Carnegie Lake. The remodeled boathouse tower, with stairs sweeping up to a lofty skylit anteroom on the second floor, is not only the dominant visual element of the complex, but also its primary entryway.

From the tower, a long gallery extends westward above the boat bays, offering views of the lake inter-spersed with evocative photographs of Princeton crews. The gallery leads to an airy refurbished club room, with trophy cases, video equipment and lounge furnishings. An adjacent corridor connects to the men’s and women’s changing rooms.Upstairs in the attached new building, state-of-the-art training rooms are accented with tall windows and traditional exposed timber trusses. Extending from the south wall, an elevated porch overlooks a wide landscaped lawn, expanded dockage areas and a rebuilt launch house. The ground floor en-compasses two new boat bays and an indoor tank for 16 rowers, framed by a sweeping low arch of windows that emulates in form the graceful stone spans of the Washington Street bridge.The Shea Rowing Center brings to Princeton not only much-needed space and improved training facilities, but a beautiful and versatile athletic headquarters, reflecting the long history, generations of effort and legacy of success that define Tiger crew.

The C. Bernard Shea ’16 Rowing Center


Entrance Tower with Donor Recognition

Rowing Tanks & Workout Room

Two New Boat Bays


Workout Room

Rowing Tanks


DEDICATED FACILITIESC. Bernard Shea ’16Rowing CenterIrene C. Shea W’16

Richard Ottesen Prentke ’67Training CenterPrincetonUniversity Rowing As-sociation, in honor of Richard Ottesen Prentke ’67

Ohrstrom/Firestone TankGeorge L. Ohrstrom, Jr. ’50

The Roger S. FirestoneFoundation and theFirestone family

Israel Women’s Locker RoomMary and Lon F. Israel ’45

The Oakmead Foundation

Boat BaysC.Minor Barringer ’42

Oarsmen of the Classes of 1938-1944

Anonymous, in honor of Michael C. McLaughlin, Freshman Crew coach, 1972-1979

Alexander W. Keer ’34

Garland M. Lasater, Jr. ’60, in honor of Edward A. Lasater ’59

Mr. and Mrs. John E. Klein ’67,in honor of Jennifer E. Klein ’01 and Thomas E. Klein ’04

Oscar B. Marx III ’60

Frantz Training Room

Mr. and Mrs. L. Scott Frantz ’82

Class of 1968 ShopOarsmen of the Class of 1968,in memory of Nelson Cox, boat-man

Coaches ApartmentsBuena and Robert M. Chilstrom’67, in honor of Mikaela Lynn Chilstrom ’99

Coaches’ OfficesJames K. Donnell ’53

Roberta B. Connolly andArthur M. Miller ’73

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Pictures with names of every crew that we could locate, and reviews of every year, plus –

PageForeword by Dick Prentke .....................................................5Patrons and Sponsors .............................................................6C. Bernard Shea’16 Rowing Center in color .........................7Contents ...............................................................................11Introduction to U.S.Rowing .................................................141872 Crews – Start of Annual Reviews ...............................16Ready All, Row – Our Origins .............................................17The College Regatta – 1874 .................................................21Shell Race on Delaware River – 1877 .................................29Creating ‘Loch’ Carnegie .....................................................43Class of 1887 Boathouse ......................................................64Lightweight Rowing Begins ................................................80Varsity “B” Becomes 1921 Varsity ......................................87150-Pound Crew Visits Henley in 1930 .............................117Starboard Stroke Heritage ..................................................15090,000 Fans at Poughkeepsie .............................................157Finest Materials for Shells .................................................181Palm Beach Regattas ..........................................................183Goodbye Poughkeepsie ......................................................187Henley Royal Regatta ........................................................213Mowing Lake Carnegie ......................................................225Environs of Princeton and Lake Carnegie .........................250Coed Crew at Princeton .....................................................273Princeton Oarsmen in International Competition ..............275History of Women’s Crew ..................................................278What Rowing Means to Many Rowers ..............................282Princeton Women in International Competition ................283Women’s Crew Breaks Records at Easterns ......................293Henley Royal Regatta, 1973 ..............................................297Nelson Cox Retires ............................................................313Brad Woodrick on Shells ...................................................315Eastern Association of Women’s Rowing Colleges ...........321It’s Not Always Easy by Bruce Kelley ’79 ........................331New Women’s Locker Room .............................................335

Belly of the Carnegie Head Race .......................................349Doctor’s Perspective by Luther M. Strayer ’57 .................349Carnegie Lake Rowing Association ...................................351Shells with Aerospace Technology ....................................361Novice Women – National Champions ..............................365Other Rowers on the Lake .................................................380Surprise Finish in Lucerne .................................................381After the Championships by Andrew Ballard ’87 ..............389Princeton in Henley Competition .......................................3911987 All Squads Banquet ...................................................399Princeton Wins NCAA Title ...............................................403Rowing Reflections by Peter Schroeder ’62 ......................441Princeton Rowing by Dan Allen (Berkeley ’91) ................45425th Reunion Row by Bruce Millman ’70 ..........................463Royal Treatment in England by Joe Murtaugh ..................469Princeton Chase .................................................................471There’s Money in Women’s Crew......................................487Women’s Lightweight Crew ..............................................489Letter about Henley by David Bordeau ’00 .......................495CRASH Ps .........................................................................503Shea Rowing Center ..........................................................510Princeton University Rowing Association .........................514William Allen Butler ’76 Path ...........................................514Acknowledgments ..............................................................518Appendices .........................................................................519Crew Captains – Men’s Heavyweight ................................520Crew Captains – Men’s Lightweight .................................521Crew Captains – Women’s Open and Light .......................522Annual Race Results ..........................................................544Princeton at Olympics + + ................................................573Listing of Rowers ...............................................................582Bibliography ......................................................................600

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Sampling of Coaches

PageConstance S. Titus ...............................................................44Matthew Baird ’24 ..............................................................94J. Duncan Spaeth .................................................................97Charles P. Logg .................................................................100Clement B Newbold ’28 ...................................................112

Busy Fall on Lake .......................................................113Gordon G. Sikes ’16 .........................................................127

Nine Men in a Boat .....................................................128John Schultz ......................................................................138

Centipede .....................................................................139Wilhelmus B. Byran ’20 ...................................................139Walter H. Pflaumer ’34 .....................................................142Fred W. Spuhn ...................................................................156‘Dutch’ Schoch ..................................................................168Jim Rathschmidt................................................................193Peter Sparhawk .................................................................224Fin Meislahn ’64 ...............................................................276Al Piranian ’69 ..................................................................295 On Coaching ..................................................................320Gary Kilpatrick .................................................................301Kit Raymond ’74 ...............................................................310 On Coaching ..................................................................311Kris Korzeniowski ............................................................335Ernie Arlett ........................................................................344 On Coaching ..................................................................355Coaches and Captains with Ten Eyck Trophy ..................371Dan Roock ’81 ..................................................................387Larry Gluckman ................................................................393Joe Murtaugh ....................................................................406 On Coaching ..................................................................407Curtis Jordan .....................................................................426 On Coaching ..................................................................427Lori Dauphiny ...................................................................479 On Coaching ..................................................................427Heather Smith ...................................................................479Mike Teti ...........................................................................525 On Coaching ..................................................................525

Coaches – Women’s Crew ................................................523Coaches – Men’s Crew .....................................................524

Shell Christenings

Page1 - The Early Days ............................................................1732 - Dutch Schoch Era ........................................................1773 - Rosenbaum Legacy ......................................................2294 - Recent Dedications ......................................................2315 - The Nineties .................................................................4396 - Boathouse Dedications (1) ...........................................5117 - Boathouse Dedications (2) ...........................................513


Cups, Trophies, AwardsWith Record of Winners –

Intercollegiate PageChilds Cup ............................................................................ 30Carnegie Cup ........................................................................ 88Goldthwait Cup ..................................................................... 93Princeton-Navy(Smith) Trophy ............................................ 96Compton Cup ...................................................................... 129Wood-Hammond Trophy .................................................... 165Logg Cup ............................................................................ 235Phillip L. Platt ’60 Trophy .................................................. 277Class of 1975 Cup ............................................................... 306Carola B. Eisenberg Cup ..................................................... 312Class of 1984 Point Trophy................................................. 369Dolly Callow Cup ............................................................... 449Content Cup ........................................................................ 451Belly Bowl .......................................................................... 451Bergschneider Trophy ......................................................... 483Class of 1999 Cup ............................................................... 496

Intercollegiate Rowing Association...................526Varsity Challenge Cup ........................................................ 527Kennedy Challenge Trophy ................................................ 528Stewards Cup ...................................................................... 529Norstar Cup ......................................................................... 529Open Fours Trophy ............................................................. 530Gordon Hoople Trophy ....................................................... 530Eric Will Trophy ................................................................. 531Stork Sanford Trophy .......................................................... 531Varsity Pairs Trophy ............................................................ 531Ten Eyck Trophy ................................................................. 532Robert Mulcahy Trophy ...................................................... 533Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges

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Princeton PageW.Lyman Biddle Medal .....................................................107Coaches’ Cup (Schultz Trophy) .........................................136Gordon Sikes Medal ..........................................................219Carol P. Brown ’75 Award .................................................312 1921 Crew Trophy .............................................................347Class of 1983 Award ..........................................................359Heavyweight Triathalon Trophy ........................................371Bayard W. Read ’26 Lightweight Award ...........................409Pell Sculling Trophy ..........................................................418The Freshman Award .........................................................449Butler Award ......................................................................483David R. Covin ’91 Award .................................................496

(Eastern Sprints) ...............................................534Worcester Bowl .................................................................. 535E.C.A.C. Trophy ................................................................ 536Kenneth Burns Trophy ....................................................... 537Joseph Wright Trophy ........................................................ 538Cornell Trophy ................................................................... 539Charles Willing Trophy ...................................................... 539Rowe Cup........................................................................... 540Jope Cup............................................................................. 541EAWRC Trohpies .............................................................. 542Princeton Athletic Awards William Roper Trophy .......................................................543

C. Otto von Kienbusch ’06 Award .....................................543Class of 1916 Cup ..............................................................543


Rowing races undoubtedly began soon after the second pre-historic human figured out how to paddle while lying on a floating tree trunk. Human nature is such that competition was surely a by-product of the an-cient development of boats. Paddles seem to have been replaced by the mechanical advantage of an oar against a fulcrum by about 1000 B.C., and there are many recorded examples of early rowing races, one of the oldest of which is Virgil’s Aeneid V.

The waiting crews are crowned with popular wreaths;Their naked shoulders glisten, moist with oil.Ranged in a row, their arms stretched to the oars.All tense the starting gun they await.Together at the trumpet’s thrilling blastTheir bent arms churn the water into foam;The sea grapes open by the oars up-torn;With shouts and cheers of eager partisansThe woodlands ring, the sheltered beach rolls upThe sound, the hills re-echo with the din.

American collegiate rowing can be traced back to rowing in England, and rowing in England was derived from thousands of London watermen, who were essen-tially nautical taxi drivers across the Thames in the early eighteenth century. A combination of their own competi-tive instincts, market forces and the wagering habits of London gentry led eventually to organized racing between watermen, which became extremely popular as a spectator sport. The race in singles for Doggett’s Coat and Badge began in 1716 and continues to this day.* The first regatta took place on the Thames in 1775, and rowing became a spectacle open to any member of the society.

Undergraduates soon emulated the professional rac-ing, and intramural rowing was occurring at the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge by the late 1700’s. It was also occurring within English “public” schools by that time

and has been documented at Eton as far back as 1793. The first known extramural schoolboy contest was a race between Eton and Westminster in 1829. The first college boat club was organized at Oxford in 1815; Cambridge began its first boat club in 1827.

Cambridge and Oxford contested the first intercol-legiate boat race in June 1829 before a crowd of 20,000 at Henley-upon-Thames. It was the second intercollegiate sport, after cricket. In fact, it is said that this boat race was the result of a challenge between cricket rivals of the two colleges. In that first match, the crews collided and had to be restarted before the Oxford eight could win. Their boats were clinker-built (long overlapping pieces of wood), weighed 600 pounds, and were 45 feet long and four feet wide. The oarlocks were nothing more than wooden pins protruding from the gunwales, and the seats did not move. Seven years, a cholera epidemic, and disputes over the course passed before the two universities met again. There was another two-year respite about a decade later when Oxford refused to row against a professionally coached Cambridge crew. The well-known “boat race” on the Thames was instituted in 1856. The Henley Royal Regatta began in 1839 because it was not only scenic but also one of the straightest stretches of the river.

Meanwhile in the United States, races occurred as early as 1762 on the Schuylkill, club rowing existed by 1823, a rowing association was formed in 1834, and professional rowing became popular in numerous races in the East from 1810 to 1850, with crowds in the tens of thousands. The first collegiate boat club was organized at Yale in 1843, and Harvard defeated Yale in their first rowing race, for two miles in large, heavy keeled, slide-less eights, on August 3, 1852. The race occurred at the suggestion of the Boston, Concord and Montreal Railroad Company, which agreed to pay all the bills. Charles William Eliot, Harvard class of 1855, confessed after he became Harvard president that, in the 1850’s, “it was not a reputable thing to belong to a crew.” The boats of those days, he noted, “were used, both spring and fall, as means of bringing home members of the crew who did not propose to return sober from an evening in Boston.”

In 1858, Harvard, Trinity, Brown and Yale planned the first intercollegiate regatta, but it was cancelled when the Yale stroke drowned. In 1871, the captains of the Am-herst, Brown, Bowdoin and Harvard crews met to form the Rowing Association of American Colleges, the first col-legiate athletic organization in the country. Yale declined to attend but later joined. The association set race dates and devised a rule that only undergraduate students would

Introduction

* Doggett’s Coat and Badge was a prize given to the winner of an annual sculling race. The race for it is the oldest recorded rowing competition. Thomas Doggett was a successful London actor in the early 1700’s. Like most Londoners, he traveled between various points in the city in the Thames River “taxi” boats, and favored the small, fast wherries operated by an individual boat-man. He habitually tipped his boatman well if he outran nearby boats. He eventually established a trust with the Company of Fishmongers to pay for a prize of a distinctive coat and badge, and ten pounds, to the winner of a five-mile race from London Bridge to Chelsea. The first notice was posted on August 1, 1715. Believe it or not, I actually lay my eyes on an example of this prize monthly at the Pocock Rowing Center—George Pocock’s brother won it one year. (R.O.Prentke)

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