Princeton Defeats Crimson In BAA Mile Run Saturday

A powerful last lap sprint by mile relay anchor man Al Howe fell short Saturday night in the Garden, and with it failed the only Harvard hope for a first place in the B.A.A. meet.

Howe touched off five yards behind Princeton anchor man Tom Elgin and closed down a 12 year gap into just inches, but Elgin held him off to win in 3:24:3. Yale was a distant third.

Paul Grand and Warren Little, running the first two legs for the all-sophomore quartet, held the Princeton men even, while Rittenburg battled ahead of Nassau's Dick Yaffa for most of the distance only to see Yaffa fight back to take a small lead.

Two Milers Third

The varsity's two mile team of Frank Nahigian, Dave Ingle, Guide Perera and Jack Richards took third behind a strong M.I.T. entry and a weak Yale one. The Engineers' time was a fast 7:59.2.

The freshman mile relay team of Ed Carter, Al Wills, Bob Morrison, and Dave Alpers was third behind B.U. and Georgetown. The Terriers, led by Bill and Gene Tatum, did a smashing 3:25.3.

Freshman Norm Bruck took second in his first heat of the 50 yard dash behind Henry Dantzler of the Pioneer Club, but was eliminated in the semifinals. In the 45 yard high hurdles, Rittenburg took second in his heat, but hit a hurdle in the semifinals and lost of decathlon star Milton Campbell.

NEAAU Championships

Earlier in the afternoon Bob Mello took a first in the New England A.A.U. weight and field championships held in Briggs Cage.

Mello-who also competed in the B.A.A.-cleared 12 feet six inches in the pole vault and took second behind Fred Colliers of Tufts in the broad jump.

Whitely Black threw the 35 pound weight 50 feet, 11 5/3 inches to win easily, while Don Whitehead cleared six feet to join Russ Briere of UMass and Colliers in a three way the for first in the high jump.