A Jadwin Farewell, And More

Now this is writing:

The victory of the Eli players last month was largely due to the poor condition of the courts. The superiority of the Princeton courts is expected to make the match close with a Tiger victory in the foreground.

That was from the Daily Princetonian of March 16, 1929. Imagine being able to get away with stuff like today? 

In the entire history of this blog, only once has the word "superiority" been used, and it was in this sentence: This applies to the inmates and to the staff, and at certain points it becomes hard to remember who has the moral superiority and stronger character between the two.

TigerBlog wasn't writing about anything to do with Princeton, though it did have to do with Orange and Black, as in "Orange Is The New Black." 

Anyway, TB hasn't been able to figure out who won the match back in 1929, since Princeton wasn't a varsity team until 1931 and Yale's website doesn't list a result for 1929. 

He also isn't 100 percent sure where the superior Princeton courts were in 1929, since Dillon Gym didn't open until 1947. He'd guess it was in University Gymnasium, which burned down in 1944. 

Princeton squash played in Dillon from when it opened until it moved to Jadwin Gym in the fall of 1969. And now? 

Jadwin will be hosting Princeton squash for the final time this weekend. 

Beginning next year, Princeton squash will move across Lake Carnegie to the new Racquet and Recreation Center. You can read about it HERE.

The final day of Princeton squash in Jadwin will be Saturday with a doubleheader against Penn, starting with the men at noon and then ending with the women at 2:30. The women will close out their time in Jadwin with the way they began it, with a match against the Quakers.

The women's Ivy League championship has already been decided, as Harvard has won. On the men's side, Penn has clinched at least a share of the championship and would win outright with a victory, but a Princeton win would give the Tigers a share as well. 

In other words, the Jadwin squash courts are going out in style.

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The men's and women's Ivy fencing champions will be crowned this weekend. While most round-robin schedules take a few weeks or months to go through, in fencing it's done in two days.

Beginning Saturday and ending Sunday — and that's it — each Ivy team will fence against each other Ivy team. This year's event will be held at Columbia.

The Princeton men are ranked third nationally. The Princeton women are ranked fourth nationally. The women have won the last two Ivy titles.

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The Sports, Race and Society Lecture Series will bring three women leaders in athletics to McCosh 50 Monday night at 7:30. From the release on goprincetontigers.com (which includes information on how to register).

The "Sports, Race and Society Lecture" returns to campus Monday, February 12th and will feature a conversation with accomplished athletes and current professional sports executives Swin Cash, Allison Feaster and Nyaka Niilampti '97. Cash (Vice President of Basketball Operations & Team Development, New Orleans Pelicans), Feaster (Vice President of Team Operations & Organizational Growth, Boston Celtics), and Niilampti (Vice President of Wellness and Clinical Services, National Football League) will be joined by Ford Family Director of Athletics John Mack '00 to discuss their individual journeys to distinguished leadership roles within two of the most prominent men's professional sports leagues in the world.

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TigerBlog mentioned the other day that the Ivy women's basketball standings are a bit of a palindrome right now. The women have nothing on the wrestling standings.

Entering this weekend, there are three 3-0 teams (Princeton, Cornell, Penn) and three 0-3 teams (Harvard, Brown, Columbia). 

Tomorrow night at 7:30, two of the three unbeaten teams meet in Jadwin Gym when Princeton hosts Cornell. The Big Red, who are ranked 10th nationally, have won two straight Ivy titles after the Tigers ended its 18-year run with a wildly dramatic win in Jadwin in 2020, which in addition to ending the streak gave Princeton its 500 overall Ivy championship.

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If you're in Jadwin Gym this weekend, check out the new banners in the lobby.