Princeton took only 11 seconds to go late the lead. Gene Cleaves took the opening face-off across the blue line and fired it past Richardson.
Ten minutes later, Captain Walt Greeley tied it up, and five minutes after that Ned Bliss put the Crimson ahead for good.
With a Tiger off the ice, Greeley was waiting all alone in front of the Tiger cage for Dick Clasby's pass to him, and he drove home number one.
Bliss took successive passes from Tony Patton and Doug Manchester before back-handing an ice skimmer into the lower right hand corner. Again, a Tiger was in the penalty box.
Both sextets doubled the number of their shots, but neither team could increase the 2 to 1 score in the second period.
Time and again, players had clean shots at the goalies, but time and again the goalies came through with sensational saves. Torrey stopped 33 shots, Richardson 22.
The NCAA selection committee will meet in New York to choose the Eastern hockey representatives on Sunday. Tufts' hockey coach Hafey Arthur yesterday was named to the committee.
The freshman sextet returned to the victory trail yesterday with a 4-to-1 North-win over Northeastern for its 14th victory in 15 starts. Captain Bill Cleary scored three and had one assist for the Yardlings