New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-24
,.,sats Strong Field in
battalion at Penn
Relay Carnival.
.,pTIJRES TITLE IN
: CONCLUDING EVENT
=. First in Medley Distance
Pace and u. of p. in the
Sprint Contest.
r.,.e-,nn e N, rrisun.

.s.5,lphis. April 2S.-Howard
n the University Of Pennsylva-
rcs the peutathlon, one Of the
r, Of the opening day Of the
1 '.rlvapis relay carnival on Frank
/ IA. to-day. A crowd that filled
.,,.a comfortably saw the sturdy
-. ~ the Red and Blue score his
=. which was the more notewor-
.,,spse i. was not decided until
4 .sS0- metre race. the last event Of
4 ..,tsst. had been run. Then, with
s,osndinc on his speed and stam-
ss-rv came through as a real
n. WON the medley distance relay
S,feating the University Of Chi
.mong others. after a race that
Zee crowd standing on the chairs
e. themselves hoarse as the boys
soun the stretch. The Red and
Z. Il Pennsylvania wac run TO the
4 n the medley sprint relay over
\ Maroon Of Chicago, which alone
l-,sied against IL
|;'.-pson, o. Pennsylvania, the in
l-.fsgis,e low hurdle champion. ran
4 n the greatest races ever seen on
L.Jin Field in winning the 44O-yard
|, Is-6les over q track that was
~ from the rain last night, Fergu-
I. s-oke the tape IN 50 seconds, only
|.,sfths OF second behind the
IN. record established by Harry
- Of the New York Athletic
4 N 1904. Under favorable oondi-
!, there is ltte doubt that a new
- would have been hung up.
'ial,tes from three hundred and
,s,.-vo COLLEGES and high and pre-
l..o-y schools answered the call Of
/, nnes 20 compete in siXty-nine
~ And In that throng were men
J. he University Of Southern Cali
l., from Missouri, and from every
H. college that is represented by a
4 team worthy of notice. For the
tne in the history Of the carni-
4 ne number of entries necessitated
F1iing the programme over two
III ne first time since Pennsylvania
vnduc:ed this carnival, twenty
ysars. the pentathlon was in
Il b in the list Of events. The broad
:. javelin and discus throws and
nd 800 metre runs were included.
gstestants answered the call to
4 -srk They were Berry, the VIC
L Warrington. of Dartmouth; Nc
rs,s Of Pittsburgh; Lamb, Of Penn
L. and Creighton and Smith, who
! Ted in order.
lary captured the javelin throw and
lS0.metre run, and was second in
\ .gus throw and 200-metre run.
i,ihsd third in the broad jump.
lTwsnC.0r was first in the broad
A., I'D 200-metre race, second in the
--sire run. fifth and sixth, re-
sysly, in the discus and javelin
trr.
MASTERS got one second, three
1 q and a fourth. while Lamb fin
first in the discus and second in
j gyelin throw. In none of the
fss did any Of the contests endanger
M records.
is distance medley race was holly
s-a,ed There were five starters,
"a Chicago, Pennsylvania, Lehigh
3 Princeton, and they finished in the
IL named.
Iis led By three yards at the end
e first quarter Of q mile, but Penn
mia, in the next relay Of half a
b forged 90 the front. On the
e relay Of three-Quarters Of mile
again went into the lead and Chi
INTO second place.
e Western runners could not head
Blue fiers. and Yale finished first
Easy fashion Pennsylvania was
With Lehigh and Princeton far
BID
isre was some disappointment when
Chicago and Pennsylvania toed
lark IN the sprint medley, the
~ universities saving their run
I Tor to-morrow's championships.
ago led az the end Of the first two
- then Lippincott and Meredith,
Uynplc champions, IN turn took
ts running for Pennsylvania, and
/. mace q runaway race Of ii.
.'s Two and four mile national relay
a Will be held tomorrow. along
4 ne lO0-yard dash In this last
3 Dan Kelly, Of Oregon. holder of
4 Voilds record Of q 80 seconds, will
a.'s strides with Howard Drew, the
I nom the University OF Southern