Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-24
NEW STAR BOBS UP
IN ATHLETIC WORLD
Howard Berry Wins Pentathlon in
Penn University Re-
lay Carnival.

PHILADELPHIA, April 24.-Howard
Berry Of the University of Pennsyl-
vania- yesterday carried off the penta-
thlon. one of the principal events in
the opening days carnival of Pennsyl-
vanias relay races and field sports.
The pentathlon. which is comprised
of the broad pump, javelin and discus
throws and the 200 and 1900 meter
races. was on the program for the first
time in the twenty-one years that
Pennsylvania has held the carnival |,
and it is expected to represent the all
round college athletic championship of
the United States.
Yale, after a game struggle, carried
off the distance medley relay race for
the American college championship.
beating out Chicago, while Pennsylva-
MIA easily won the American title in
the sprint medley race from Chicago,
the only other entrant in this event.
There were six contestants in the
pentathlon and the result was not de-
cided until the last event, the l,oOO-
meter race, was run. Worthington OF
Dartmouth finished second. McMasters
of the University of Pittsburgh third,
Lamb of Pennsylvania State College
fourth and Creighton of Pennsylvania
fifth. Smith of Franklin and Marshall
College dropped out of the last event,
as he was hopelessly out OF the con-
test.
Berry Wins Two Events.
Rerry CAPTURED the javelin throw and
the 1.50O-meter race and was second
in the discus throw and the 2oo-meter
event. He finished third in the broad
jump. Worthington was first IN the
broad jump and 200-meter race, second
in the 1,500-meter run and nfth ana
Sixth. respectively, in the discus. and
javelin throws. McMasters got one
second, three thirds and fifth. while
Lamb finished first in the discus and
second in the javelin throws. In none
of the events did any of the contest
ants endanger existing records.
The distance medley race was holly
contested There were five starters
Yale, Chicago, Pennsylvania, Lehigh
and Princeton-and they finished in the
order named. Yale led by three yards
at the end of the first quarter of a
mile, but Pennsylvania in the next re-
lay of a half-mile forged to the front.
On the third relay of three quarters of
a mile Yale again went into the lead
and Chicago ilto second place. The
western runners could not head the
Blue hiers and Yale finished first in
easy fashion. Pennsylvania was third.
Scratches Disappoint.
There was some isappointment when
only Chicago and Pennsylvania toed the
mark in the sprint medley. the other
universities saving their runners for
todays championships.
Chicago led at the end of the first
two relays. then Lippincott and Mere
dith. the Olympic champions. in turn
took up the running for Pennsylvania
and made a runaway race of it.
One of the best performances of the
day was the time made by Ferguson
of Pennsylvania in the quarter-mile
hurdle race. He won the event in So
seconds. only two-fifths of second
slower than the worlds record, made
by, H. l.. Hillman Of the New York
Athletic Club, in 1904.
There were twenty-six events on the
days program, many of them for
schools and colleges in the metropolitan
district of Philadelphia.