Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-04-24
BERRY OF PENN Is
CARNIVAL VICTOR
Quaker Carries Off Penthalon at Big
Meet Held on Franklin
Field.
FAST TIME OF FERGUSON

PHILADELPHIA, April sS.-Howard
Berry, OF the University Of Pennsylvania
today carried off the pentathlon. one OF
the principal events In the opening days
carnival of Pennsylvania relay races
and field sports The pentathlon, which
is comprised OF the broad jump iavelne
and discus throws and the 800 and 800
meter races, was on the program for the
FIRST time in the twenty-one years that
PENNSYLVANIA has held the carnival.
Yale. after a game struggle. carried
off the distance medley relay race for
the American college championship.
beating out Chicago while PENNSYLVANIA
easily won the American title in the
sprint medley race from Chicago, the
only other entrant in this event,
SIX Contests.
There were six contests In the pentla-
thalon and the result wa snot decided
until the last event. the l,S0O-metcr race,
was run. worthington Of Dartmouth,
finished second: McMasters, University
OF Pittsburgh. third; Lam, Pennsylvania
State college, fourth; and Creighton.
Pennsylvania, fifth. $751;
There was some disappointments when
only Chicago and Pennsylvania toed the
mark in the sprint medley, the other
universities saving their runners for to-
morrow's championships Chicago led at
the end of the first two relays then Lip
pincott and Meredith, the Olympic
champions. in turn took UP the running
for Pennsylvania and they made run
away race OF ii.
Time OF Ferguson.
1 ~
day was the time made by Ferguson of
Pennsylvania, in the duarter-mile hurdle
race. He won the event in So seconds,
only two-fifths Of a second slower than
the worlds record made by H. i. Hill
man of the New York Athletic club in
1904.
The big feature of tomorow's events
will be the one, two and tour-mile relay
national championships, and the l0o-yaTd
dash. In the sprint there will be, among
others Drew Of southern California, who
with ID. Kelly. holds the worlds record
of nine and three-flfths second. sum-
Imaries:
Broad jump. Pentathlon: worthing-
ton, Dartmouth; McMasters, Pittsburgh
Berry Pennsylvania, % feet 2ls inches.
40 yards hurdles hurdles feet 6
inches high: Ferguson, Pennsylvania
ICronly, Virginia; Whiting, Pennsylvania
Throwing fifty pound weight: White,
Syracuse, n feet "a inches; Bachman,
NQtre Dame; Barker, Virginia
Javelin throw, Pentathlon: Berry,
Pennsylvania, l5S feet "a inches; Lamb,
PennsylVsnia state; McMasters, Pitts
200 metres. Pentathlon: worthington,
Portsmouth. Time, DA Berry, Penn
sylvania; McMasters. Pittsburgh.
Running hop, step and jump Graham,
Columpia, "A feet inches Crane, Penn
i6ylVaniai McMasters, Pittsburgh.
American college championship sprint
medley relay race: First and second man
each ran 20 yards: third man, $40 yards
fourth man. $50 yards. Won by Pennsyl-
yania Patterson. Lockwood, Lippincott
Barancik, Breathed, Cornwel). Only two
starters. Time. $685..
Discus throw, pentathlon: Lamb
! Pennsylvania State. 1O6 feet; Berry, Penn
sylvania; McMaster, Pittsburgh.
The pentathlon championship Of the
broad jump, javeltn and discus throws
, 200 and 1,5O0-meter races, won by Berry
pennsylvania, points; second, Worth
ington. Dartmouth. Is; third McMaster
vd I5So%StsT PsntsthlGp; Berry Psnnsyl
ton, Pennsylvania. Time, 4:41.
American college championship distance
| medley race: First man, quarter mile
the second, half; the third, three-auar-
ters; fourth man, a mile. Won by Yale
, (Wilkie). Barker. Poucher.. overton; sec
Campbell, Stout; third, Pennsylvania
(Kauffman, Dorsey, Humphries, Pesol
Time by relays, O:499S, 1;bS9S, 3:OS9k, 4.23
Time for race. 1920
l57 feet inches; Murphy. Pennsylvania
IsouRhridge, Yale