The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-24

earned the right to be styled the first
intercollegiate all around champion by
winning the Pentathlon contest at the
opening of the Relay Carnival on Frank
lin Field this afternoon. He went
through The programme OF Ave events
IN fine style, winning the javelin throw
and 1000 meter run; taking second
place in the 200 meter run and discus
throw. and third In the broad jump.
Points were scored on the basis Of
the order OF finish In each event, and
Berry, never being worse than third,
ended with tally OF nine. II. Worth
ington of Dartmouth was a fancied
candidate. hut though he won the broad
jump and 200 meter run and finished
second IN the | 500 meters. he went to
pieces in the javclin and discus throws.
Worthington's plucky finish in the long
run placed him second, with Is points,
one better than l.. McMasters OF Pitts
burg University. The other points
scored were: l.. Lamb. Penn State.
III W. Creighton. Pennsylvania,
Ella. and J. Smith, Franklin and Mar
shall. %.
In the two medley relay college cham
pionships, which served to provide eN-
element for the innovation OF extending
the relay carnival to two days. honors
rested with the Eastern athletes
Pennsylvania crack sprinters scored
easily over the Chicago team. the only
one which had the temerity to oppose
the Red and Blue stars in the sport
relay. In the long relay. where the
distances ranged from a quarter TO "A
mile. Yale came through with flying
colors but Overton had to run the
mile in the fast time OF minutes %
seconds to stave OF the determined
challenge of Stout OF Chicago. Penn
sylvania finished third, a long way be-
hind the Westerners, with Lehigh and
Princeton beaten OFF.
In the four special events. three Of
which were new for this fixture the
honors were fairly divided. X McCut-
cheon of Cornell took the hammer
throw. j. Ferguson OF Pennsylvania the
quarter mile low hurdle. II. White of
Syracuse the ffty-six pound weight and
:. Graham OF Columbia the running hop,
step and jump.
There was q crowd OF 5000 persons
To see the opening of the carnival, which
will conclude Tomorrow with "A strong
card, including the mile. two mile and
four mile relay championships and spe-
cial events, in which the University of
Southern California cracks, Drew and
Kelly. will demonstrate their ability at
sprinting and hurdling. The crowd to-
nile element. who came to shout
announcement for their comrades In the
many schoolboy relays. In two of to-
days relays records went by the board,
the Episcopal quartet clipping nth
OF second from the interacademic
record of , as As. held by Penn Charter,
and the Philadelphia College of Oste-
opathy running in :t2 l-5 TO lower the
mark OF DreNel Institute in the City
College championship division.
With such famous runners as Patter-
son. Lockwood. Lippincott and Meredith
carrying the Red and Blue in the short
relay, il was no wonder that four OF
the six entered colleges declined the is
sue. There was shock for the local
rooters in the early relays, for Ward
Of Chicago hustled over the FIRST fur
long nve yards faster than Patterson
OF Penn. BIraucik lost half OF this ad-
vantage in the next furlong to Lock-
wood and then bon Lippincott grasped
the baton 10 put the race on ice for the
Quakers. He raced by Breathcd OF Chi
cago and. turning the quarter in the
rafting time of ~ 2-i seconds, handed
over a lead " eight yards to Ted Mere
: dith, who was booked for the last halt
mile 1t Was cakewalk for the Olym-
pic champion. who gained steadily or
! Cornwell OF Chicago and trOtted In loo
/ yards to the good,
The longer relay was foot race al
the way Desmond, the coiored runner
Of Chicago, set a hot pace for the quar-
ter. nut in the sprint down the home
stretch Wilkic ~ Vale showed his quail
itN and passed the battI TO Barker tWI
yards in front OF his rival, who headed
Kaufman Of Penn by the same distance
The time was - - seconds and Barkel
set off for a sizzling half mile. The best
/ piece of running in this relay. however
: was by Dorsey Of Pennsylvania. who
! sprinted by Stegeman of Chicago ano
/ finished the half on even terms witt
/ Barker in minute IS ga seconds
Poucher relieved Barker and soor
/ opened up a gap for Yale, Campbell o.
/ Chicago and HUMPHREYS OF Penn had 4
great race for second until tho last fur
/ long, when the latter weakened
/ pouchers three-quarters was made II
3:Os 3-5. and he gave Overton a lead 81
eighteen yards over Stout ~ Chicago e
start the final mile. Pennsylvania wal
/ twenty yards further back with Lehigt
and Princeton beaten OF.
/ Stout ran a rcmarka hle race and. CN
. hibitins a better style than the Yale man
gained ground steadily until Al the hal
B mile he was only Ave yards behind
Going up the backstretch on the mex
, lap Stout gave overtnn the 20 by, hu
the Vale lad just waited until the mex
straight stretch, when he went to th'
front again. All through the next fur
] lOng the Westcrner was Striving 4
| overhaul the leader. but overton wa
Just as full Of running as the man be
hind. The real test came AT the begin
ning Of the last turn, whore stout va
unable to respond to overtons sprint
lie fought every yard gallantly, bu
| gradually fell back until AT the tape h.
had lost the eighteen yards which H.
had run so hard to gain in the first par
of the race.
Overton ran the mile in 4:23 ant
Stout must have made equally goo'
time Pennsylvania was third, "A lonl
. way back, and the other teams failed L
finish The summaries
PENTATHLON.
Won ny Howard Berry, PennsylVania,
points, II WorthinEton, Dartmouth, !
points, second, l., McMdstcrs, pit'sburg.
points, third. l., Lamb, Penn state, ~