The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-29
IS STILL
BEST ALL AROUND
COLLEGE ATHLETE
IT, Wins Every Event in Pen
tathlOn and SlaShcS 1.5OO
Meter Record.
NJ MEREDITH HELPS PENN
MAKE WORLDS RECORD

Berry's brilliant victory in the PEN
tathlon y, ;iie .irst days contests OF the
annual Pennsylvania relay meet was the
determining factor In favor of the East
In one Of the %stiffest and most even bat
ties ever waecd against the powerful
track and field contingent sent on from
various Western colleges.
The versatile athlete who represents
the University Of Pennsylvania on the
diamond and gridiron as we'll as on the
track performed a feat which II is be-
iieved never was epualled before when
he won all of the Ave events in the all
around competition. finishing mp the
gruelling 1900 meter race with a sprint
that. brought the tim for the distance
down to the sterling figures Of 4 minute
- As seconds.
Brilliant as was the performance OF
the sturdy Quaker there. were others to
share in the glory OF the first day OF this
fascinating meet. In which the pick OF
the college world came together before a
crowd OF 5000 persons on the rain soaked
Franklin Field.
Ted Meredith. the hero of the Olympic
m OF 1912 at stockholm. stirred the
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r0mping home "A victor by five yards.
The wearer of the Red and Blue was ten
yards behind the leader when the last
relay started and as the time for the
n half mile was I minute 81 40 sec
. onds he must have run close to record
time under most discourarins circum-
s,ance,
Diamond presses Meredith.
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Ch,caao and Welcomed n.n an,shing
sirnos, IN :. a..d No., ha,;nd hi,, TN.
forwa nd nosition NJ Chicago was due
ontirelv 10 the sensational quarter run
by The negro sprlnter DESMOND In the
third relay staring behinJ Wallace OF
Princeton and Lennon of Penna. Dis
mond s,reaked along at such a wonder
full gait that the time for the relay was
IS As seconds and his quarter must
have been run about three yards faster
than that.
Wisconsin won the other championship
medley relay. in which the distances were
longer. the Westerners simply gallopinR
home in front of Pennsylvania. the only
other starter. II was the Badgers that
were largely responsible for the great
showing made by the West. as N. Burke
Of that university surprised all the ex-
race. lie spreadeagled his field and
chIy TOT slowing down at the nn'sn wouid
Law oe".e' me eoi'es'a'e reeoru "'"ue
reisuSoH ias' year.
.ouh'ins berr!s VICTORY III the rem
1.un,o" we r-'s won iour ol .he seven
sreu.ai vents ueciueu 'o-uay' taxing IN
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New xxorla.. .sco,a
"ha' would nave happened In the way
OF RECORDS had the weather been fhle
ana the track sood cannot he told. but
Is IL was ne" nsures were made IN
seVerai events the moS meritorious
Deine the new worlds mark set up by
the fcnn team IN winning the sprint
relay. me Quaker quartet finished the
oriskly contested mile in > minutes
81 So seconds. against the mark OF
J minute 80 2-J seconds made by the
Penn team last year. Collegiate marks
went by the board in other contests.
placed men AS well az the winners
beating the old distances for the So
pound weight and the hop, step and
Jump.
With the heavy weight II. White Of
Syracuse repeated his victory of last
year. throwing ~ fee, 4 incbe. The
second, third and fourth men also beat