Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-27
Howard Berry
Stars In All
Athletic Work
Pennsylvania Great AII.Around
Man CIassed With Thorpe,
ECkersaII and BrickIey


eat all,around athlete. has long hFe1
C!assed with Martin Sheridan. Johnny
Garrels and Jim Thorps, and thts year
his work on the gridiron has been suCr
that he has found a place beside such
gridirOn stars as Eckersall, RricKley,
FiestOn, Coy, De WITT and other ma
tiOnal heroes.
A few weeks ago, when Pennsyl.
vania met Michigan and defeated the
Westerners by score of 1910, Of these
sixteen points rolled up by the great
Penn. machine Howard Berry's indi-
Vidual toe scored no less than ten. He
!ptCked three field goals and one goal
after a touchdown. incidentally his
fine punting was responsible for keep
ing the early Michigan rushes hacs
beyond the danger line. Bcrry's two
field goals from so and 50 yards in the
third period demoralized Michisans
defense. which had been irOnbound
up to that time, and made PENIS vic
tory certain.
Berry entered Pennsylvania in the
fall Of 1914. At once he became one
OF the star men of the track team.
The following spring he became ia
nous all over America by winning
the Pentathlon-the all-around. con.
test-at the Penn relay meet There
were many wellknown athletes IN
the competition, including Harry
WorthinStOn of Dartmouth, who had
been a member Of the American team
at the Olympic games in Stockholm,
and was the worlds champion broad
Jumper.
Berry was smaller than any of his
rivals. He was 10 years old, feet
So inches tall and weighed 155
pounds.
But he had quite a reputation as an
athlete at Mufhenberg Academy,
where he was the star baseball player,
football player and track athlete. He
had plenty Of experience in compe-
tition, and mingllng with giants didn't
worry him. The running broad jump
was the first event, and Worthington
won 1t easily, Berry being placed third.
But he won the javelin throw with the
excellent record of 1888 feet, finished
second IN the 200-rneter race and the
discus throw, and ran away from his
rivals in the 1500meter race With
two wins two seconds and a third he
easily won the contest.
: Three Times American CHAMPION
Berry won the Pentathlon again the
ensuing year, and captured it a third
> time in 1917. This last time he cap
:: tured four first places, with third in
the fifth. In everything but the dis
Gus throw he outclassed the field He
won the 1500-meter race by 200 Yards,
HIS time In the 200-meter race was
y 70 seconds, remarkably fast for an
event in an allaround contest, He
:. broad jumped 20 feet "a inches. threw
the javelin 157 feet 2 inches, lost the
discus throw only by 5h inches with
} los feet 81 inches, and won the
looO-meter run in minutes AZ sec.
} onds. In 1916 he made a new secord
Tor the 1500-meter race minutes
90 As seconds.
On the second day of the reIav
meet this year Berry DISTINGUISHED
himself by running the second leg OF
the TWO mile relay raee--a race that
attracts all the greatest college relay
teams in the country. In his relay
Berry started 80 yards behind Otis of
Chicago. but caught and passed him
putting the Penn team in the lead
lhls wonderful run OF. Berry's made IT
possible for Pennsylvania to win the
race by a narrow margin. His time IN
the relay was minutes rs seconds
a pretty fast clip for an al1-arolnd
championship only the day before He
wound up his athletic spree BY win.
ming fourth place in the special iaVeIin
throwing contest with a throw Of 151
feet 4 inches.
Robertson Thinks Berry Another
Meredith
Berry was great football player
good enough to be elected captain of
the Penn team. Athletic Coach Law.
son Robertson tried tc urge him n
give up baseball and to make a sne.
clalty OF the mile and half runs, in
Robertson's opinion Berry would have
been another Meredith at these dis
tances. But he was too fond of varf
ETY. to give up any one sport. He
stuck to baseball until this year.
when he was elected captain of the
track team.
In 1915 Berry had some trouble with
the football coaches and left the
squad. He was accused of being "yel.
low " How little sense there was in
that attack was shown ny his great
performances on the track and the
diamond. and later when he came
back to football and fought his was
to the top in spite of the nutaSonisrn
that had been aroused when he left
the game the year before. Last year
/ nf h1
for he played with fury that made
him practically a team by himself.
/ AS a member of the First ARTILLERY
Regiment of the Pennsylvania Ma.
tional Guard he went to the border in
1915. Last May he went to Washing.
ton and filed his papers to become a
member of the Z. S. Aviation Corps
Ted Meredith went with him. Now he
is back at Pennsylvania awaiting or
ders.