Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-12-27
Berry
Stars In ALL
Athletic Work
Pennsylvania Great AIl-Around
Man CIaSsed With Thorpe,
EckerSalI and BriCkley

ECkerSdll an0 6rlCkley
Howard Berry, Pennsylvania great
est all-around athlete, has long been
classed with Martin Sheridan, Johnny
Garrels and Jim Thorps, and this year
his work on the gridiron has been suce
that he has found a place beside such
, gridiron stars as Eckersall, Brickley,
Heston. Coy, De Witt and other ma
tional heroes.
A few weeks ago, when Pennsyl.
vania met Michigan and defeated the
Westerners by score of l6-0, Of these
sixteen points rolled up by the great
/ Penn. machine Howard Berry's indi-
vidual toe scored no less than ten He
| picked three field goals and one goal
after a touchdown. incidentally his
fine punting was responsible for keep
ing the early Michigan rushes back
beyond the danger line. Berry's two
field goals from 80 and 35 yards in the
third period demoralized Michigan's
defense, which had been ironbound
up to that time, and made Penns 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 well-known athletes in
the competition, including Harry
Worthington of Dartmouth, who had
been 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, 5 feet
Sh inches tall and weighed 155
pounds.
But he had quite reputation as an
athlete at MHhlenberg Academy,
where he was the star baseball player,
football player and track athlete. He
had plenty Of experience in compe.
tition, and mingling with giants didn't
worry him. The running broad Jump
was the first event, and W6rthingtnn
won It easily, Berry being placed third.
But he won the javelin throw with the
excellent record of 1853 feet, finished
second in the 200-meter race and the
discus throw, and ran away from his
rivals In the 1500-meter race. With
two wins two seconds and a third he
feasfly 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 CAD
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
% 2-5 seconds, remarkably fast for an
event in an all-around contest. He
broad jumped 20 feet ~ inches, threw
the javelin 1877 feet 2 inches, lost the
discus throw only by 5ts inches with
los feet 9A inches, and won the
1500-meter run In 4 minutes As sec.
} onds. In 1916 he made a new secord
for the 15e0-meter race minutes
| 90 rs seconds. :
On the second day of the reIay
meet this year Berry DISTINGUISHED
himself by running the second leg oil
the two mile relay race-a race that
attracts all the greatest college reIay
teams In the country In his relay
Berry started 80 yards behind Otis al
Chicago, but caught and passed him
putting the Penn team in the lead
This wonderful run Of Berry's made II
possible for. Pennsylvania to win the
race by narrow margin His time IN
the relay was 2 minutes 2.5 seconds
a pretty fast clip for an alI.around
championship only the day before. He
wound up his athletic spree by win
ming fourth place in the special javelin
throwing contest with a throw Of 151
feet 4 inches.
Robertson Thinks Berry Anothe,
Meredith
Berry was q great football player
good enough to be elected captain oI
the Penn team. Athletic Coach Law
son Robertson tried to urge him &c
give up baseball and to make a spe
cialty 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 vari
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 vel
low" How little sense there was in
that attack was shown by his grea,
, performances on the track and the
, diamond, and later when he came
, back to football and fought his way
to the top in spite of the eutagonism
that had been aroused when he left
{ the game the year before. Last veal
he was the sensation Of the gridiron
for he played. with fury that made
, him practically team by himself.
AS a member of the First Artillery
Regiment of the Pennsylvania Ma
tional Guard he went to the border ir
, 1916. Last May he went to Washing
ton and filed his papers to become Z
, member of the Q. S. Aviation Corps
Ted Meredith went with him. Now he
) is back at Pennsylvania awaiting or
ders.