Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-24
CHICAGO MAN
ATHLETE-HERO
Avery Brundage Again Wins
All-Round Championship
in Test of Endurance

Proving himself the greatest all
round athlete in America, Avery
Brundage, a veteran star of the Chi
cago Athletic Association, yesterday
won the individual championship,
closing and most impressive event of
the National A. A, u. outdoor track
an.Sield meet at the Great Lakes
Naval station. Brundage had won
the premier honors in the national
games a. Newark in 1916 and at
Rirmi1s nam, Ala, in 1914. Yester-
day victory ended his unusual ath
letic career, as he declared he would
never compete again.
His triumph was achieved by
stamina and versatility He did not
win as many firsts as +: J. Thomp
son, a cadet in the Royal Air Force,
of Toronto, Canada. The Chicagoan,
however, finished we'll UP among the
leaders in the ten events. He won
the shot-put and 56-pound weight
throw and scored a. dead heat in the
half-mile walk.
Nine men competed in the gruell-
ing seven-hour test and all finished,
but they were exhausted at the end.
Brundage scored 6,70S points on the
basis of a possible 10000. j. Hell
lum, Norwegian athlete represent
ing the Pastime A. c., of New York.
was second with 6,419 points, al
though he did not win a single in
dividual contest.
Thompson, who won four indi-
vidual events, was third with 5.152
points. Earl Gilfallan, of Great
Lakes, a former Notre Dame star;
Edward Knourek, of Great Lakes;
j. r. Fritts, of New York; Lieuten-
ant Carl Buck. of Kelly Field; Lieu
tenant n. =. Bluett, of Camp Han
cock, and w. +. Bartels, of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, finished in
the order named.
The men competed in ten events:
The 10O-yard dash, shot-put, run
ming high jump, half-mile walk,
hammer throw, pole vault, lzo hlgh
hurdles, 56-pound weight throw,
running broad jump and the one
mile run They started at o'clock
and did not finish until after T.
Thompson accumulated an impos-
ing early lead, being ahead of the
field after the first four events had
been decided. Brundage's versatii-
ity counted in the weight events, and
he sprang a surprise by walking
dead heat with j. II. Frltts, unat-
tached, former New York A. Z. COM
petitor, in the half-mile hike.
His well-roundcd performance is
shown by his record for the ten
events of two firsts, a dead heat. two
seconds, a triple tie for second, one
third, a quadruple tie for third, a
fifth and a victory in one OF three
heats in which the 1OO-yard dash
was run off.
The event of. second importance
was the national relay championship
which resulted as follows:
40-Yard Relay--Won by Great
Lakes (Dover Erickson, Cass and
Murchinson) Chicago A. A. second;
Pittsburgh Scholastic A. A, third.
only three teams started. Time, A
% seconds.
SSO-Yard Relay-Won by Pelham
Bay (Desch. Smith, Dernell and
Clark; Federal Rendezvous, second;
Chicago A. A, third; Great Lakes,
fourth. Time, 1.31 3-5.
One-Mile Relay-Won by Pelham
Bay Desch, Ferrick, Dernell,
O,Brien); Meadowbrook Club, Phila-
Nelphia, second; Federal Rendez-
Nous. Brooklyn, third; Pittsburgh
Scholastic A. A., fourth. Time, 3.26.
Two-Mile Relay-Won by Illinois
A. C. (Johnson Fuererstein, O'Don-
nell, Ray); Pelham Bay, second;
Meadowbrook Club, Philadelphia,
third; Great Lakes fourth. Time,
SIT 2-5.
Four Mile Relay-Won by Illinois
A. C. (Kochanski, Gerald. O'Donnell
and Raine); Pelham Bay, second;
Great Lakes, third. Only three teams
started.