New-York tribune., 1918-04-27
Only One Relay Carnival
Record Is Broken in
First Day
By A. C. Cavasnaro


PHILADELPHIA, April 2s.-wilIian
F. Bartels, ruggedly built freshm..
Of the University of Pennsylvania VIII
stands 6 feet 6 inches high. f.r
nished huge surprise in winnin. -.
American college penthalon chamn;or
ship which was one Of the many fest.
ures of the twenty-fourth annua, -
lay games opened by his college m
Franklin Field here to-day. Little
thought was given to. Bartels as tba
eventual victor, but his evenly balanced
efforts netted him the winning tot.,
of Is points,.
D. F. Shea, of Dartmouth, one of tho
reputed wonders, finished second. In
earning this coveted position he is d.
serving of much commendation for ~,
| endurance. Shea was always up wifi,
tie leaders in four of the five events
/ but when he failed to annex hettar.
than seventh in the javelin throw =
! pulled up his score to a total of ia
points for the test.
In fact it proved disastrous dav for
the several star all-'round athietes
who were looked upon as prohahis
winners in the title. NJ. Haddock. of
the University of Kansas, was third
with "a points, while Charles Ham,
mond, of the University of the Soutb
regarded as the best in his section in
| this endurance contest, was fourth
with 25. Robert Bechtel, from I,afsv'
cite College, was fifth. with 26 points.
and J. Emery, Penn State. tho
last of the entrants who were per-
mitted to compete in the 1,500-metre
run, the final event of the tussle. cant.
ured seventh position, with count AZ
80 points.
BechteI Gets Two Firsts
Bechtel shared the honors with Bar.
tells in the matter of first places won.
each having two, but Bechtel's woe.
fully poor exhibitions in his three
! other events hurt his score tremend.
ously.
Bartels began auspiciously, taking
second place to Haddocl, who won the
running broad jump, the first event
with leap of 20 feet 31a inches.
Bartels was only one inch behind.
! Bechtel was fifth.
Bartels won the javelin throw, the
next event, while Rechtel finished far
IN the ruck IN eleventh POSITION. How
ever, the Lafayette man came into his
own IN the 200-metre run. in which
| ne recorded the best time for the. dis
lance, 22 3-5 seconds. which gave him
: first place. Bartels sped over the tame
The Penn freshman added first place
! IN the discus to his credit, while Bech-
tel again displayed an inability to han.
die the slippery saucer and earned only
eighth place. Bechtel led throughou,
the l,5oO-metre run, while Bartels,
knowing that his score could not be
oeaten by any of his rivals, contented
! himself with merely jogging through
FAR IN the wake of his field.
Fifteen Men Competed
Fifteen men competed in the FIVE.
event contest, but of the original six.
teen scheduled entrants four were ab-
sent. However, three others were add
ed. The field was rather a mediocre
one, and at no time was there any fear
OF dlsplacing the record OF 5 points
established by Howard Berry in 1915.
Only one relay carnival mark was
smashed this afternoon, this feat being
accomplished by Bartels in hurling the
discus 113 feet 10A inches. These fig
ures supplanted those Of 109 feet 8
| inches set by A. Dandy, of Penn State,
last year.
Bartels completed the contest as
strong as when he started, as did also
bechtel, who set the crowd cheering
wildly when he finished the long 1900
metre run in burning sprint. Shea,
OF Dartmouth, was right on his heels
and with sufficient speed left to carry
him through for another quarter of =
mile.
The Quaker institution officials had
set aside the day for the army and
navy men, and much khaki and navy
blue were in evidence. Squad drills,
bayonet charge races. and drill by
the University Of Pennsylvania re-
serve officers training corps were
come of the competitions arranged
Tor the enlisted men. However, the
competition did not bring forth the
sterling battles that have character
lied the opening day programmes of
previous carnivals.
Withdrawals in 4 majority Of the
events were many, and in several in
stances only one or two entrants
were on hand where a dozen or more
were down for competition. No req
son for these .abscntces was vouch-
safed by the authorities.
Sprint Medley Exciting
The greatest excitement was mani
tested in the sprint medley relay races
at one mile between the colleges and
the army and navy. However, it re-
mained for two of the most prominent
athletes in this country-Howsrd
Berry and Frank Shea-to bring about
victory for their respective teams.
! Berry earned the service relay title
for the Camp Dix, N. j., first team by
his clever headwork in defeating
Willie Gordon, anchor man for the
Pelham Bay naval training station
entry. During the first three relays
the seven teams remained punched,
with the Camp Dix representatives
leading the way Berry and Gordon
came together in the final spart, when
was half mile.
Gordon assumed the lead and wens
along at slow pace with Berry OF
his heels. 1t was expected by many
! that Gordon would sprint the halt-miie
at a fast pace, as this would be tnc
only way he could shake off his soldieI
rival. However, he failed to quickeu
his stride, and when the final turn Wss
reached on the last lap Berry msos
his spurt. Gordon gave chase for apous
100 yards, but his Camp Dix opponent
| proved far too speedy, opening uy
lead gradually to win by seven yaIo:
| Pittsburgh University's triumph =
the college mile relay championsnp
WAS realized through the splendid run.
ming of Shea. From the starting suma
| it was dual fight with Pittscursn
/ against Pennsylvania, authough fen"
| State and LQfayette were also StAfteES