New-York tribune., 1919-04-26

ihc pentathion championship com
petition was the feature attraction,
and William +. Bartels, PENNSYLVANIA.
the winner last year, went down to de-
feat before the splendid all-around
efficiency Of Robert Legcndrc. a
tfrshman of Georgetown University,
wno scored the winning total Of ii
points.
points, followed by c. l.. Lewis, Mis-
souri,, with 2l; Sol Butler, Dubuque,
=; Bert Eckberg. Dartmouth, 25, and
James Emory, Penn State, last with %.
Fifteen Athletes Battle
field of fifteen athletes, forming
thc largest group that ever contendcd
Tor this tve-cVent title, swung into
Inc with tho running broad jump but
OILY six completed the test by running
il the 1.500metre run. Lcgendrc's s
performsnce was highly meritorious, as
II vas bis first attempt at all around
sthlctics.
Legeudre showed an evenly balanced
performance by winning the 2O0-mctrc
run, finishing second in the broad
lJmp. throwing the discus and 1.50O-
metrc run and making his poorest cf-
tort by finishing seventh in the jaye-
lir throw.
"a''els captured TWO events-the dis
Gus and javelin-aftor practically ruin
a,ns ms chances of retaining his title
b. finishing twelfth in the running
broad jump, the first event. Bartels
vas placed fourth in the 2OO-metre run
and was fifth in the 1,5O0-metre run.
ne other two contestants to win first
places were Sol Butler, Dubuque Col
!esc, who captured the running broad
Jump with % feet 4 inches, and Eek
berg, III the 1,o00-metre run. Incl
dentally Butler smashed the present
relay carnival record Of % feet 2lh
inches, established by Harry Worth
lNgton, Dartmouth i'll 1916. 1t was the
only record recorded during the day.
tegcndre ended the competition with
particularly good piece of running in
-" l.5o0-metre event. He strutted
along in second place for three laps,
when he attempted to pass Eckbcrg,
hard. and lcgendre momentarly gave
up the struggle. However. the George
town cntrant made another bid coming
down the homestretch. He succeeded
IN closing in on Eckberg, butswas too
weak. Eckberg won by one yard as
Acgcndre tottered over the line.
Improvement Over 1915
An outstanding feature of the
poutathlon was the fact that the win
rcr in each event showed big i'm
provemcnt over the efforts returned
last year This was especially true
i'll the javelin contest, where Bartels
scaled tho long stick distance of 159
feet 5is inches. Undoubtedly the
strong wind aided his effort somewhat.
bHt the Penn athlete is much improved
over last year. In the 200 metre run
Iegendre was timed in % 4-5 seconds.
while Bartels hurled the discus 120
Scct Si2 inches.
What might be termed another sur
pflsc of the day was the success of
thc Princeton medley relay team An
ishine second to the University of
Chicago in the two and one-quarter
rnile race. It was the stubbornest-
fought race of the day, the issue be-
Ing decided only in the home stretch
Chicago's victory was due to the timely
sprint of McCosh, the last man, who
ran the mile. He was opposed by
McCulloch, for Princeton.
McCulloch sped off on his journey
with ten-yard advantage over Nc
Gosh, who after making two circuits
oi the track had come on the heels Of
his opponent. Princeton retained its
van position for another lap and Il
half, when McCosh challenged for the
lead. McCuloch was still fresh and
managed to hold his position. How
erer, round the final turn McCosh
challenged again. The Princeton boy
fought back for several stridee, but
then began to falter, to be beaten by
five yards.
During the first two "legs" Pitts
burgh was able to show the way to
nine teams that started because of
the fine quarter run by Frank Shea,
the Intercollegiate champion at this
distance. Shea covered this distance
in 5l 4-5 seconds, giving Albright IN
advantage of 10 yards. However. in
the closing yards Albright tired badly
being passed by both Speer, of Chi
cago, and Penfield, of Princeton. From
here on tne contest developed into .
two-team fight, as Iowa State. leading
the other teams, was running 20 yards
back
Pennsylvania scampered off with the
medley sprint relay at one mile, prin-
cipally through the big lead gained
by W. Greed Raymond, intercollegiate