The sun., 1919-04-26
PENN'S pENTATHLON
WON BY LIZ GENDRE
Georgetown Athlete, With ID
Points, Carries Off Honors
In College Classic.
BARTELS IS SECOND
NJ GEORGE u. UNDER WOOD.
Special DespofcA 10 THE sus.

Specdi Despdfch 10 THE SuS.
PHl'ApELPHrA, April ?5.-with the
strength Of the Maine pines In his
makeup. Robert lie Gendre, sturdy son
81 Georgetown. kept we'll to the front
IN four OF the I'VE events Of the PEN
tathlon in tho twenty NTH annual Penn
relay carnival here on Franklin Field
to-day and captured the feature event
on the hrst days programme Of the
classic carnival with the splendid score
Of II points. Johnny Barteis Of Penn
sylvania. last years champion and to-
days favorite. finished second. He
nosed Lewis, the Missouri farmer boy.
by point.
Bartels practically eliminated himself
from chances Of capturing premier
laureis by finishing twelfth In the first
or the five events, the running broad
jump. He came strong In the next three
contests and could have captured the
feature X he had won the 1900 meter
event. which wound UP the competition.
Fifth place was the best the pride Of
the Red and Blue could gain in the
anal event, however. and that only
gained him second place by a point over
Lewis. Bartels kept his score down to
20 points. point better than Lewis, who
finished third with 81 pointa
Sol Butler. the versatile negro athlete
from Dubuque College. was fourth with
~ points and nth place went to Eek.
berg. who carried the Green Of Dart
mouth in place OF Earl Thompson, who
Coach Hillman Ia saving for the hurdle
events tomorrow. The Hanoverian's
score was 2S. The only other athlete
not eliminated before the final event was
Ensign OF Ohio Wesleyan, with a score
Of IS points.
Penn Wins Relay Race.
PENIS flying four, Fred Davis, Elmer
Smith Greed Hammond and Marvin
oustatson. captured the one mile med
ley sprint relay college chamn'onsN,D
race In q manner that makes the Red
and Blue pronounced favorite in the
one mile college relay race tomorrow.
Honors in the distance medley relay
championship went to the West. Until
the bell lap X looked as " Princeton
would capture the laurels, but when the
Orange and Black was on the very
threshold OF victory McCosh. the West
ern Conference one and two mile cham
Dion. closed with a rush and passed Nc
cullough of Princeton. thereby winning
Cor Chicago University.
No more miserable weather conditions
rver marred the annual college carnival
than greeted the athletes to-day. The
mercury Rugged the freezing point A
forty mile gale swept the field and ca
ried with Il intermittent snow squalls.
None Of the snow furries lasted more
than i've minutes, but the miniature
biizzards frequently halted the competi-
lions. drove competitors to the dressing
rooms and made spectators seek the pro-
tectins shelter Of the lee side of the
stands, On account Of the major part
OF the programme being composed OF
events closed TO athletes representing
schools IN the vicinity of Philadelphia
The bulk OF to-days crowd consisted OF
school children.
Competition IL Keen.
Weather conditions initiated against
East time or record wrecking competi-
lions and no figures fell except IN the
Individual events OF the pentathlon,
when some OF tho marks made by Bar
tells last year were surpassed. The COM
petition. however. was keen end ex-
citing.
I,e Gendre, a tall, lean wiiiowy boy
exhibition OF versatility In the PEN
tathlon. With the lone exception of the
javelln throw In which he apparently
was wrongly schooled and finished only
seventh. the Georgetown collegian kept
well to the front. He finished second
in the broad jump. the discus throw and
the 1900 meter event and won the
fastest qualifying heat In the 1900
meter event In tho good time Of 90 as
seconds.
Bartels practically lost all chances OF
repeating last seasons victory whom he
failed to clear nineteen feet In the broad
jump After his poor start IN that
event. Bartels rallied and by winning
frst place in the Javelin. second In the
200 meter dash and nrst place In the
discus throw, overlook the leaders and
put himself into position to score be-
lated victory.
Worn and spent from his exertions.
however the best Johnny could do in
the 1900 meter event, the nnal COM
had more reserve up his sleeve and
hnished second after giving Eckberg OF
Dartmouth n hot battle for premier
iaurels. The second place gained by
Le Gendre In the 1900 meter event
ciinched the pentathion for him.
Penn Relay Team Fast.
There was no reason TO question the
supremacy of Lawson Robertson's well
rounded aggregation In the one mile
medley relay championship. J. Davis OF
Dartmouth gave Fred Davis of Penn
syivana a stiff argument IN the frst
furlong OF the race. the wearer Of the
Green nosing out the Red and Blue
representative on the first leg
It was all over but the shouting after
Creed Raymond took UP the running for
Pennsylvania on the second leg. Hay
Tnond flashed to the fore and went away
from his rivals as II on the wings OF
hT wind. At the end OF the 220 yard
Journey he handed In a ten yard lead
20 his cubmate, Elmer Smith, who raced
shc 40 yards leg for the Red and Blue.
Elmer Increa sed Pern's iesd to twelve
Yards through Orr OF Penn State closing
the gap appreciab'y on Gustafson of the
". OF Pa n the middle stage OF the Anal
leg of $50 wards. Gustafson cut loose
IN the home stretch and reEalned the
lost ground. Penn won by twelve yards
N the good time OF 2 :3S rs. remarkably
good going considering the stlff wind and
he cold.
Duel Between Tigers and Chicago.
Frank Shea, PittsburE's remarkable