New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-04-26
GEORGETOWN STAR
Wins PENTATHLON
Robert LIE .GeDdre Scores "A
Points in i. Of P. Games

Points in i. Of P. Games
Philadelphia, April 26.-With the
strength of the Maine pines in his
makeup, Robert lie Gendre. sturdy
son of Georgetown, kept we'll to the
front in four of the five events OF
the pentatlalon in the twenty-tifth an
nual Penn relay carnival here on
Franklin field Yesterday and captured
The joatuTc event Of the first day S
progran Of the classic carnival with
tho splendid score Of IA points, john
ny Eartels Of Pennsylvania, last
years champion and yesterdays ia
voritc. Gnisled second. He nosed
Lewis the Missouri farmer boy. by q
point.
EartcIs practically eliminated him
self from chances of capturing pre-
micr laurels by finishing twelfth in
tho first of the five events, the run
ming. broad jump. He came strong
in the next three contests and could
have captured che feature if 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 tho final
event however, and that only gained
him second place by a point over
Lewis. Bartels kept his score down
TO 20 points, a point better than
Lewis Who finished third with p
points.
Sol Butler the versatile negro ath-
lcte from Dubuque college, was fourth
with "a points and fifth place went
to Eckberg, who carried the Green
of Dartmouth in place or .Earl
Thompson, who Coach Hlllman IS
I saving for the hurdle events today.
The Hanoyerians score was 25. The
only other athlete not eliminated be
fore the final event was Ensign of
Ohio Wesleyan. with a score of IS
points.
Penn Wins Felay Race.
Penn's flying four, Fred Davis, FL
mer Smith, Creed Raymond and Mar
vim Gustafson, captured the one mile
medley sprint relay college cham
pionship race in q manner that makes
the Fed and Blue q pronounced ia
vorite in the one mile college relay
race today. Honors in the distance
medley relay championship went to
the West. Until the bell lap it.
looked as if Princeton would capture
the laurels. but when the Orange and
+ Black was on the very threshold of
! victory McCosh. the Western con
| ference one and two mile champ ion.
| closed with a rush and passed Nc
Cullough of Princeton, thereby win
ming for Chicago university.
No more miserable weather condi-
tons ever married the annual college
carnival than greeted the athletes
! yesterday. The mercury, Rugged the
freezing point \ forty mile gale
| swept the field and carried with it in
! tcrra1ittcnt snow squalls.
None of the. snow 4. flurries lasted
more than five minutes, but the
| miniature billiards. frequently halted
the competitions. drove competitors
| to the dressing rooms and made
| spectators seek the protecting shelter
| Of he lee side of the stands. On &C
| count of the major part of the pro-
| gram being composed of events closed
| to athletes representing schools In
| the vicinity of Philadelphia the bulk
| of Yesterdays crowd consisted of
| school children.
Competition Is Keell.
Weather conditions militia ted
| against fast time or record Wreclling
! competitions and no figures fell eX-
/ cept in the individual events of the
pentathlon, when some Of the marks
made by Barte1s last year were sur
passed. The competition: however.
| was keen and exciting.
lie Gendre. a tall. lean willowy boy
from the State of Maine. gave a, rare
exhibition of versatility in the pen
| tathlon With the lone exception of
! the javelin throw in which he ap-
parently was wrongly schooled, and
finished only seventh, the Georgetown
! collegian kept well to the front. He
finished second in the broad jump.
the discuss throw and the 1900 meter
event and won the fastest qualifying
heat in the 1900 meter event in the
| good time of p As seconds.
Barteis practically lost all chances
| Of repeating last seasons victory
| when he failed to clear nineteen feet
in the broad Jump. After his poor
start in that event Bartels rallied
and by winning first place in the javc-
lin. second in the 800 meter dash and
first place in the discuss throw. over
took the leaders and put. himself into
position TO score a belated victory.
Worn and spent from, his exer-
tons, however, tho best Johnny could
do in the 1900 meter event, the fina
competition, was 10 finish fifth. lie
| Gendre had more reserve up his
sleeve and finished second after Civ
! ing Eckbcrg of Dartmouth n bO
tattlc for premier laurels, The sec.
! ond place gained by lie Gendre il
( the 1900 meter event clinched the
pcntathon for him.
Penn Relay Team Fast.
+ There was no reason to question
the supremacy of Lawson Robert
sons we'll rounded aggregation in tn,
one mile m9dley%relay championship
!. Davis Of Dartmouth gave Free
| Davis of Pennsylvania a stiff argu