Pueblo chieftain., 1921-04-30
NEW WORLD RECORD
$40 YARD HURDLES

Philadelphia. Pa. April ea.-The
establishing of a new worlds record
for the i4o-yard hurdles by a. Descn
OF Notre Dame university and the cN-
ccllcnt all-around performance of
Robert Lcgendrc of Georgetown uni
were the outstanding features of the
annual university OF Pennsylvania
relay carnival which opened today.
Tho international atmosphere of
the meet was furnished by the Uni
versity of Paris team which finished
fourth in the sprint medley relay
championship race.
Dcsch. who was n member of the
last United States Olympic team and
who won third place in tho io0-metrc
hurdles, opened the two-dny track and
field games at Franklin field by a
foot quartcrmilc hurdles In the
splendid time of 5s. i-5 seconds.
He cut 20 OF second from. the
best previous time made over the same
course last season by j. w. Watt OF
Cornell.
The race ~as contest from the
start between trio OF middle west
crn hurdicrs. Dcsch jumped into n
lead almost as soon as the first hur-
die was cleared and altho Pittingcr
and Hin of Ohio state pressed him
hard during the carly part of tho
flight the Notrc Dame hurdlcr drGN
away rapidly in the final stretch vim
ming by a comfortable margin with
Pittinger second and Hill third.
Lcgendrc again demonstrated that he
is one OF the best all-around athletes
in the country by winning first place
in tho Pcntathlon from classy field.
including Brutus Hamilton of the
University of Missouri. 1890 champion.
r. l.. Bradley. University OF Kansas.
intercollegiate championship. and Will
iov, nnr ,,Iu -pit Of l.
vania. who like Lcgcndrc was for
mer Pcntathlon winner.
Five events composed tho Pcntath-
lon: the broad jump. javcliu throw.
eoo-metrc run. discus throw and tho
| ib0o-mctrc run. Points were allotted
to each man In the order in which
he finished in each contest. LcEcndrc
was first with tho low score of 10
points: Hamilton. second with 15:
Bradley. third with is; Bartcls, fourth
with 10: Crcinsrtz. MuhlcnburC coll
lcEc. aud V. Clapp. Of tho United
States naval academy. tied for fifth
place. with 20 points. These six ath-
lctcs were tho only survivors Of tho
q who started In tho all-around con-
tests.
Tho tall and powerfully built George
town athlete won four firsts out Of
tho five events. In tho javclin throw
he finished sixth, Lcgcndrc captured
the running broad jump with lean
Of Il fcct, II inches: won ;hc ZOO
metro dash In % as seconds, tho dis
Gus throw with i26 fcct. inches, and
the 1.50o-metre run in four mnutcs.
30 seconds. Bartcls. who won tho
jsvcln hurl. set " new carnival rec
ord for this event by sending tho
shaft iss feet. III. inches.
This, however. is considerable short
OF the American record and the world
record. Tho Medley relay champion
ships which also featured the first
d3vs program werc productive of
some excellent team and individual
running.
First place honorS In tho interschol-
sstic medley championship went 10
the Huntington hiEl, school quartet Of
Boston which won with n triflc 10
spare from tho Cedar Rapids team
Huntingdon set new record for tho
event of -four minutes, 10 2-5 seconds.
The former record, 40, was made
by Exeter last year.
Tho interscholas,ic sprint relay
cha mpinnship proved popular Vic
tory for the University Of Pcnnsyl-