The New York herald., 1921-04-30
Lcgendre wins Pentn lhlon.

good part OF the afternoons COM
= petition composed the intercollegiate
Championship pentathlon. the classic set
Of five events-broad jump, javelin
Throw. 200 meter dash. discus throw and
1900 meter run. Thirteen went out in
z quest of the honors. and when the
gruelling test was over it was found
that Robert Legendre of Georgetown.
who had won the event in 1919, had
triun1phed once more. Legendre was
charged with 10 points.
Hamilton was placed second with 13
points. Bradley earned third place with
1s points and Bartels was fourth with
10. Legendre got himself a mark when
he threw the discus 126 feet inches. as
against the record OF 1872 feet inches
made by Howard Cam OF New York
University In 1920 Bartels bettered his
own record OF 162 feet s inches in tho
javelin throw when he hurled the spear
16S feet II u inches.
Two remarkable races were developed
in the two mile international. which
was not international because nary
Frenchman was In 1t. and the intercol-
legiate champion distance medley relay.
The two mile was sumner. Gordon
Nightingale, now OF West Virginia: c.
Romig OF Penn State. intercollegiate
cross-country champion; c. c. Furnas
of Purdue. king OF the cross-country
runners of the Western Conference :
Allen Swede OF Princeton. Billy McMa-
hon of Massachusetts Tech, scintillating
stars every one OF them, were In the
battle. but at the finish the honors
perched on the brow of practically an
unknown.
The winner was Ray Buker OF Bates
College. two mile and cross-country
champion OF the New England Inter-
fa t1f1q ha rro knn
stars were having II out for the lead
Buker was resting In the ruck. Only
zoo yards from the tape Nightingale
looked like sure winner. with Furnas
second. Nobody was watching Buker.
Buker Dnshes to the Front.
Then came Buker and pandemonium.
UP from the rear he dashed and soon
he was breathing on the back OF Furnas.
Nightingale strove with might and main
to tight Off this unheralded menace, but
Buker was there to win. and win he
did like n true Titan. He ran the rest
silly, ran Nightingale not only out OF
first place but second as well. for Fur
mas came home behind the Bates fiier.
The time was rs 3-5. fast for the track
and this stage OF the season. The time
was bit out OF balance. as Mcmahon
did the first mile In 4:4s. very slow.
The second mile was done In 4 :37 as.
The summaries:
PIrNTATHL0N CHAMPIONSHIP.
Javelin Throw CPentathion)--w by w.
rarteie, Pennsylvania. f6s feet i1h inches
A. Betzner, Delaware. f63 feet Oh inches,
tcccnd; y. Hamilton. Missouri 162 feet Q
inches. third.
Running Broad Jump Pentathlon)--won by
r. I,evendre, Georgetown. 2i feet n inches
r. Hamilton. Missouri 2i feet 81 inches.
second. II. Osborne, Illinois. 2f feet inches,
third.
200 Meter Dash Cpcntathlon) by n.
1egendre, Georgetown; r. Bradley. Univer-
sity OF Kansas. and w. Bartels, Pennsyi-
Vs.rin. tied for second. Time % AS seconds.
fiscus Throw tpcntethion) WON by X.
L~genrfe. Georgetown, f26 feet inches y.
Hamiiton. Missouri l23 feet II inches. sec
ond;. v. clapp. Annapolis. 12f feet inches,
800 Meter Run fpentsthion)- by n.
Iercndre. Georgetown: r. Hamilton. Mis-
rouri. second: r. Bradley, University OF
Kansas. third. Time $50
Hamilton, y; bradley. 70: Bartels. ~;
Jswe, 20: Burtt. Columbia, Q.
SPECIAL FIELD EVENTS.
Running Hop, step and Jump--won by n.
NJ osborne, University OF Illinois, 40 feet
az inches r. Beaubiosson. Oklahoma A.
ana NJ a. feet II inches, second: n. r..
Hattersiey. University OF Pennsylvania, 40
Throwing 80 Pound wciRh.-won by q.
rendrow. Massachusetts Institute Tech, 80
feet su inches; r. skidmore. University OF