South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-04-29
GEORGETOWN STAR
WINSPENTATHLON
AT j. OF P. GAMES
LeGendre Carries Off Pre-.
mier Honors in Big Field
at Relay Carnival.
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA. April as
Robert LegendTe Of Georgetown
university won premier athletic
honors on Franklin field Friday in
the opening session Of the twenty
eighth annual relay carnival Of the
University OF Pennsylvania. when he
captured for the third time the in
tercollegiate pentathlOn champion
ship Overcoming a field OF the best
all-around athletes Of the east, the
Washington cOllegian won three out
OF the i've events composing the
protracted struggle and finished
second in the fourth and third in the
final.
Legendre's victory was the out
standing feature of an afternoon Of
track and field sport which brought
together individual and team per-
formers from . majority of the lead
ing universities and colleges Of the
country in the first half OF what has
grOwn 20 be the greatest annual
athletic carnival in the history of the
world OF amateur sport HOnors
were widely scattered in the other
feature events of the day, and while
no records were broken, the per-
formances indicated that. given per-
feet conditions, world record break
ing is likely.
Legendre shot the javelln out to a
distance of III feet. 1 inch. better
ing the Pennsylvania relay record Of
16S feet, III inches made by W.
Bartel OF Pennsylvania last season.
In the eco metre race he sprinted
over the course in p 10 seconds.
beating the record established by
J. FL. Berry in 1917 by one-tifth OF
"a second. Legendre fell short by
several inches on the running broad
jump figures made by Sol Butler Of
Dubuque college in 1919. He was
also forced TO second place in the
discus throw when Vernon Clapp of
the United States naval academy
sailed the platter 121 feet, y inch,
to Legendre's IL feet, 8 z inches.
In the final event, the 1900 metre
run. the George town athlete had 20
/ be satisfied with third place, both
Emery of Princeton and West of
I Washington and Jefferson out-dis-
taucing him in the long run. The
1 time or distance made i'm these events
all fell short of the best figures in
( past competition.
Points were allotted upon the
position which each athlete finished
in each event and. Notwithstanding
two setbacks, Legendre finished an
easy winner with total of eight
points. Reinartz OF MuhlenberG
college was his nearest competitor.
with Il points, scoring two seconds,
a third. fourth and sixth. West Of
Washington and jefferson was third
with Is points. Emery of Princeton
was fourth with q points. While
Clapp of the navy and Maroney OK
I Georgetown were tied with "a
points.
Tn the more important OF the
+ championship relay races George
town captured the distance medley
event
The interscholastic medley relay
championship race was won by
Exeter academy after thrilling
contest with Hamilton collegiate in
stitute of Canada
Raymond 3. Buker or Bates coll
. lcge ran a great race I'm the two mile
international run when. after laying
back in one Of the fastest packs of
distance runners in American coll
leEes. he came through with "a per-
feet sprint on the last lap and won
/ easily. defeating among others. y. Z.
u Of Oh ~
Hamilton: Bomg of Penn State, and
Rathbun of Iowa state.
The University Of Pennsylvania
runners also upheld the athletic
prestige OF the local institution by
winning both the sprint medley re-
[ lay and the 440-yard relay from fast
fields.
Summaries:
44O-yard hurdles. First, Harmer
Delaware: second, McCreary. Ohio
estate; third Allen. Lafayette; fourth
: Green. Ohio state. Times IS
Pentathlon broad jump: First
+ lie Gendre. Georgetown; second
I Reinartz Muhlenberg; third. Bryd
I Virginia Poly; fourth. West w &
J.; fifth. Amo-y. Princeton. Dis
+ lance: q feet. s IL inches.
Quarter Mile College Champion
ship Relay Race: first, Pennsylvania
! second. Lafayette; third, Ohio State;
fourth. Georgetown. Time: 43 %.
PentathlOn Javelin Throw: first
f L. Gendre. Georgetown; second,
West. W * J.; third, Runnarlg
T Muhlenberg; fourth. Maron y
. Georgetown; fifth, Emory, Princeton
Distance: 172 feet.
Interscholastic Medley Relay Race;
first, Exeter; second. Hamilton Col
lege Institute. Canada; third. Med
ford, Mass. High school; fourth,
Huntington School; fifth. Johnstown
High school Time: 4:44 S-5.
Distance Medley College Relay:
first. Georgetown: second, Navy:
third. Ohio state; fourth, Columbia;
fifth. Pennsylvania. Time 1929 2-5.
Two Mile international Run: First
Buker. Bates; second. Thompson,
Hamilton: third. Romig. Penn State.
fourth. Brown. Cornell; nth Rath-
bun. Iowa state Time: $3.50 IL
Pentathlon Discus; first. Clapp
Navy; second, lie Gendre. George
town: third. Maroney. Georgetown
fourth. Reinavtz. Mullenberg: fifth
Syrd. Virginia Poly. Distance; III
Far~ % swnh