Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-04-29

He captured for the third time the
intercollegiate penthathlon champion
ship.
Overcoming a field Of the best all
round athletes of the east, the Wash
ington collegian won three out of the
five events composing the protracted
struggle and finished second in a
fourth and third in tie final.
LeGendre's victory was the out
standing feature of an afternoon of
track and field sport which brought
together individual and team per-
for, ers from a majority of the lead
ing universities and colleges of the
country in the first half Of the what
has grown to be the greatest annual
athletic carnival in the history of
world amateur sports. Honors were
widely scattered in the other feature
events of the day, though no records
were broken.
In winning the pontathlOn, LeGcn-
Dire established two new carnival rec
ords in five events and tied the record
Of three victories in this competition,
mad by J. II. Berry of Penna., in
1915-16-11. LcGendre won the 1919
and 1921 and his new records were
made in the javcln throw and 200
metre race.
He shot the spear out to a distance
Of III feet inch, battering the Penna
relay record of 16S feet II IA made by
w. Bartel of Penna. last season. In
the 200 metre race he sprintcd over
the course in 90 Is seconds, boating
the record established by Berry in
1917 by one fifth seconds. LcGcndre
fell short by several inches of the
running broad jump figures made by
Sol Butler of Dubuque college in 1919.
He was also forced into second place
in the discus throw when Norman
Clapp, naval academy, scaled the
platter 121 feet half inch to LeGen-
dre's 112 feet IL inches.
In the final event, tho 1900 metre
run, tho Georgetown athlete had to
be satisfied with third place. both
Emery of Princeton and West Of
Washington and jefferson outdis-
tancing him in the long run. The
time or distance made in those events
past competitions.
Points were allotted upon the posi-
ton in which each athlete finished in
each event and, notwithstanding two
sctbacks, LcGendre finished an easy
winner with total Of eight points.
Reinartz of Muhlenburg college was
his nearest competitor with II points
scoring two seconds and a third.
fourth and sixth. West of Washing
ton and Jefferson was third with IS
points accumulated with two seconds.
n third. fourth and seventh. Emery
of Princeton was fourth with q
points. while Clapp of the Navy, and
Norroney of Georgetown were tied
with "A points each.
In the more important of the cham
pionship relay races Georgetown cap
tured the distance medley event after
n race marked by an unusual final
lap.
Raymond 3. Bukcr Of Bates Col
lcge repeated his 1921 victory when
..e won the international two mile
individual race from a classy field
of Is starters. Harper of Cornell
set the pace in the first half mile
with the pack at his heels. \.
Brown, also of Cornell, was the
pacemakcr at the end Of the mile,
which he recorded in A minutes SO
seconds. Romig Of Penn State then
took the lead at the mile and half
mark which he completed in I min
utcs % seconds.
Buker, who had been satisfied to
remain in the center Of the closely
punched field up to this point jump
cd into the lead at the pistol shot.
signalling the final lap, and with a
steady sustained sprint ran away
from his competitors, winning by 20
yards from Thompson, Hamilton Col
lcge. who had followed the New Eng
lands runners paceNin the final lap
and finished second over Romig,
Fem state by ten feet. y. Brown
of Cornell was fourth and b. Bath
bun, Iowa State fifth.
44O yard hurdles, (ten hurdles,
two feet six inches high). Won by
w. G. Harmer. University of Della
ware; second, X. NJ. McCrcary, Ohio
State: third, Thomas +. Allen, La
Fayette: fourth, J. W. Green, Ohio
State; fifth, A. p. Aldcrette, Wash
inston and jefferson. Time Sc rs
seconds.
Running broad jump fPcnthath-
lon); won by Legendre, Georgetown
distance, % feet 5 IL inches; second
G. Reinartz. Muhlenberg. distance. 81
feet II IL inches: third, +. Byrd
Virginia Polytech, distance, q feet
IL inches: fourth. Charles West,
Washington and jefferson distance,
20 feet s inches; fifth. Emery,
Princeton, distance 20 feet IL in
Chcs.
One quarter mile college relay
championship: won by University of
Pennsylvania: Clever, altmaier,,
WEIGH and Shattuck): second, La
fayette: third, Ohio State. Time 43-
2-5 seconds.
Javelin throw. (pentathlon); won
by Legendre. Georgetown. distance.
III feet 1 inch: second. West. Wash
ington and Jefferson, distance 16S
feet: third. Renartz, Nuhlenberg,
distance 165 feet inches: fourth,
Morroney. Georgetown. distance 149
feet Q IL inches; sixth, Clapp. navy.
distance 149 feet 5 1-2 inches:
seventh. Taylor. Navy distance 13S
feet 10 3-4 inches: eighth. Byrd. Tir-
ginia Polytech, distance 49, feet
inches.
200 metre fiat <pentathlon) won
by Legendre. Georgetown: time %
Is seconds: second. Reinhartz,
Muhlenberg; time % seconds: third.