New Britain herald., 1930-04-26
BERL|NGER MAY
 BE A CHAMPION
Pennsylvania Athlete Wins Five
 Of 10 DeCathl0n Events

Philadelphia, April 2G R}-Barney Berlinger, just 21 and junior at the University of Pennsylvania. probably will be the next worlds champion in all-around athletic ability. if he adds middle distance running to his al ready wide range of accomplish ments. The ability 10 travel 1900 meters, slightly less than a mile, in anything like a respectable time is the 10 per cent needed to make Der finger the greatest of American decathlon performers.
 For nine of the ten events com rrising the gruelling dccathlon or the Penn relay carnival yesterday Berlinger hit terrific pace in spite of unreasonable weather conditions on Franklin field. Over 90 per cent of the eight-hour track and field test, big Barney was just about su- preme. He won five of the first nine events. He high jumped over 5 feet, pole vaulted F feet inches and heaved the shot 40 feet. He can do even better in these events,
 
 skim the hurdles with considerable flourish.
 But along came the 1,500 meters and Barney's poor finish. Lead was in his feet and he barely staggered the distance. As 1t was he had enough to spare to beat his own car nival decathlon record and set up Q new standard of 74606oS points. By collecting only PA points in the last event, however, by contrast with an average of 800 points for all previous events, Berlinger fell far short of Ken Doherty's American mark O. 77S4.6S points.
 Berlinger would have threatened .he worlds decathlon record held by Paavo Yrjola, of Finland, at S053 points, if he had been able to show any speed in the distance run.
 "Berlinger has improved con- sistently and is yet far from his potential best" said his coach, Law son Robertson, today. Barney has i. in him to be the greatest all around athlete l have ever seen. He may never be a speed king but he is young, remarkably strong and has q great competitive temperament. IE many respects he is greater than Jim Thorpe. and you know how good the Indian was"
 Robertson plans to groom Der finger for bid to regain worlds all around honors for Uncle Sam in the 1882 Olympic games. Berlinger's decathlon figures yesterday were about 100 points below the mark of Wilson Charles, Haskell Indian, made in the Kansas relays a week ago but Charles had the benefit of spreading his ten events over a two- day period. Berlinger defeated his nearest rival here. George Spalding, a negro, of Morgan College, Balti- more, by roo points.
 With the University of Chicago, a surprise contender, in the lead for major relay honors, today's program -pf races. concluding the 56th annual carnival, promised keen east-west rivalry. Chicago was an entry in the classic one-mile championship and a possible menace to such crack eastern teams as Yale, Harvard, Holy Cross and Syracuse, the favorites Yesterday Chicago registered a bril- liant double triumph by defeating Ohio State, with George Simpson, - the 440-yard championship and then, with three of the winning four on the track again, capturing the sprint medley from Georgetown and New York University.
 Pennsylvania, victor in the dis tance medley yesterday, was the choice to take tho four-mile title from such strong entries as Michigan State and Penn state.