Word: pentathlon
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Little is known of the ability of the former on the track; of late, Georgetown has had but one luminary in track and field events--Legendre, Olympic pentathlon athlete...
...place in both sprint events. These two men, together with the members of the Devens 8000-metre relay team; W. Lynch and E. Lea of Boston, stars in the 56-pound weight throw; Carl Johnson of Fort Ethan Allen, winner of the 400-metre run, and W. E. Gionet, Pentathlon star from Boston, were chosen by the selection committee of the Army Athletic Board to go to Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, for further training under Coach Kanaly, recently of M. I. T., in preparation for the final army Olympic trials...
...making it the most complete athletic event ever held in the Northeastern Department. Trials in the various posts and forts have resulted in the choice of 125 competitors who are entered in the regular list of events, which will include the 400-metre relay race, decathlon, pentathlon, 5000-metre run, tug-of-war, and javelin throw. Five-men teams will also run in a 3000-metre contest...
...Pentathlon--Robert Legendre, Georgetown University...
...records were broken today and the Pentathlon passed from the possession of Pennsylvania which has always held it to Georgetown University. Pennsylvania's Pentathlon discuss record of 113 feet, 10 1-4 inches was beaten by John Bartels of Pennsylvania, the former holder, by 7 feet, 8 1-4 inches. The other record broken was the javelin throw also by Bartels, beating Berry's 1915 record of 158 feet, 6 3-4 inches by 1 foot, 1-2 inch. B. E. Legendre of Georgetown University won the Pentathalon with 14 points, and Bartels of Pennsylvania, last year's holder...