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nilUAUlVW IV 11VIIFOCUSED ON NEGROColored Athlete Win* Pentathlon at Penn Games and Hi* Marks Compare Favorably With Those of Lehtonen.STA3INEW YORK, May 15,—Another great colored athlete has jumped to the front in the person of CharleyNew Tnrk St. l.r.uU 1‘iUnCurtr'i 1'inrlrillull fhl* ax'■-JUIOUHrooJtli n riJil.vJrJplil« ;tKilii|tloifhitnvoBotUuiNun oi« ‘Jrand Is Beau ilt; e Wpyttnv i NoipMk„ Nw YorkWest* the Washington and Jefferson ’ football and track star, who won the j iyt!'olt pentathlon at the Pennsylvania re-' Kl* J'vUl'* lays, the claaalQ *va*t of all college track andWest, pu^nMd along the lines of a statue, Mtfnvu+d the position as per haps tMbMtjW^rtund athlete in the couatrw, baoiup* he won the pentathlon /fro* $kf Jeld that represented the hfejt sit^rlil in the country, haadfed jjjr Norton, the all-around chjRapion of the Missouri valley con 1'franc* and the best in the east.The pentathlon is an exacting •tent ,whieh calls for the ulmoat In endurance, skill and versatility, and it has only one more severe—the seldom uaed decathlon.The pentathlon consists of five events, the broad jump, the discus throw, the javelin throw', the 200-meter ru nan dthe 1,500 meter run, all run off one after the other. The decathlon consists of ten events—the 100-meter run. the runwlng broad jump, the 16-pound shot put, the running high jump, the 400-meter run,110-yard hurdles, discus throw, pole vault, javelin throw and the 1,500 meter run.Wi- h,iu Tulsa Oklahoma Or/m Da 3t. J uBejjh Hioux CllvDenveriran.siip (.'ii-St. l*aul I-mils-. lli««'oluinbuAToledoMllv.-auk-e-indlanaDoli*-Minneapolispeeted at Mike Cc announced tickets we terday ant already reDOAN]Wot Wins Javelin Throw.West won the javelin throw, the 1,-500-meter run, ^aa tied for first in the 200-meter dash, finished fourth in _ the broad jump and did not piace in j T1T mTk the discus. I |WTlJHis marks compared very favorably J A*’ II* with those of the Finn star. Lehtonen, 1 who won the pentathlon at the last Olympic games.Lehtooen finished second in the broad with 21 feet 0 inches: Westwas third with a jump of 20 feet 9 inches.In the javelin throw, an event in which the Finns are as adept as Americana in baseball. Lehtonen was see-Athletes IEvents—aFREMO:ood with a toss of 179 feet, 4 3-8 ja drizzlingDoane woi field meet Midland tinches; West won the event at 167 feet 6 1- 2inches.Lehtonen was tied for first in the 200-meter run at 23 seconds; West! was tied for first ai 23 2-5 seconds, j ^ ayne thiiThe Finn wag second in the 1,500 jup 65 poin meter run and was tied at 4:40 1-5: 1 Wayne on! West w°s the 1.500 meter race Ju ; an(1 th0 4:48 2-a. *Lehtonen finished seventh in the discus throw with a mark of 113 feet 7 3-4 inches; West did not place.Lehtonen won the championship with a total of 14 points; West’s winning mark was 16 points.On the following afternoon, Weal appeared on the track again with the Washington and Jefferson mile relay team and he ran a great anchor quarter that won middle Atlantic states class B. one-mile championship inrecords bei is a sumrailOU-jaid Fryan, 1 loan third. Time: •W-yard Black, Wayn third. T me: Mile—Cam i Doane, seco Time: 4 mis Shotput (1 W endoi T. Dc third. r,5 fe« 230-yard d: MfdJand. sec Time: siSSO-JardASfootball player, West was uot •rimc'^' inimionly a great btckfield star for Wash ington and Jefferson, but he was one of the best in the east and was mentioned on several All-American teams.Colored Race Improving.It has been noted before how the colored race is becoming more and more proficient in athletics. There fs no reason why such a sturdy- race should not be among the leaders in sport and their delay in getting to the front is due perhaps to the fact that j their opportunities were very limited j in the past and they had no chance to j do anything but work and work hard. -With the colored race improving 1 more along general lines, young col-J’ole %ault* man. Mid'a» third, 8 feet High lumpbprg. Mid hi third. 5 feet 239-JS.t-il Jirst; I.enhafl .Midland, thii Discus — j; Doane, seccm tance 107 fe« Bioad jum heig. SUdlant Distam-e 19 Half mile onds.LONDOhto schools and colleges.•here they i knocked ou have the advantage of good coaching teenth. and training and their Ir lent talents HAVAN are now being brought out.In West, Ned Gourdtn, DeHart Hub-hard and Sol Butler, the colored race has a quartet of great stars, and their conduct on the gridiron and the track and field is doing much to overcome the racial prejudice that has held their color back for so many years.rr-zrsrthan a we* ing eommis was not fo that the ft knockout.Detroit, t New York, ten rounds.
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Lincoln Evening State Journal and Daily News
Lincoln, Nebraska, US
Tue, May 15, 1923
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