Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-04-24

WORLD MARKS
in ATHLETICS
Paddock of California Makes
History in Track and
Field Contests

RED LANDS. calf. April ~;
Charles ". Paddock ~, the University
~ Southern California broke world !
records for the Zoo meters .no meters
;o0 yards and 3nU meters at the South
crn California Amateur Athletic In
ions track aud field meet here todav
Ills time for the lnn meters was III
and - seconds for the .ul meters.
- ami - >rcund~ for the 3nn wards.
"a a,d II seconds and for the 20 mo
trr>. - aud - seconds
IL addition to This he ran tlie lol
wards ia . aud - >ccnndS. tying the
worlds record Ter that distance
THIS ~ probably The first time in
athletic history that one athlete has
broken four worlds records in single
mscct.
Twenty wears old. kcru-rvcd and un-
avow~lly optimistic. Paddock j. n1I
ONLY good athlete. Int. according ~
his instructors hc il good student
IIr ~ \ senior. ajorinG IN English,
in the school ~ arts and sciences 40
the University of Southern California 4.
member Of the Delta Sigma Rho. ~"
national dehating >ociety: poS>eS>or ~
a medal for winning the Southern 'al-
ifnriia intcr-Schnla>fiec championship
III debating. and scholarship mrmls-.
~ the Phi Rrta Kappa fraternity
when not training with the coach
on the athletic field be is ia the uni
versiiy library writing imaginativ"
descriptions of that phantom lan'l
west nf the HeSperideS" which mem
hers of the writing cult have from
ages past sought IT, perI"tuaIe III beau
tiful letters.
y run" declares Young Padd"re,
''he,.,uSr il seems. and always has
seemed. perfectly natural Ia me M
father when he was Younger. did n
little Sprinting fur Michigan. and ! can
not remember when ! was NOT trying.tu
beat my school hoy friends "a the
third telephone pole or the corner
store
IN the grammar schools Of james
vile. Texas. where Paddock was hor'i.
the only son Of middle aged con
pie. il was thought he was going 10 hc
frail in appearance. Int. realizing thar
staying indoors reading hiS father
fascinating stock II books could not
help matters" Paddock saws hp adopt
ed running "a hobby primarily "a a
means of keeping himself part of TIN
time ont in the sunshine. busy AT some
good exercise"
During his rating days. Paddock In
run 100 ma ior races entaiIing cham
pinmshipS ~ greater Or less degree. and
Of this number has won lJ2. taking Se..-
ond place in five and third in three.
lie won the championship of the Uni
ed States 70 Boston in the 230 yard
event I'D 1870 and week after this
race. IN Ernnklyn. broke ih,. world
record iur The lru meter dash uu grass.
ia 10 i-l seconds An the Dlympiau
gaines h. won the lun meter race. iu
an event for which $40 runners from
all parts of The world entered. the
elimination resulting in only six par
, tiriIating in thr finals
laddncN lia~ an eight Innt racin..
stride amt H~r~ " ~ivfrpfi foot lean X.
touch th" tape ~ weighs 100 pounGa
and his training hc SAYS. consist
chiefly in nh"vrg his trainer. Den.
Cromwell. - 'hc University of Snutl
4 irrl California
Had1n-,'- IN athletic rrcurd stands lH-
hind him Iui with hiS artistic work
~ admits '1rrr ~ y difference With
that :" FAR "" ,onfrsSc~. n" has IRA,
ticIlly got D." further tlan wearing III.
hat 0n the hack Of hi~ head and puttin-
! his feet "u bis desk in the editorial
rooms "t Pasadena daily parnr AMI
irving. Intellectually. tn' look literary"
when ~" BOYS insist nn calling hir
ri 'h1rTig'