San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-09
HUSSEY HAS
BIG FUTURE
/. !. AS SPLINTER
New York Lad Has Record
of Time of 9 3-5 for
Century.
: -
AND JUST STARTING
Coach Thinks He Can Give
Paddock a Yard and
Beat Him.
AND JUST STARTING
By ROBERT EDGREN.


Other events may be dropped from
the Olympic program at Paris be
cause American champions are SURF
winners, but nothing can interfere
with the sprints at standard dis
: lance. And sprinting is distinct,
Z Americas specially. The dried-fish
eating Firms may outlast us in thu
long distance runs and show us how
! to toss the javelin, and athletes Of
. other nations may pick off events
here and there. but since the first
renewal of the Olympic Games n
Athens in 1896, Americans have ex'
celloI in competition that demands
:. dash and flashing speed.
) We are going TO have a wonder
: full lot of sprinters competing foi
!. places OIL the American team when
|. the tryouts begin. In spite Of ru'
= mors, Charlie Paddock will undoubt,
!. edly be at the top of his form, ana
: Paddock is the only Splinter we ever
2 had who could run a hundred yards
in 0 4-5 seconds or faster every time
] he leaves the mark. Paddock ha.
equaled the worlds record of y DO
!. SC eral times and, on al, least ono
!. occasion that i know of, three timers
/. caught him in 0 20.
: Recently asked his opinion of 9th,
I. er amateur sprinters.. Paddock sa,u
! that he thought Murchison and Scholz
were the best he had ever seen.
. Both Murcnison and Scholz have re-
I markably smooth form. Paddock mas
. an individual form of his own, de-
: signed by Coach Dean Cromwell, TO
. make the best use of Paddock phc-
nomenal energy and driving power;
: Paddock says today that ne WI,
|. plan His training to try out ms speeu
|. and condition effectively.
I MAY 3. he expects 10 ran IN the
! Southern California championships, at
! Los Angeles. The Olympic tryout 1ol-
. lows on the 9th.
Hussey Most Promising:
There are many others who are
. within striking distance Of Paddock,
and some youngsters who may in timc
{ reach Paddock's running speed:
One of the most promising is Frank
Hussey, sensational New YORK
school boy Splinter, credited IN L. ;.
A. l.. records with running l0O yards
in worlds record time-9 DO SECONDS
in one race last year and with
having gone under 10 seconds on two
other occasions. -,
Second to Paddock as a likely
Olympic champion is BrookinS track
CAPTAIN of Iowa University, world
champion hurdler, ana a great sprint
er. Brookins has had much running
experience. which is a great help n
n competition like the Olympic meet;
He has run the hundred time ana
again in 8 40 seconds. If Brook
ins gave all his attention to. sprint
ing he might be a record breaker.
Rut he is more interested in hurd-
ling. and, as he can run fast quar-
ter mile, may go after the 4OO meter
hurdles, that event that was won at
Antwerp by LOOMS in 54 40 Sec
onds. worlds record time.
Tykle of Purdue. second last year
In the hundred at the national cole
giate meet, has BEN timed III 5-o
seconds in competition.
Whitman of Michigan and Ander-
vert of Washington University, st.
Louis. have run in Q 40 seconds.
Dean Cromwell of the U. ). o., is
developing Keith Lloyd. who ran N
8 $40 last year and is expected 70
go much faster.
At the University of California,
Barber, a new sprinting star. has al
ready run the century in . 40 sec
onGj this year-California getting
an early start in the outdoor sea-
son with an unusually warm winter.
Murchison, veteran of many seasons,
has been showing his top speed in
short indoor sprints.
Clark of Johns-Hopkins, winner OF
the national collegiate hundred last
years at Chicago in 8 9-1O on a SLOW
track, and second in the 1. Z. a. A.
meet, will rank high among Olympic
team contenders. All of these men
named have run in 9 40 seconds,
making the list formidable. i
The most interesting Splinter OF
them all, however, even passing by
the veteran and invincible Charlie
Paddock, is the New York schoolboy,
Hussey.
Only a schoolboy in his senior year
at Stuyvesant High, and credited with
equaling the hundred-yard world
record; that is n promise OF speed
hardly eQualed by any of the more
experienced and older veterans.
John McHugh. experienced athleuc
official. says that in his opinion Hus-
sey will soon be able TO give the
best of them yard in a hundred ana
Win.
Some of the coaches-those who
didn't coach Hussey-talk about
"high school timing" But it is
likely Hussey will run fast enough to |
suit any of them this year. His great !
ambition is to go to the Olympics as |
a member of the American team. 9th |
er high school boys have had the |
honor in the past, notably the wonder,
full runner of a few years ago, Ted
Meredith.
Has Plenty OF Records.
Frank Hussey was 10 years old on
II. He was born in New |
York, never lived anywhere else, and
is nroduct of the excellent public |
schools athletic system. He went
through All Saints and the Mount
Morris Junior High before entering
etuyvesant, but took no interest in
track sports. When he entered Stuy-
vesant in 1921, he wanted to play
football. During his first month he
entered the schools weekly sprints in
the gymnasium and won regularly
Alhcrf Collins coach or1iekiv Noticed