New Britain herald., 1928-04-30
PADDOCK SURE HE
 WILL MAKE TEAM
Blond Californian Far From
 Through as Track Star

New York. April 90 NUp-Char- ley Paddock's running days are far
 from over and the blonde Cal.ror- ,, nian Is quite likekly to bob up as on,, of the eight sprinters on the 1928
 American Olympic team.
 Following his spectacular pe.for-
 nance in establishing d new world $ record for the 175 yards in the th!rty-fourth annual University of Pennsylvania relay carnival satur- day. Paddock is confident that he
 can make his third Olympic team. T am in great shape and my per-
 formance in the 17o yards Satur-
 day convinced me that the Olympic team Is my goal" Paddock said. To concentrate on an effort for winning the Olympic berth, Paddocl: has announced his intention of for saking his widely advertised meet
 ing with Charley Borah. the Uniyer-
 sity of Southern California star, in
 the sprint Of the ages"
 The race between Paddock and
 Borah was scheduled for next month
 on the Pacific coast, but Paddock plans to remain in the cast 10 con-
 dition himself for the final Olympic tryouts at Boston in July.
 Through mud and sluSh ankle deep and past pile of bricks stone and humanity, Paddock raced 175 yards in r 2-5 seconds at the Penn carnival surpassing his former worlds mark of 17 4-5 seconds made in Salt Lake City last year.
 Meanwhile. Borah was doing the 1oo-yard dash in s-5 seconds in the west coast relays at Fresno, Cal ifornia.
 Fitted against Paddock were Fol- well Scull. University of Pennsylvan- ia football star and one of the best collegiate sprinters in the east, and two other Penn runners. They were all left far arrears as Paddock cata- pulated down the treacherous track.
 Two sections of the 10 foot wall between the track and stands col lapsed in front of the runners and onto the track just as they came tearing out Of the chute. Paddock, running in the lane next to the wall, was the only one menaced by the crumbling bricks and struggling hu- mans. and had to swerve and shift his stride 10 keep from colliding with a man.
 T started to stop" Paddock said. but l heard Scull's feet pounding louder and louder in my ears and made up my mind to keep on. l had to jump an old man and I fig ure that cost me a fraction of se- cond."
 Paddock at 27 Is ono of the run ming marvels of the age. He has been for 14 years. having won his first medal at 13. Twice mem- Der of the Olympic team. he cannot be counted out of the competition for the Amsterdam squad until some of the younger group conquer his flying feet.
 Another serious candidate for the sprint squad was uncovered in the meet in George Simpson. q scarlet l bullet from Ohio State. His victory In the century in 10 1-5 seconds com on top of his 3-5 time in the mud | at the Ohio State relays esta hlishcs | him as one of the best dash men in !! the east and middle west
 Tom plansky's victory in the de- l practically cinched the burly Poles place on the four man Olym- 1 pic decathlon squad. Plansky. a for | mer Georgetown football star. won 'he gruelling ten even contest with ! 7l42.273 points with Kenneth Do- aerty of the City College of Detroit second With 7041.33S points.
 Sabin Carr of Yale set new pole | vault mark of l3 feet, but this was by Lee Barnes IA feet. 1 3-4 inches in the west coast | relays. Carr vaulted II feet, inch Indoors last winter. {
 The University of Chicago was the , .ictim of the most heart-rending ,reak of the carnival when the ma 'oon quartet was deprived of well | i,Served victory in the one-mile re- ay because Gist. achor man. dropped he baton % yards from the tape.
 A courageous spurt by Gist swept Jim past the finish line a scant half 'ard ahead of Ross of Yale, who was ! step in front Of Barbuti Of Syra- use. but Yale was awarded the race because Gist finished without the ba-