Evening star., 1928-03-30

FL ths Associated rress
n YEW YORK. March 80 The
~ fastest ftcc that ever Spumcd
a Cindcv track arc Just as fleet
4 as ever after Is seasons of
record smashing That is the
story az Charley Paddock, the blonde
meteor Of California. and he intends
"a prove his point by cracking more
Spccd marks and winding up his Olym-
pic career with at least one triumph at
Amsterdam this Summer.
The yellow-haired son Of the Far West,
vho fired the opening gun Of his come
back at Houston last Saturday, by
stripping three-fifths Of 8 second from
his own 14-Second record for lao yards,
is III New York for two weeks on buSi-
ness. But his pleasure while here Will
be to sprint wherever and whenever pos
sible, against any available opposition.
Competition alone can eiye the razor
edge necessary t0 stand of the sprint
iNc YOUNGSTERS nov barring PaddocE's
path 10 his third straight Olvmpiad To
gain this. Paddock has conspred with
the only other dash veteran ever 10
represent Uncle Sam twice aboard
Jackson Y Scholz They plan 70 race
each other into Tire finest shape Of their
colorful careers
See More Laurels.
1imping about the Columbia Uni
versitv dressing room with two ten
der" achilles tendonS, the chunky. dy-
manic speed king tossed one arm about
Schoiz'S slender shoulders. They had
lust finished almost an hour Of dummy
Sprints for the benefit OF battery OF
cameTamen.
we want to go back" Charley an
r0unced. for Just one more crack at
those foreigners In our two trips abroad
we've only won . single Olympic cham
pionShip apiece We want more.
Paddock is mighty proud of the fact
however, that he has scored more points
for the United States in Olympic games
than any other athlete now in compe-
titjon And strangely enough. the vet
eran Scholz. with the hair thinning
slightly on the top Of his head, stands
second.
Charley has scored 24l2 points he
figured. with one first place in the 100
meter event. a second in the 200, and
a quarter section Of the sprint relay
laurels. in the 1920 games. He finished
ffth in the 100 and second in the 200
At The Paris games four years later. First
place counted 10 points, second place 5,
third & and SO on.
Scholz gathered 20i2 points IN a
showing almost as good The only chal-
Iengers for the Sprinters' scoring Su-
premacy are Bud Houser, husky weight
man. and Harold Osborn. jumping and
sll-around star both Of whom copped
. pair Of frsts in the 1924 Olympiad
Respects German Stars.
Paddock believes that the German
Eprinting quartet Of Houben. Kornig,
Schille and Miller, will be the team
America must heat in the 1928 dashes.
Kornig. especially. he says, is A star
who can turn in record-equalling time
for the 100 meters.
why / beat that fellow in race IN
Germany last year and he ran as II in
spired Charley said. He Is so tenn
ueramental that he works himself into
q frenzy before a big race. Blood was
running from his nose and he frothed
e. the mouth as he ran. On one OF his
good days. Kornig probably would take
any one Of US.
Charley still fancies the "Leaping
Lena" finish at the tape that has made
him such a colorful performer even
though the usefulness Of that final leap
for the worsted always has been ques~
TONED. The Californian feels that il Is
too late now 10 teach the old dog new
tricks.
As for the men he and scholz must
battle To win berths on the Olympic
squad, Paddock has some pertinent re-
marks to make. Fred Alderman, the
Illinois A. G. crack, who chased him 10
the new 140-yard record. isn't the best
dash man IN the country, as Charley
once thought. Alderman, 1t seems, Is
better from go yards 70 q quarter mile.
Too much competition in prep"