Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-08

10y CEEEU WAA4hNE
Worlds Fastest Baseball Runner)
Editors Note:--This column Is I'm
answer to the many boy readers
requesting an article upon Charley
Paddock. ut should be OF most in
terest as the writer has been with
Paddock throughout his career and
no doubt with him under more
varied conditions then any other
person.
CHARLES w. PADDOCK, fam
ous sprinter and until very recent
date was the worlds fastest, is adj
mired by the boys OF every land
for his remarkable records. because
all boys like TO run no matter what
language they speak.
In most every newspaper or mag
azine article where the name Pad
dock is used one will always see
some sport term attached such as
the worlds fastest human" "the
comet, the human flash" Cali
fornia flyer or sir Charles.
knight OF the cinderpath." BY these
terms. boys are led to believe that
this person possesses powers that
nc one else has. such as fiction writ
ers term super-mari. This IN not
true, as all the boys that have met
Charles w. Paddock, or heard him
lecture or have seen him run will
youch he is Just a regular fellow
and that the records he holds came
from hard work. He Is just Char
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with him. ri Is Charley that you
read Of in this article.
Held Record
Charley Paddock held the sprint
record for the 100 yard dash for
many years at the fast time OF 9
SIS seconds. Not only ono did he
run II IN that time but many, and
when the tenth-split watches were
officially introduced he stepped the
distance in the remarkable time or
9 5-l0 seconds. Among the dusty
leaves OF the Amateur Athletic
Unicn records one can find such
names as Cyril Coaffee. Howard
Drew, and Dan Kelly, credited with
the fast time of Q So seconds. Since
the new watches and the starting
blocks have been devised records
have been upset, mot far. but
enough to allow the sprlnter TO
claim a new record. This Of course
must be okayed by the athletic
board and 1t appears that the
starting blocks have started quite
an issue for them. 1t Is uncertain
whether blocks will be allowed In
the Olympic games OF 1922 at Los
Angeles. but most sprinters expect
that they viii be used.
Many reports state Paddock has
retired and that his spiked shoes
are up in the attic gathering cob
webs. Others claim that MS writ
inRS. business career and study Of
law has compelled him To give up
the cinderpath. This is very un-
true, although 7 will admit that ne
Is a very busy man ard does not
have the time 70 devote to actual
running that he would Nike. but
you can bet your bottom dollar
that Charley has not forsaken the
cinderpath. Sprinting to him Is q
recreation, a sport that has been
very dear to him and never viii
the business world rob Charley
away from his favorite sport al
together.
Welded Now
Just recently. the famous sprlnter
returned to his home in Pasadena
from the Hawaiian Islands and
there was much work awaiting his
attention, but each day he finds
time enough 70 take a little road
work and there is a possibility that
Charley viii appear I'm q number
OF track meets in various sections
Of the country this spring. You
can be assured that the coming
Olympic games will see Paddock
III the very best OF shape 20 repre-
sent the stars and Stripes upon
the cinderpath as he has I'm the
past.
Southern California is the home
az the noted sprinter. Pasadena is
known as the home or the mil
llOnaires,' and IL Is here that
Charley has "a beautiful California
bungalow. He attended the Uni
versity OF California at Los An
geles and won many honors for
his alma mater. Since his gradua-
ton he has carried the colors or
the Los Angeles Athletic club, and
the members have great hopes that
Charley viii consent TO represent
them once more in the coming
Olympic games.
The most interesting thing to