Word: paddocks
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Europe's, if not the world's, leading woman track star by winning her four events-100-yard dash, 440-yard dash, 120-yard hurdles, running broad jump. At Brussels she once before conquered four fields in one day and was dubbed by a writer " le Paddock feminin" (a reference to Sprinter Paddock of California). America's " Paddock feminin " is Helen Filkey of Chicago. On her home heath open events for women were listed in the schedule of the men's A. A. U. championship relays, and Miss Filkey strode 100 yards in 11 9/10...
Unless he is thoroughly indifferent to his ribbons and his glory, Charles Paddock, world's champion (American) sprinter, now in Paris, has his ear to the ground anxiously awaiting echoes from America. The echoes fall from the flying feet of Frank Hussey, of Stuyvesant High School (Manhattan), who (at the P. S. A. L. championship games, in Brooklyn) equalled the world's record of 9% in the 100-yard dash, jointly held by Paddock, Howard Drew and Dan Kelly...
Athletes of 14 European nations gathered in Paris for the International Students' Athletic Meet at the new Porte Doreé Stadium. Final score: France 107, Italy 80, Czecho-Slovakia 70. The individual star was Charley Paddock, of California, only American competing. In four days he broke one world's sprinting record and equaled four others...
...Charley Paddock, American sprinter: " Arriving in Paris for the international university fetes on May 6, I was met by a large delegation. After expressing my affection for France, I said: 'My form is superb . . I am going to pulverize all my records...
...annual business meeting of the association on the day of the meet will involve several important decisions. The three colleges which applied for membership in the association: University of Southern California, Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, and Hamilton College, will either be accepted or rejected. Should California be admitted, Charles Paddock, noted sprinter, would be eligible to compete in the Intercollegiates this spring...