Word: paddocks
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...years. No Olympics are complete without a few preliminary squawks. Perhaps the reason is that, while the Olympics are supposed to be the essence of amateurism, there is always a suspicion that amateurism is being stretched to the outside limit of the law. Take the case of Charles Paddock, U. S. sprinter, whose amateur status and sportsmanship have long been questioned. The Sportsman, a magazine impeccable in taste, had damaging evidence against him (TIME, June, 11); a distinguished vice president of the American Olympic Committee resigned because of him; the British protested against him. Yet his simple denial of misbehavior...
There is 18-year-old Frank Wykoff of Glendale High School in southern California, who defeated all comers in the 100-metre trials and four times equalled the Olympic record (10⅝ seconds). Charles Paddock, whose amateur status is being investigated, was too slow to qualify in the 100-metre dash, but he finished second to Charles Borah, also of California, in the 200-metre finals and made the team...
...when he looked out of the window and saw that there was a bright sun shining he decided that it might be fun. The Prince of Wales, the Duke of Connaught, the Princess Mary, and Princess Ingrid of Sweden thought so too. They all strolled around in the paddock so that the crowd could see them before they were screened off by the people who had paid two pounds apiece for their seats...
That beautiful magazine, The Sportsman, which is impeccable in taste and sportsmanship, printed Runner Paddock's remarks in its June issue. Editor Richard E. Danielson made the following comment...
...need not be particularly incensed with Mr. Paddock. He is probably no better and no worse than the system which produced and exploits him. He is unfit to represent the sportsmen of the United States, and he should not go to Amsterdam ; but obviously he will-if fast enough in his trials...