Word: paddocks
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When he runs, Patton's face becomes a study in desperation- teeth gritted, eyes squinted. He is the opposite of Charley Paddock, who was what trackmen call a "driver." Because of Paddock's high knee action and short back kick, people some times swore that "he ran sitting down." Patton, whose legs revolve' with a smooth wheel-like motion, is a "floater...
Early last year Mel began equaling the fastest 100 yards ever run by Paddock (9.5). Then he squeezed out a mite more speed and equaled the world's record (9.4), first set by Frank Wykoff,‡ another old U.S.C. hero. Was it possible to pump more speed out of human legs? It was. At Fresno, Calif, this spring, Patton ran his unbelievable 9.3. His archrival, Lloyd La Beach, was only inches behind...
...University of Southern California's newest candidate for "world's fastest human" was just, beginning to warm up last week. Unlike the late Charlie Paddock, who was chunky, 23-year-old Mel Patton is tall (6 ft.) and frail (147 lbs.). In Los Angeles' huge Coliseum, against a brisk breeze, Patton sped the 100 yards in 9.7 (three-tenths of a second off the world's record which he shares with seven others...
...Therefore look neither to the right nor to the left; but go straight-way into the back of the Grand Stand, to the place which is called The Paddock...
...National Individual Match Game Championship. Unlike the mammoth A.B.C. tourney (in which 18,000 entrants compete), this was for the nation's 168 best bowlers. Only the strongest survived the 100-game grind. Halfway through, thumbs and middle fingers began to swell. In the "bowlers' paddock" in the armory's basement, liniment was rubbed-on sore left legs and left hips. When the 16 finalists dug in for the final 32 games, Wilman pushed into the lead by a fraction of a point. The crowd roared when the pins went down. A local...