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...Charles Paddock was invited several years ago to compete in a meet held under the auspices of the University of Paris. The A. A. U. said no, because the University of Southern California was a member of the N. C. A. and a supporter of the National Intercollegiate meet. Had it been a Harvard athlete that was invited to the Paris University meet, the A. A. U. would not have attempted to stop...
...fastest human. A former Olympic star, he had burnt out, they said. Burnt or no, he would try again. Revolver barked; the cinemaman, sprang, antique legs hurled him onward. Paced by college lads he ran. Presently, head back, teeth set, he leaped through a tape. Timers announced that Charles Paddock (30-odd) had brought the world's record for 250 metres from 31.2 seconds down to 27.6. Southern Californians were pleased. "It's the air," they explained...
Engaged. Charles ("Charlie") Paddock, Olympic race champion; to Bebe Daniels, cinema star. Mr. Paddock made the announcement when twitted for telephoning to Miss Daniels at Hollywood, Calif., from Albany...
...learned a lesson from what has happened to travelling tennis performers is evidenced by the action taken yesterday. It may be that further expressions of a returning sanity will make it unnecessary for Mr. Pyle to extend his purging process further with a travelling troupe containing Messrs. Nurmi, Paddock, Hoff, and their jlk. At any rate, evidence is accumulating that amateur athletics are being restored to a common sense boats...
Whoop it up for dear old Colton, the co-ed college where the scene is laid, for Charles Paddock--Himself, and for the janitor's pet mouse which ran up Bebe Daniel's silk stocking, frightened the haughty young lady, and made her outdo the best girl hurdler old Colton could boast. Whoop it up for the Kappa Betas, who taught the haughty young lady a lesson, and then when she had won the relay for dear old Colton, promptly took her in. Whoop it up for the director who conceived the notion of locking Bebe in the Astronomy Observatory...