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...Daddy Franklin", he writes, "knew what he was about, the sharp little man. He set up the first dummy American . . . He made himself a list of virtues which he trotted inside like a grey nag in a paddock". He addresses the shade of Crevecoeur with this wagging finger: "Hector St. John, you have lied to me. You lied even more scurrilously to yourself. Hector St. John, you are an emotional liar". Fenimore Cooper felt himself superior to the bourgoise but would not admit it, and therefore lied. "The blue-eyed darling Nathaniel (Hawthorne) knew disagreeable things in his inner soul...
...rudimentary instruction, as I shall attempt only to give the men a line on starts and proper running positions, for use in spring work." In 1919, Coach Teschner took part in the Inter-Allied games in Paris. In the two dashes he took second, being headed by Paddock in both races. He also ran anchor on the two victorious United States relay teams. He holds the College record in the 100 yard dash jointly with W. A. Shick '05, the time being 9 4-5 seconds...
...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...