Word: wykoff
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...4/10 sec.) for the 100 yd. dash, traveled about 1,200 miles to Denver for the 54th annual senior track meet of the National A. A. U. There, waiting to beat him, were Eddie Tolan, little bespectacled Negro from the University of Michigan and Western Conference champion; Frank Wykoff, defending A. A. U. champion; Claude Bracey, 1928 N. C. A. A. champion; Russell Sweet, Pacific A. A. U. champion; Cy Leland, Southern Collegiate champion. But George Simpson never ran. Two days before the race which somebody christened "the century of the century," practicing, he sprinted 50 yards, fell...
...crack of the gun Frank Wykoff, whom Charlie ("World's Fastest Human") Paddock picked as winner, was first out of his holes. He led at 20, 30, 40 yards. Bracey drew alongside him. They were even at 50 yards. Bracey went ahead, far ahead, led at 60, 70, 80. Russell Sweet drew even at 90, was a foot ahead at 95. Then out of nowhere appeared what looked like a little black ball. It was Eddie Tolan, 5 ft. 4½ in. high, running so low his knees seemed to graze the ground, who hurled himself through the tape...
...Fresno, Frank Wykoff of Glendale Junior College and Charles Borah of the University of Southern California tied the 100-yd. dash record...
...King of the U. S., 6 ft., 4⅜ in. Ten-Thousand-Metre Run. Won by Paavo Nurmi of Finland, 30 min., 18½ sec. Willie Ritola of Finland finished a scant yard behind Nurmi. One-Hundred-Metre Dash. Won by Percy Williams of Canada, 10½ sec. Frank Wykoff, California schoolboy favorite, finished fourth. Sixteen-Pound Hammer Throw. Won by Patrick O'Callaghan of Ireland, 168 ft.,718½ in. Four-Hundred-Metre Hurdles. Won by Lord David Burghley of Great Britain...
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...