Evening Star Newspaper, September 20, 1931, Page 77

‘A true sportsman is one who competes fairly in any legitimate contest, accord- ing to the spirit and rules of field sport. What is the secret (’)f physical su,: premacy? Live right, thin right, and get plefuy of un- broken rest, says Frank Wykoff. BY TOM LEWIS. ONTACTING FRANK WYKOFF, the world’s fastest human, is strangely like a rededication of faith. He is human, so vitally Amer- 80 intensely icen. If is ridiculously easy to de- bunk California’s young speed- He has surprisingly lttle bunk in the Sirst place. The Glendale Greyhound makes a vivid im- pression at the very outset. He is eye-filling, a man who looks the part and lives it. Pooch Donovan, giving him the up-and-down for the fgst time, exclaimed: :He locks like a runner. He is a runper!” e That mhtm'yfi&tmdflthe noted cinderpath marvels at Boston. He has gore far, very far, since then. He is stiil I found the world’s fastest human cleaning & shotgun. He wore an old sweatshirt and a Pair of khaki breeches. He was fairly jiggling in anticipation—soon to break active training after a hard year and then relax for his annual _Jaunt with rod and gun. - The Par West offers ultra-violet rays in the Southern California sunshine have done much for Wykoff. The vacations, always a family affair, are carefully planned montlhs in advance. His father and mother get as much fun out of the pilgrim- a8 does Frank. Frequently they: isclate y 4 Join a jolly g0 in whole- THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON,. D. C, SEPTEMBER 20, 1931. » - g Here Comes the WORLD’S FASTEST Flashing Frank Wykeff, Covering One Hundred Yards in Nine and Two- Fifths Seconds, Hopes to Bring Sprinting Honors Back to America in Next Year’s Olympics— and Possibly Set a New World Record for the Century. pretentious. It is stucce, a chocolate-colored bungalow snuggling near the foothills of Glen- From Wykofl's little home one can see Mount 258 X8 ¥ 3 §F % Wykoff, as a Glendale High School student, won. the 100-meter rum from Chartes Paddock, nbo-;: 7 th; yr'rz'l:t in ;l;e Los Angeles Colisewn. Paddock predicts's grest triumph for Wykoff jn the 1932 Olympics, to be held in Low ' Hivgotes,, Boddock. plasés Wakofl o the Kook of R oll Hasbicis: selocsiiny .. HUMAN Egg; EsgE P 83 ! i : ; . of s i i E | i ;’z§ ] £ B : -3 i i § i a | i P E i ¥ s 1 ¥ | ; Eri ) ik ¥ Tha } .v iF i 2 Bk ] { ig : { : f f i 7§ i H I AT 5; ;:é:ggi it ;' bl P Eiiiim 4 ik 8 L B 4 E “That isn’t fair,” he explains patiently. “They should “recognize those men on the campus, Anything less is bad sportsmanship.” f Frank Wykofl—America’s hopes for