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Paddock was born in Gainesville, Texas, to Charles H. and Lulu (Robinson) Paddock. His family moved to Pasadena, California, when he was a child. After serving in World War I as a lieutenant of field artillery in the U.S. Marines, Paddock studied at the University of Southern California. [4] There he became a member of the track and field team ...
4×100 m relay. 1924 Paris. 200 metres. 1924 Paris. 100 metres. Jackson Volney Scholz (March 15, 1897 – October 26, 1986) was an American sprint runner. In the 1920s, he became the first person to appear in an Olympic sprint final in three different Olympic Games.
In his 10 races with Charlie Paddock he won seven and tied another, but the 220y in 1925 was, surprisingly the only AAU title that he won. Scholz also laid claim to world records at 100y, 200m, and the 4 x 100m relay. Jackson Scholz later became well known as a writer of pulp fiction.
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Scholz, who attended Missouri, had a great competitive record and could claim victories over all the great sprinters of his era. In his 10 races with Charlie Paddock he won seven and tied another, but the 220y in 1925 was, surprisingly the only AAU title that he won. Scholz also laid claim to world records at 100y, 200m, and the 4 x 100m relay.
Jul 6, 2012 · In 1920 Jackson Scholz gained a share of the record, and finally in 1921 Charlie Paddock knocked the record down to 10.4. Ties, timing and consolidation The next fifty years of ratified records looked very similar, with hand-timed tenths of a second coming off the best performances in the world, then those performances being equalled, perhaps ...
Charley Paddock: USA: 10.8: 2: 1: Morris Kirksey: USA: 10.9est / at ½ metre: 3: 6: Harry Edward: GBR: 10.9est / chest behind: 4: 5: Jackson Scholz: USA: 10.9est / chest behind: 5: 4: Émile Ali Khan: FRA: 11.2est / at 2 metres: 6: 2: Loren Murchison: USA: 11.2est / close behind
Besides Liddell the other favored athlete in Paris in 1924 was the defending champion, Charlie Paddock, of the United States. In the 100 final, Abrahams faced four Americans, Paddock, Jackson Scholz, Loren Murchison, Chet Bowman, and New Zealander, Arthur Porritt. Abrahams won the race, as depicted in the movie, becoming the first European ...
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