| Show Backseat Driving By Frank K Baker Telegram Sports Editor When You Want Something Done Do It t Yourself for Cy Patterson dusky sprinter printer West high schools school's st state champion fellow track team is a resourceful The lithe Panther scampers over the cinders at a lively so gait lively In fact that he hasn't been extended th this s spring princ Some time between his cradle da days s 's and his present rise to stardom on dash dashman dashman the th the cinder path the hued ebony man mart has been advised that if one one wants anything done he should do it himself Apparently the advice stuck with him Recently he pranced to victory in inthe inthe in inthe the class A high school yard dash in lit the B. B Y U. U relays and was off oW- officially i daily timed in seconds second few moments moments mo mo- Shuffling up the track a ments later he spied Coach Ike Armstrong Armstrong Arm Arm- strong of the University of oC Utah With deep concern he addressed Armstrong Coach they're nil wrong he be be- be gan I timed myself in 98 08 S whereupon where where- I upon tipon he displayed a watch he had carried In his clenched fist fisL The watch was WItS missing Saturday I when Patterson toed the mark in the state strIte meet but the Panthers Panther's time was even en better than his Y Y relay time Coming home first in the trials and the finals of both the and the yard dashes and running a 1 victorious race as anchor man in the deciding relay is a i pretty good day days day's s work Gun aun Jumpers Have Something to Think About High school athletes throughout the state were exp exposed to some ome valuable valuable able lessons in the seriousness pf of following following fol following fol- fol lowing the rules when many of them theta were penalized and several disqualified disqualified fied fled for jumping the gun in the state meet Coach Vadal Peterson of the Ule Ute camp is to be congratulated for his unflinching courage in penalizing all aU such infractions throughout the day daj His firmness In enforcing the starting startIng start- start Ing lag rule will be DC reflected in irs better compliance with the rules next spring just as the many infractions this year indicate that coaches and officials in outlying districts have been careless in such details detail Second place Beaver for example had a potential winner disqualified led ledin in the hurdles because of two false starts the man titan admitted afterward that he knew the rules all right but I that he broke in his excitement Had he been carefully drilled in Ia the art of holding his mark until the gun was fired he would not have been so gun High school coaches may well wen take a hint from the college coaches who spend hours each season drilling their men in the art of toeing the line using a l gun for a starter This practice is particularly in vogue at the Redskin camp where both th Armstrong and Peterson Peterson Pe Pe- terson stress holding the mark until everybody is steady Maybe This Likes to Fight Will McCarney unofficial partner in the management of 0 Heavyweight Champion Max recently uncorked a few remarks about Billy the Fargo Express which lead one to believe the North Dakotan loves his fighting Never knew a guy like him so un un- un- un concerned He could fill his pipe in inthe inthe inthe the corner between r rounds A few years ago Jack Hurley brings him from Fargo to New York The guy was out of ot training at the time One afternoon Im I'm sitting talking talking talk talk- ing to Hurley when Billy breezes breez s in inan inan inan an allows hell he'll take the evening off oft and see a show He buzzes Jack for forthe forthe the price of ot a spaghetti dinner and anda a show which is two bucks and blows Its about past half 6 and the phone rings Its It's some promoter in a 1 GOT Newark with a story about a fighter II running out on a bout He wants to sub I Hurley doesn't even know who the I opponent is Is but he asks how much I and the promoter answers 2500 We dash out trying to find Ind P trolle and have him paged In the theater Pretty soon he comes out picking his teeth Liked Show and Didn't Want to Leave Come on down to the hotel and get Jet your junk says Jack Youre go going going go- go ing lug to fight Not on your life is comeback Ive got a seat in the show and it sets me inc back two slugs He didn't didn t even ask who hes he's to fight or where or put up an argument argument ment meat about not being in shape or how much He just likes the thc show and doesn't propose to leave until he gets his two bucks' bucks worth Hurley finally wins the argument and drags him off without knowing where hes he's going We get to the arena just in time and Billy has to dress dres in a hurry Then he finds he has taken two left eft shoes and ha has to borrow a shoe from froma a heavyweight on the thc card Its It's about aboul twice too big but we stuff the toe with papers so it will stay on Wants to Try It I Again Next Night The fight goes 12 rounds and Pe Pc- frolic trolle win ins the decision in spite of wading around in that shoe that fits like a gum boot On the w way y back to the hotel out o of a clear sky asks ask Hurley Hurle how much they mal make Jack tells teUs him two and a il half grand rand Not bad says Billy See Sec if il you youcan youcan youcan can dig me mc up another one like that tha for lor tomorrow you Jack |
