Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-05-21 | Page 14 | Colorado Sprinter Brings Pet Toad to Meet

Colorado Sprinter Brings Pet Toad to Meet l to The am BOULDER Colo Cola May 21 You 21 You have never heard leard o of Herman lierman the Horn Toad but he may determine who shall be Rocky Mountain conference conference con con- i ference champion in the and yard dashes for lor 1935 Herman has an interesting history and it ot all has to do with Johnny Appleby crack Colorado university ly sprinter Herman Herma- is Johnnys Johnny's mascot and was brought to Colorado b by the C. C U. U flash from his home in Oklahoma Oklahoma Okla Okla- homa horna City Johnny has never lost ost the yard lOo dash when he has had Herman as a mascot and just to prove that thatIs is correct he didn't win winf f first place in Ito the eastern division meet because he forgot and left leU his hL little pet in Boulder Appleby has run the consistently consist i in hi 99 seconds in every meet this spring except the division meet when he was a poor second in the race race which was won in the extremely slow time of or sec The C. C U. U com comet t. t who will meet M Maurice urice Williams of Utah in both the and Friday and Satur Satur- day attributes his one bad showing show show ing to the fact that Herman was left behind in Boulder Appleby waits on tables to earn his room and board at his fraternity fraternity fra house The C. C U. U track team left Boulder for Denver at 1230 and this didn't give John much time to finish his hs work In his hL mad dash d sh he inadvertently forgot forgot for for- got sot Herman That afternoon he qualified for tor forthe forthe the finals which were to be run the next day His qualifying time f was wa 99 which was very good but he wanted to be sure to have Herman Herman Herman Her Her- man for lor the he important finals He put in a phone call to Boulder Boul der to one of his fraternity brothers to be sure and bring Herman to Denver when he came carne to the meet But it seems the fraternity brother had a date with one of the campus beauty queens and forgot all about bringing Herman At any rate the result w was that Johnny made his worst showing since hes he's been in and lost the race rac Herman will be sure to accompany Johnny to Salt Lake City this we week k C Coach ach Frank Potts will see sec to that The duel between Appleby Appleby- and Williams should be most interesting interestIng interest interest- ing although the Utah ebony flier has an edge on the C. C U. U meteor in times limes made this spring John hasn't reached 97 this spring in competition but has made this time lime while drilling with Crosby Paine Chesney and Lam the other Buffalo greyhounds who have repeatedly collaborated to sweep the dashes for tor C. C U. U in meets I this spring