Show Great Britain File Formal Protest Against U. U S. S Sprint Star tar Paddock Silent u MacArthur Has Long Talk With Coaster Still Training Holland July 26 No AP-No formal protest agaInst the eligibility of Charley Paddock California sprInter has been made by Great BritaIn the International olympic committee announced today today to- to day In a formal The statement followed cIrculation of fresh Cresh and conflicting reports over the sprinters sprinter's status Paddocks Paddock's status was brought In in- before the international i committee by the British delegate General Kentish as a result tiC ot London newspaper reports ut of the Californians Californian's radio talk on the 1924 1 Olympic finals In the meter race Paddocks Paddock's talk according to his own version described how the lour four Americans in the finals of f that race might have hae flame the British star Harold Abrahams had they wished to use like lIle methods Paddock laddock said he stressed tile the fact that the Anaca Scans had done so so Abrahams defeating lila his rivals and capturing the Olympic crown Paddock says lie he was misquoted In London newspapers as having said that the Americans planned to dc- dc teat feat Abrahams by a system of false starts DENY REPORTS Tod s announcement by the committee was designed to flaU flatly deny reports that General had flied u IL formal protest a Previous mont ment of Sweden nesi dent of the International Amateur Athletic federation controls control track and field athletics told newspaper newspaper news news- paper men that Use Ule Paddock case probably would not even b bit mentioned mentioned men men- at tomorrows tomorrow's meeting ot of tile the federation lie He admitted he had conferred with General over laddo ks k's radio talk but lb missed it 11 as trivial Tiso International committee emphasized em- em Its own position that it was not usurping th powers of the I. I A. A A. A J. J nor mior interfering in affairs af- af tails fairs over which It has no juris- juris diction The Tho hole AmerIcan contingent buzzed this timis morning with a variety of reports some to the effect that Paddock was to be summarily removed removed re- re moved from the team and others that the tle case wins was to be quashed en entirely It It appears to be another temp st stin in a teapot said Major General Douglas MacArthur president of oC the AmerIcan Olympic committee adding that he knew of no new de- de In the cas case Nevertheless 1 General had a long table tull with Paddock after which tile the declared Mums Ium's the tord ord I am I still but Im I'm also keeping In shape to run |