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Show - . Sprint Flash Uncovered by Troy's Coach LOS ANGELES, Feb. IS OP) A new sprinter had flashed across the University of Southern California sporta horixon today where numerous speedsters have swept before. He was James Abbott, a freshman, who showed his heels to the field here ' yesterday In the first test of the season sea-son for the Trojan track and field team as it prepares to defend Its California Cal-ifornia and L C A. A. A. A. championships cham-pionships for the thi.V consecutive year. Abbott, a rangy youngster who stands ( feet 4 lnchaa and weighs 1M, pounds, ran the century distance in 9.7 seconds, a spectacular performance for so early in the season. Three A. A. U. timers caught him at this mark. He has been in training less than month. There was lust a whbperof a wind, but the weather was a bit nippy. Coach Dean Cromwell waa art' smiles. He agreed the great chain of sprinters from the University of Southern California, which was started start-ed back in ISO with Charles Parsons Sr., may go unbroken for while longer. After Parsons Sr., whose son, Charles Jr, was second to Abbott yes- . terdsy, came Howard Drew, Charles Paddock, Charles Borah and frank Wykoff, the present world's record holder at 1.4 seconds. |