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Show A MR W AM ANLKiU&h (Copy for This Department Supplied by th American Legion News Service.) PADDOCK WILL DEFEND TITLE Noted Sprinter Will Compete In Athletic Program at Legion National Convention. With the announcement that Charles W. Paddock, "Human Flash," will compete, interest in the athletic program pro-gram to be held during the American Legion national convention in San Francisco ' has increased among Legionnaires over the country. Paddock is known as the highest type of American athlete. In addition addi-tion to holding most of the world's sprinting records, he was a soldier In the World war, a writer, leader of boy scout activities and has displayed talent in many other lines. Paddock left high school to serve in the field artillery during the war. He attended a training school at Camp Zachary Taylor near Louisville and received a commission of second lieutenant. He won most of the sprinting events at the Interallied Championship games in Paris and has since established a number of world's records in the dashes. The famous sprinter told Legion convention officials that he will be on hand to defend his laurels in all distances dis-tances up to the 440-yard dash. Legionnaires Le-gionnaires are confident that Paddock will celebrate his reunion with World war comrades by smashing some of his present world's records. In addition to the track and field meet, there will be numerous other athletic events during convention week at San Francisco, including tennis, ten-nis, baseball, basketball, football, golf, rifle shoot, band contests, drum and bugle corps competitions, swimming and other sports. All Legionnaires are eligible to compete com-pete In the athletic program. |