Dorothy Poynton Hill ...

competed in the 1928 Olympics when she was just fourteen years old, and won a Silver Medal.

During the Olympics held in Los Angeles in 1932, and at the Olympics held in Berlin in 1936, Dorothy won an Olympic Gold Medal in the Plain and Fancy High Diving category.

"OINTMENT WOULDN'T BE ointment in our cupboard unless it had a fly in it.  Any boasting over the qualifying of Wykoff is tempered by an apology we promised and now make with as much humility as we can muster.

"Some weeks ago we said the Dorothy Poynton (Hill) would not make the 1936 American Olympic team.  If spirit and fight will cause athletes to rise to great heights and perform unusual things then we must take some credit for Dorothy's success.

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"THE DAY AFTER we said Miss Poynton would not make the team, Miss Poynton called up on the phone and proceeded to blow a fuse.  'Hell hath no fury --' and while we sparred in an effort to get a word in we found the monologue was air tight and it wasn't till the very end that we managed to convey the idea that we hoped she would qualify even though we didn't think so and if she did we wanted to be the first to apologize.

"To you, Dorothy "Dynamite" Poynton -- our apologies and congratulations."

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Note -- the above reprint is only a portion of Mr. Graham's column. Click here to read another portion of his column concerning Frank Wykoff - Track & Field Olympic Champion