Reprint:  News article July 13, 1929 -- of  Assoc. Press

WILLIAMS HOPES

FOR NEW RECORD

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Canadian Flash Will Try
To Shatter Time-Worn
100-Yard Figures

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By:  Frank G. Gorrie

Associated Press Sports Writer

VANCOUVER, B.C. July 13 (1929) (AP)
With a nick in the official world's 100 yard dash record to his credit, Percy Williams, of Vancouver, Olympic sprint champion and Canadian idol, hoped to complete his self assigned task today by shattering the time-worn mark through the air of most of America's greatest cinder artists in the British Columbia mid-summer athletic carnival.
 

The 21-year-old speed ace not only was confident of turning aside the challenge of the finest Yankee sprinters, but figured he had a chance to break the record which has laughed at all except George Simpson, Ohio flash.

HAS HUGE TASK

Simpson cracked one-fifth of a second off the mark of 9 3-5 in the national collegiate track and field meet at Chicago several weeks ago, but he used "starting blocks" and the figure has not yet been accepted.

Williams faced the virtually impossible task of conquering Eddie Tolan, who won both the 100 and 220-yard dashes in the A.A.U. meet at Denver last week; Claude Bracey, Texas flash; Frank Wykoff, California flyer; John Fitzpatrick of Hamilton, Ontario, eastern Canada's greatest, and Milton Mauer of the Los Angeles Athletic club.   Bracey has beaten Simpson in six out of the seven times they have met, and Wykoff has equalled the world's record on several occasions.

TAKES FIRST HEAT

The American aces came to Vancouver for the expressed purpose of beating the only well known undefeated 100-yard dash star in the world and were primed and ready to attempt the trick this time despite Williams fiery answer yesterday when he equalled the word's record to capture the first qualifying heat.

The Olympic champion virtually flew over the ground to defeat Wykoff, Fitzpatrick, Art Massey and Henry Cummings, discounting any fears that he had gone stale.  Williams has had little training since February and Virtually no competition.

WYKOFF SECOND

Wykoff finished second to the Canadian star, about a yard behind, but seemed to have put everything into a chance for victory over the slightly built flash.

Williams' time was phenomenal in the fact that he ran on a soft, ordinary dirt horse race track.  And, according to the experts it was a poor horse race track at that.  The ground had been packed lightly, but was bumpy and soft in spots.

WYKOFF IN 220

Another event which was expected to help draw more than 20,000 spectators to today's meet was the 220-Yard dash in which six of the world's fastest men were to compete.  Williams dropped out of this 220 heat yesterday to concentrate on the 100-yard event.

The sprinters who qualified for the final were R. F. Bowen of Pittsburg, H. Cummings of Newark Athletic club, Eddie Tolan, Wesley Foster, Washington State College, Wykoff and Fitzpatrick ...

(Note there may have been more to this article, however, this was the only clipping I had).

OTHER REPRINTED NEWSPAPER ARTICLES CONCERNING THE VANCOUVER ATHLETIC CARNIVAL

1.  Williams Hopes For A New Record (Assoc. Press)

2.  Claim Wykoff First in Race (Williams to move to Los Angeles)

3.  Sprint King to Find Throne (Percy Williams)

4.  Williams, Tolan, Wykoff -- All Finished 1st?