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PERCY
WILLIAMS
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USA OLYMPIC
400 METER RELAY TEAM
DEFEATS
GREAT BRITAIN
USA
400 Meter Relay Team Members:
Frank Wykoff,
James Quinn,
Henry Cumming,
Henry Russell
take 1st place in the 1/4 mile relay track
meet contest held at Stamford Bridge
Field, London.
Date:
Saturday, August 11, 1928
USA
relay team's winning time:
37. 4-5 seconds
against Great
Britain's 400 meter relay team consisting of:
Percy
Williams (Canada),
J. Fitzpatrick (Canada),
J. Carlton (Australia), and
J. E. London (England)
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Reprint of an article
appearing in the Los Angeles Examiner Newspaper on August 13,
1928:
Wykoff And Williams
Future Intercollegiate Rivals?
Frank Wykoff and Percy Williams, great schoolboy sprinters of
international renown, may compete on the Pacific Coast as varsity
runners in the near future. Wykoff, United States 100 meters
champion, plans to enter the University of Southern California.
It is understood that Williams, Olympic 100 and 200 meters
champion, will attend the University of Washington. Williams
is a Vancouver high school boy. He defeated Wykoff of
Glendale High at Amsterdam. -- Associated Press and Examiner
photos.
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