"Frank Wykoff's achievement at Boston when he tied the Olympic record four times in one afternoon has never been equalled in track history and I don't believe that it will ever again be equalled or surpassed." These words were the tribute of Charles William Paddock former world's champion sprinter, to Frank Wykoff, "the Glendale greyhound" and successor to Paddock as the best in this country.

The two great sprinters with a bevy of other athletic and motion picture world celebrities were the guests of the Verdugo Breakfast club at its weekly session beneath the sycamore this morning.

Sitting at the head table with Harry G. Mac Bain, the president, besides Wykoff and Paddock were Coach Normal C. Hayhurst, Robert Weaver, president of the Southern Pacific Association of the A.A.U.;  Dorothy Poynton, 14 year old third place winner in diving at Amsterdam and the youngest member of any Olympic team; Mary McAllister, motion picture star; Russ Slocum and Fulton Beaty, Glendale High track star.

TRYOUTS CAUSED FAILURE

"Wykoff not only showed his heels to the greatest field of sprinters ever assembled in America at Boston," Paddock said, "but he won by yards. His running that day was the most beautiful and strongest that I have ever seen, and I believe the greatest display ever given by a sprinter.

"The failure of the American Olympic team I believe, however, was due to these hard tryouts.  Frank Wykoff, at Amsterdam, was not the same boy that that ran two beautiful races at the Coliseum on June 16 (1928).

PREDICTS GREAT FUTURE

"(On ) that day he tied the Olympic record (in) the (mark?) in the 200 meter (four times?) (?) .... not the same marvelous sprinter that ran those four great races at Boston.  He looked tired.  He had the will but he wasn't gliding smoothly down the track ahead, he had to fight.

"It is greatly to his credit that he did fight his way to the finals in the greatest field that he that ever ran. 

"It was too much to ask of Frankie.  However, he's just begun.  You haven't seen anything yet.

NO TRAINING FACILITIES

"In the Olympics Williams came from obscurity and surprised us by (?) the finals.  He was out in front all of the way but Frank Wykoff wasn't the Wykoff that day we had seen at Los Angeles, and Boston.

"He had left some of his speed and beautiful form behind on those tryout tracks, some on that rocking boat of ours and had passed peak form with no place in Amsterdam to train back to it.

"Next year Frank Wykoff will flash a brand of speed that Percy Williams, great as he is, will never equal.

PADDOCK ALL THROUGH

"I guess as for myself, I've reached the stage where I can't pick them up and lay them down like I used to do.  I'm all through.  It's Frank's turn now.  In 1932 when the Olympics are held at Los Angeles, Frank (won't) have to (travel on a) 1,000 mile trip, he will be at top form, running on his own kind of a track - then let's see anybody in the world beat him to the tape."

Coach Normal C. Hayhurst was introduces as "the man who made Wykoff." He paid high tribute to Frank as a "good pal and perfect young man."  He introduced Wykoff

WYKOFF GRATEFUL

"I appreciate this welcome and the way you people in Glendale have treated me," the local boy stated, "I'm sorry I couldn't win at Amsterdam (in the 100 meter race).  (Percy) Williams (of Canada) is a great runner.  I want to be always a good loser.  My mother has always wanted me to be one.  I hope that I have been.

"I was disappointed not only for myself but for Uncle Sam and for all of you people who have been such fine supporters.  Coach Hayhurst, is the one to whom I owe all credit.  He has been an inspiration and I have learned to have a greater affection for him in the last few months than I ever had before."

Dorothy Poynton, 14-year-old Pasadena diving marvel, was introduced.  All three of the Olympic heroes were presented with Breakfast club's achievement medals and all responded with thanks.

Robert "Bob" Weaver declared in a short talk that every word Paddock had uttered about Wykoff was true.

"I helped time the races at Boston," he said, "and I saw many clocks that registered Wykoff's time as 10 2-5 seconds  He should have been given credit for a tie for the world record in at least the final if not in some of the other races."

GIVES OLYMPIC SIDELIGHTS

Weaver told some of the sidelights on the Olympic trials.  He paid tribute to Hayhurst as "the now world famous track coach."  Related some incidents regarding the "four day Turkish bath he took in New York prior to the sailing of the tam."  He had a fight to get Paddock aboard the boat because of professional charges.

He condemned the Dutch for not having built the stadium for games in the four years they had to prepare.

"The Olympic committee made a grave mistake by not sending the team to England for several days where they would have adequate training facilities,"  he declared.