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Reprint - Newspaper --
Glendale Press?
SPRINT HERO AMBITIOUS IN PLANS
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By GEORGE T. DAVIS
A serious-minded young man, Frank Wykoff,
who uses his head as well as his feet.
The splendid athlete who has brought such
fame to Glendale and to Southern California because of his speed on the
cinder-path today has a new goal toward which he is striving.
Now in the field of coaching at the Moran
school in Atascadero, Wykoff has ambitious plans for a career in
physical education teaching and athletic coaching which might eventually
be climaxed at his own Alma Mater.
...his clear thinking is carrying him
along the right road in a new direction, just as his winged feet carried
him to glory on the cinder-path. The journey may not be so swift,
but the result will be even more satisfying than world's records that
Wykoff made in sprinting.
SERIOUS CAREER
He is serious about his chosen career as
an athletic coach, seeking to establish himself for his knowledge alone
-- not on his athletic reputation.
Wykoff is attending summer school at
Troy, working toward his M. A. degree and was more enthusiastic
yesterday when tow of his examination papers were returned with the high
mark of "B" than when track officials announced that he had set a new
100-yard record of 9.4 seconds.
He has finished a season of teaching
physical education and anatomy at the Moran school and will return there
in the fall. His afternoons find him instructing the youngsters in
track and football and also conducting a class in corrective gymnastics.
CHIEF CONCERN
And the famous sprinter is more concerned
about this classroom work than in coaching -- that is, for the present
at least.
He realizes that this is the time of his
career to learn what he can of the intricacies of physical education
work. He's not satisfied in taking things on their face value, but
is intent upon digging far below the surface.
A number of boys at the Moran school have
voluntarily given up their free afternoons -0- which could be spend in
golf, polo, swimming and other competitive games -- to attend Wykoff's
corrective gymnastic classes.
TEACHING ABILITY
This, more than anything else, speaks highly
for his teaching ability. For eyes one of the most famous athletes
in history of sports could not h old the voluntary attention of
youngsters, day after day unless he had something of interest to them.
In teaching track and football, Wykoff
has been just as thorough in the research work. Hours have been
spent in studying the varying forms and characteristics of great
athletes. He is open to conviction on any question, never saying
-- as so many young coaches have: "I did it this way, so it must
be right."
TEACHER-ATHLETE
While Wykoff-the teacher now overshadows
Wykoff-the-athlete, he still intends to remain active in his track work.
Whether he takes part in competitive running depends largely upon how
much time he can devote to his own athletic interest.
He believes, however -- and many critics
agree with him -- that, with a fair "break" in keeping in shape, he
might retain (?) of his speed to become a member of the American Olympic
team in 1936, making the team (for the third?) successive time.
(?) anybody with the determination of
Frank Wykoff is certainly (?) his goal -- no matter how (old he might?)
be.
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