Athletes in Action

I2I THE HIGH JU IP. \VE TER R LL (I) OTHER f rm of high jumping the invention of which led to the making of startling w rld's records, is the Western Roll, portrayed in the accompanying illustrations by H. M. shorn, U . . ., who holds the world's record of 6 ft. 8;f ins. his tyle is probably best suited to short, stockily built athlete , who have plenty of spring, and who can build up great body con- trol, combined with perfect timing. In this tyle the bar is approached with a run of 36 ft. t 40 ft., made at an angle of about 45 d grees to the line of the bar. Th take- ff sp t i u ually not more than 3t ft. ut fr m the bar-line and thcr is a check-mark 24ft. t 27 ft. ba k fr m the tak - ff. The jump r h uld mark his starting-point 36ft. t 40 ft . back fr m the take-off and sh u]d step ff lightly, with the b dy inclin dwell for- ward from the hip , as sh wn in Fig. I n the pp sit page. i light, sh rt, running st ps h uld bring his jumping f t on to the check-mark (24 ft. t 27 ft. sh rt f the take-off p t), and f ur m re 1 ng, pringy strides sh uld tak him from th eh k-mark t the tak -off pot, n whi h his jumping fo t is stamped hard d wn, with th he 1 fir t hitting th ground. n th last stride of th run the athlet sh uld settle ' \ ith kne bent and b dy li htly r uched, in pr para- ti n for the upward pring. If the jumper is going to spring from the left foot, as in our illustra.tious, then the approach run is made fTom the left, so that the left foot may be next to the bar as he takes off. In all oth r f rms of high jumping th spring is made fr m the foot which i furthest from the bar. The eyes should watch the take- ff mark during the appr ach run and h uld b lifted to the bar n the last approach stride.