Athletic Sports (extract)

The Physical Proportions of the Typical Man as the height; while the stretch of arms is appreciably greater, reaching, as itdoes, to the 50 per cent line. This may seem slightly paradoxical, as the length of the forearm and upper arm is below the aver­ age, but the increased extension of the arms, when measured horizontally from finger­ tip to finger-tip, is due to the great breadth of the shoulders. The ca­ pacity and strength of lungs, though fairly good, are not what might be expected from the prom­ inence of the chest meas­ urements. Referring to the accompanying illus­ trations, however (Figs. A and B, back and side views), we find that the large chest-girth is undoubtedly due to the development of the chest-muscles, I "7. ' Figure G. and to those of the upper back, while the region below the nipples is somewhat narrow and contracted. It will also be observed that the girth of the chest (full) is proportionately below that of 35