Athletic Sports (extract)

Physical Characteristics of the Athlete Figs. 7 and 8, a, h (pages 70-73), and Chart IV. (page 74), representtwo young men whose peculiardevelopment character­ izes another branch _ 0 f athletics. Fig. 7 has the college rec­ o r d a s a h u r d l e - jumper. His height falls in the eighty per cent class, his height of knee in the forty per cent c l a s s , h i s s i t t i n g height in the sev­ enty per cent, and his pubic archin the eighty-seven and a * half per cent class. When it is known that this man clears his hurdles in regu­ lar strides, " buck­ ing " them, as it is termed, the advan­ tage of the short Figure s,a. leg, long thigh, and FIGURE 8, a and b. —S , Yale, '89; age, 19 years, 1 month; weight, 138 lbs.; height, 5 feet, 8.5 inches. Holds the Intercollegiate recordfor broad-jumping, 21 feet, 7J inches; and the Yale record for pole-vaulting, 10 feet, 3^ inches; and5 feet, 6if inches for the running high jump. 72