Athletic Sports (extract)

I Physical Characteristics of the Athlete dicate a rel­ atively short neck. Itwill be seen that the jumper's characteris­ tics are want­ ing here in the relatively long thigh a n d s h o r t leg, though both arepro- Figure 9 . portionally long for the body. When we come to consider the other measurements, this apparent disad­ vantage is to a certain extent accounted for. All the bone measurements are very FIGURE 9. — B , Harvard, '87 ; age, 22 years, 3 months; weight, 172 lbs.; height, 5 feet, 9.3 inches. Pulled the past three years on the Harvard University crew; played centre-rush in the '86 Harvard foot-ball eleven, and has had at least five years of exercise as a rowing man and foot-ball player. 77