Athletic Training

96 ATHLETIC TRAINING jumpers are big men with a good turn of speed. A. C. Kraenzlein, holder of the inter– collegiate record of 24 feet 4t inches, an– swered this description perfectly. He stood six feet in height, weighed one hundred and seventy pounds, and could run 100 yards in 10 seconds. The equipment for the running broad jump is simple enough. A joist, preferably eight inches wide, is set firmly in the ground, its top being level with the top of the ground. The earth should then be dug up in front of this joist to a depth of from six inches to a foot, and for a distance of from twenty to thirty feet, according to the age and ability of the jumpers. The joist is called the "take– off," and in competition the jumper is not allowed to have any part of his foot over this board. Each competitor is allowed three trials, and then the best three or four men, according to the number allowed in the finals, are permitted three more trials each. Each competitor is credited with the best of his · jumps. The measurement of a jump is made from the outer edge of the joist to the nearest break of the ground made by any part of the