Athletics of To-Day for Women

182 Athletics ofTo-day for Women first f w trid , with th body bent a little at the wai t, and the balance well control! d, a hown by Mi Edward (No. 30) in Picture 103. The incoming r lay hold the baton in her left hand by the lower third, thus allowing plenty of urface for the outgoing relay to get hold of ( icture 102 and 103). 'h hould corn up a littl to the right of the outgoing girl to ave h r from turning or str t hing too far b hind for the baton. Hold your ordinary arm wing until you ar a upl of strid s only from th outgoing r 1 y and then stretch the arm harply forward, as hown by Mi s coul r in ictur 102, and ev n b tt r by Ro e Thomp on in Picture 103. If you tretch out the d liv ry arm too oon it will int rf r with your strid . Do not 1 t go of the baton until you are quit sur that the next girl ha got a grip of it. m mb r that th f t r you fini h th fast r th n xt girl will g t away. h outg ing r lay mu t watch th incoming runn r and judg h r p d and tr ngth. h must b ar ful not to o- a k o r th t n yard r ar limit t r iv th bat n n r ro. th fr nt t n yard limit b f r h h got it. ' h mu t l arn t mak f st t rt, and t 1· f th in ming r 1 y.