Athletics of To-Day 1929

CONTENTS PREFACE FOREWORD BY LORD BURGHLEY Chapter PART I. I. THE GROWTH oF MoDERN ATHLETics - PART II.- THE TRACK EVENTS. Page vii XV I II. THE SPRINTS- lOO TO 300 YARDS 38 III. THE EvENT Sur GENERIS - 440 yARDS - s6 IV. THE SnoRT MIDDLE DrsTANCEs-6oo to r,ooo YARDS 68 V. CLASSICAL DISTANCES- 1,500 METRES AND I MILE 78 VI. THE DrsTANCES-2 to ro MILES - 91 VII. RELAy RACING 106 VIII. THE MARATHON RACE IIS I . TnE LONG DISTANCES- 30 to roo MILES 126 X. THE HIGH HuRDLES- 120 ARDS and 110 METRES 132 I. THE Low HuR LES-220 YARDS, 400 METRES, 440 yARDS ISI II. TIIE TEEPLECHASE: 1,320 YARDS, 3,000 METRES, AND 2 MILES I6I III. CRoss- OUNTRY RuN ING I 7 IV. THE WALKS 176 ART III. - THE FIELD EVENTS. THE HIGH jUMP THE LONG jUMP THE HoP, TEP, AND juMP TnE PoLE VAULT THROWING THE jAVELIN - THROWING THE ISCUS THROW! G THE HAMMER PUTTING THE HOT - 1E POINTS IN ATHLETIC CIENCE APPENDIX : TABLES OF RECORDS - INDEX Xl