Athletics of To-Day 1929

The Pole Vault allowance has been made for the vertical lift whereby the athlete raises his body a considerable way above the height of his hand– hold upon the pole when it has reached its vertical position, and since Gold, when he set the American Western onference record at 12ft. ro ins., had his upper hand hold at rr ft. 2 ins., ~he vertical lift, properly performed, must add at least eighteen Inches to the height the athlete is able to clear. FIG. 25. Th whol case is, of course, op n to considerable argument, but on thing th figures d bring out i the enormous advantag of sp din the run-up, since the height attained in swing up is proportional to the square of the v locity when running, so that an incr as of spe d equivalent to even one-fifth of a second 1 ss in roo yards provid s an addition of over 4 ins. to the h ight reached in th swing up. In ~ ig. 25 the athl te, who, we will assume, weighs approxi– mately rso lb., is seen taking off. The pole point has reached R