Athletics of To-Day 1929

Athletics of To-day Antwerp Olympic Games Results, 1920 J. Myrra, Finland, 215 ft. 9! ins. (Stockholm, 1912, 8th, 168ft. 4·8 ins.). V. Peltonen, Finland, 208 ft. 4 ins. (Stockholm, 1912, 9th, 161 ft. 5 ins.). P. Johansson, Finland, 207ft. o ins. J. Saaristo, Finland, 204 ft. 8i ins. (Stockholm, 1912, 200ft. 11 . ) I21r InS. . A. Klumberg, Esthonia, 204ft. 8i ins. G. Lindstrom, Sweden, 198ft. 6i ins. M. S. Angier, U.S.A., 191 ft. r1t ins. E. Blomqvist, Sweden, 190 ft. roi ins. J. C. Lincoln, U.S.A., 189 ft. 10 ins. Another thing that struck me at that Olympiad was that the Americans were evolving a style of their own, closely allied to the shot putting action in the final delivery of the missile, but totally different from the running throw as practised by the Scandinavian experts. It did not, and does not, appeal to me as being a good method, and it certainly is not so graceful as the other; but, for all that, a number of Americans have suc– ceeded in passing the 200 ft. mark. The post-War period in England has been noteworthy. In 1920 I went a little bett r than the late F. 0. Kitching's native record, but soon found my master through discovering J. Dalrymple, a diminutive cot of colossal strength and tireless energy and patience. For a couple of years I kept the upper hand of him, but in 1924 he was right beyond my poor powers, for although he failed to do himself justice at the A.A.A. hampionships he reach d I 6ft. 51 ins. at the L.A. . Summer Meeting a we k later and with . de ilhouette, of the eychelles Islands, r pr sent d reat Britain at the Olympic am sin the following month. At aris he strained his elbow in practice and so was out of that hunt. Jonni Myrra retained his Olympic laurels with a throw of 206 ft. 6i} ins., Gunnar Lindstrom was second at 199 ft. I0 1 7 ins., and E. G. Oberst, U.S.A., was third, 191 ft.