Athletics of To-Day 1929

Athletics of To-day Just prior to coming to Stockholm Rose had made yet another new world's record with an aggregate total of gr ft. rot ins., in which he put 50ft. 6 ins. with his right hand and 41ft. 4! ins. with his left hand. This record still stands unbroken, although two Americans and one German eclipsed his best hand record of 51 ft. at Amsterdam in rg28. Before the rgr2 Olympiad, R. S. Woods put up a surprisingly fine school record at Dulwich College of 37ft. 7 ins. When I saw him as a Freshman at Fenner's shortly afterwards I gained the impression that he was going to be very good indeed, and he proved it with a record in the Freshmen's sports of 35ft. 6 ins. I had the pleasure of working with him on points of style in February, 1914, and a month later he won the Oxford and Cambridge event at 41ft. r in., and, having served all through the War, won the event again in 1920 at 40 ft. 3 ins. He is undoubtedly the best shot putter England has yet produced and holds the English native record of 44ft. rr ins., made with an over-weight shot in the English hampionships of rg26, but his best effort of all, so far, was in 1927, when he went on tour with the Achilles Club to Athens and established a new Greek record of 45 ft. r! ins. Dr. Woods stands 5 ft. rrt ins. and weighs 12 st. 3 lb., but has extraordinary quickness and co– ordination, combined with speed (SI secs., ! mile), strength, and the patience which enables the athlete to master the finer points of his art. He has represented England in many international · matches, Great Britain twice at the Olympic Games, and also the British Empire against the United States of America. His work for the future of British athletics has been remarkable. He was the first Cantab to beat 40ft., and since he has coach d the C.U.A.C. (1920-29), this event has never been won at under 40 ft. at Cambridge. R. L. Howland (No. 4, Plate 59) ow s everything to him, and Dr. Woods is at pr sent shaping two possible champions in J. P. Wallace and R. M. N. Ti dall. The first post-War 01 ympiad, held at Antwerp in r 920, saw the last of the old American generation of shot putters, and the Scandinavians beginning to achieve the results for which they had worked so hard. In the eliminating trials Niklander led