Athletics of To-Day by Graham

ATHLETIC lace in the field a team ea a le of making a good fight. \ e on our side , ·ill, as a rule, be able o turn out runners •ho are able to ho d their o .\'n, but it mus be remembered t a in crossing he ocean i is they ·ho are more affec ed y the journe · and he climate han the men who d ,·o e themsel ·es to field C\'en . To gi ·e the Americans a good ma eh in their own country we must turn out jum ers and strong men \\ ho can hold heir o \·n and no depend en irely upon mi dle and lo 1g-dis ance racers. This applies more particularly to the ni– \'ersitics, where at resent an team that meets an merican starts , ·i h the disad ·antagc of kno, ·ing hey , ·ill lo for a ccr ainty t ,·o events-the ammcr and , ·eight. This is a long handicap, an c ·cry effort should e made.: to irnJ rove he standard of these even s. Inter-club meetings should es ecially le ·ncouraged, a it leads to more side- y ide racin . Ther is a great tendency for ir -class runnc t l refer to start scra eh often to a fiel of very inferior nnc an either to try to run through for a ,. lu b.e rize or to eat record. This is the wo t e •il of o rn athle ics, and lead to ad cing. 14