Girl Athletes in Action

H 'R LI . - ' \\L\L\RY (2) w1.·c to the fact that comparati, ely eakin a girl find ir ea ier to negotiate the 2 ft. 6 in . hurdle u e in her e,·ent than it i for a man to take the f . 6 in . fence u ed in hi hort i ranee hurdle race there i not the need for the irl to eff et that clo e clearance and na py chop-d wn action which i uch a characteri tic an of the male hi h hurdler' tyle. It ma · e aid in fact hat a girl hurdl r should try to take her fence by the el n ation of her ordinary runnin rrid and , ith n t quite o re– nounced a bo ,_ ip a i u cd y the man ,vho ac ually rin the front of hi thigh into contact with hi che tin effec in hur le clearance. I i moreover quire in order for the irl athlete to make the clearance with a ace of 6 in . or more between the ea of her h re and the t rail of the hur le. hen again it i a dcbata le point if u in the claw-down of the leading lcg-acti n a irl nee to land qui e o clo c to the hur le a a man e · r i f a ~Ii \Yebb i doin in 1' io. + it i nor be tcr for her to Ian ra rher fur her from the hurdle o chat he \.vill not be corn lled to u c the man' terrific knee lift to houl er level in or er to e lcn h in o he fin ride af er landing. ~Ii Webb it vvill be ccn i u in~ a en ible modifi– ca ion of the male hi h hur ler method and o i able o et aw ' in he fir t tridc after landing wi h a mooth an ea y a well a a nicely balanced tridin.,. ac ion in \\hi h the arm arc oivin.,. full and bar- f the le .