Olympian Field Events

26 THE OLYlviPIAN FIELD EVENTS. champion hip programme th weight was pushed from the shoulder, but this method soon gave place to the one– handed swing fr m the side, which in its turn was sup r- d d by th tw -handed win ar und th head. Thi change in m thod has mat rially increa ed the di tanc s thr \ n, but ha put many men ut of the gam , a in the old days th differ nee b twe n a first-cla s per– former and n who was but medi urn was not so marked as it is to-day. Th lat t addition to th m thod f throwing is the t\ o turn whi h' a , I b li ve, first introduced by Jam s lit hell, th c lebrated Ameri an h avy weight athl t . Concerning th tyle of thr wing and dealing" ith th method from the v ry b ginning, th athl te must first f alll arn t h ld th v i ht pr p rly. To e~ plain what f 11 v it may b stat d that th \ ight i made up fa ph ri al ir n ma s atta h d t a trian ular handl by a wiv 1. Th bar f th er k which f rms th ba e of th triangl h uld b wid t all " f th hand b ing v 11 apart. Th t tal w i ht i 56lb., and th h ight f th w ight and handl t rr th r mu t n t .·c ed sixteen inch . Th athl t tak Th 1 ft in makin