Olympian Field Events

THE RUNNING IIIGI-1 ]UP.IP. 53 E.·c pt in v ry exceptional cas s, th former is to be condemned, the p rformer's natural spring being capable of improvem nt to a very limited d gree only. This style is known as the "scissor jump," and is bad in that the body is almost in ariably h Id upright or bent fonvard . In ith r ase, the whole weight i centralis d ov r the hips, thu forcing the seat down and frequently ausi ng it to remove the bar. U nf rtunat ly a modifica– tion of thi m th d is u d by ne of the best jumpers w ha e in thi country, B. II. Baker, who cleared 6ft. at the lympian Trial , 1912, in an xhibition jump, aft r tying with 'Donohue at sft. I rin. When he giv s it up and ad pts the Am rican style of g tting th b dy o ~r straight and the 1 g o er fir t, then th r is no telling what h may a mpli h. Both style may be again sub-divid d int two heads– the n in whi h th hould rs ro s the bar fir t, as practis d by . W. Tayl r, f th lyt chnic Ilarri r ; the ther, and mor u ual tyle, in whi h the run JS made fr m th fr nt and the l .. g r th bar fir t, is by far the b t, and, in id ntally, th n us d by the pi k of th Am ri an jump r . In th m th d in whi ·h th first, a 1 r ·bing run, with th b dy b nt forward and arm winCYin ·, i ad pl d. A th athl t tak .IT, th body i · l'anin t 'ard · th• 1 ar. \Vh nth b dy i in m id-air and th ·hould ·r · ,. r th bar th 1 gs ar swung up\ ar l - and ov r by the u f th abd minal muscl es, th jump r r lling inv ards th ar and landin; sid wa s. Thi styl , h v ver, is only suit d to a cry f w athl l . \Vhat may 1 d' rib d a , tn whi h th run i bar and th 1 g r s t, and th ne apabl f impr ving th rman e to th gr at t .. ·t This styl may b pra ti d in tw ways. (r) In