Track Athletics in Detail (extract)

THE RUNNING HIGH JUMP 5 3 head is thrown forward and down. He seems to be almost reclining on his side, whereas Baltazzi, who is shown in the pictures on pages 58 and 59, makes the leap with his body practically per­ pendicular, although he necessarily bends forward in the motion which lifts the torso over the stick. Fearing's form, as displayed in this photograph, does not give the same idea of power and assur­ ance as that shown by Baltazzi. Sweeney, the world's champion, jumps in the same manner as Baltazzi—in fact, Baltazzi acquired much of his style from studying Sweeney. But there is one O. B. FEARINC'S FORM