Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-06

ready to Jump Notice that the shoes he
wears have each six sharp, half inch spikes
in the toe, and similar spike in the heel.
The jumper toes the line which he has
drawn across the run as his starting mark.
His eve is fixed ON the check mark. To-
ward this he runs, slowly at first but in
creasing his speed with each stride. His
stride is so regulated that he will exactly
toe the check mark. From, the check to the
take-off the jumper rushes at full speed-it
was only recently that the value of speed
as factor in broad jumping was fully rec
ognized. He strikes the take-of with a
rush. The toe of the foot from which he
Jumps actually reaches over the edge of the
plank though not far enough to cause him
to step over altogether, or "fouL" The
spikes in his shoes prevent all danger OF
slipping. He takes a big spring, getting
lots of Elevation" and comes down with a
graceful curve-at least that's what you
think he is going to do,fb but at the last mo-
ment before alighting, he gives his legs a
Jerk forward, and his feet land a foot or IL
inches ahead of where you expected. They
sink over ankles in the soft pit, No fear
of a. jar here. 80
How the Jump Is Measured.
When the athlete measures his Jump you
will see that he measures from the edge of
his take-off nearest. the pit to the nearest
break or dent made in the pit by any part
of the body. This is the rule for measur-
ing, no matter how far back from the take
off his jump actually began. More than
once have known an athlete to lose a
have been some inches greater than that of
his competitors, he more than lost this by
sstaking-off'' or starting behind the plank
To strike the take-off accurately, therefore.
is most important. If you step over, your
foot goes into the ditch and you lose your
Jump; if you jump from behind the take-of
you lose that amount when your jump is
measured.
This rule may not at first seem fair, so let
us apply practical test. Suppose an
athlete who could jump q feet tried to
clear ditch 90 teet wide. And suppose he
"took off, ID inches behind the edge. Sup
pose another Jumper who could do just 20
feet then tried the ditch and managed just
the better jumper? Would it not be he
who combined with strength Of muscle the
skill to make the best use of his powers
and the nerve to rush to the very edge of
the ditch? An expert jumper will often
strike the plank accurately half dozen
times in succession
The Eject Of tho weather.
And this, too, in spite of the fact that
either, the weather or the condition of the
run may make difference in the length of
his stride. The stride is always longer on a
warm than on q cold day. The heat relaxes
the muscles and enables the athlete to EEK
tend" himself An athlete nowadays who
can't clesr q feet hardly thinks il worth
while to enter tor championship competi-
tion. DAWN, an Irishman, holds the En-
glish record, which is % feet inches. We
are away ahead Of our cousins across the
water, for We have developed three athletes
who have records better than Davin's
Malcolm w. Ford has leaped % feet
inches; A. +. Copeland has jumped one
eighth Of an inch farther than Ford, and
Charles g Reber, the champion Of America
and holder Of the worlds record, ID credited