The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1913-02-19

TO approach the stick straight to the
front slowly, taking off the left foot.
swinging the right up hard and across
the body a little, using n strong up
ward arm heave, the body turning to
the left and the left foot drawn up
sharply almost touching the other
thigh. AS the body is passing over
| the stick the left arm which is hang
Ing down, should be forced backward
and up, whcih raises the left foot of
the stick. the Jumper landing on all
fours facing the stick. Little speed
In the approach should be used except
In the last two steps, which should
be quick and hard, measure the take
of by standing in front Of the bar,
swinging up the other foot so that 1t
Just clears, then turn and step off
| about Is or, 20 steps, make a mark,
and If the strides are even, the take
OF will always come to the right
place on the ground in front of the
stick. If it does not, move the back
mark one way or the other until 1t
does.
Standing High Jump
The rules governing the running
high jump, also govern the standing
high jump, except that,
The feet of the competitor may be
placed in any position, but shall leave
the ground only once in making an
attempt to jump. When the feet are
lifted from the ground twice, or two
springs are made in making the at
tempt, 1t shall count as trial Jump
without result, A competitor may
rock farward and back, lifting the
heels and toes alternatively from the
ground, but may not lift either foot
clear from the ground, or sidle it
along in any direction.
Running Broad Jump
In the running broad jump a take
off board two inches by four inches
and two feet long is set with the
ground broad side up, and in front
Of 1t the earth is dug out to depth of
three inches, and from an area Of two
square feet The jumper can start
back for his run as far as he wishes,
though 100 feet should be the max
imum. His toe must not break the
dirt in front of the take-off board, IL
It does his jump Is foul and counts
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land on a place where the earth has
been loosened and leveled To get
the best results, the jumper should
run as fast as possible, strike the
take-off board with the ball OF his
foot, Jump high into the air, draw up
his feet up under his body as far as
possible, and when alighting always
fall forward. Each competitor should
have three trial jumps, and the com
pettors finishing one, two, three and
four in the trial jumps, should each
have three more trial jumps.
Standing Broad Jump
Rules governing the running broad
jump also govern the standing broad
jump; except that,
The feet Of the competitor may be
placed in any position, but shall leave
the ground only once in making an
attempt to jump. When the feet are
lifted from the ground twice, or two
springs are made in making the at
tempt, it counts as trial jump with
out result. A competitor may rock
forward and back, lifting heel and toes
alternately from the ground, but
may not lift either foot clear of the
ground, or slide it along the ground
in any direction.
Potato Race
In this race, from three to eight
potatoes are placed two yards apart
in straight row. The first potato
being two yards from a receptacle,
which should be either pail, bas-
| ket, box or pan Mot over SO inches in
circumference at the opening The
finish Is line yards back Of the
receptacle, which must be crossed
after the last potato has been placed
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