ATHLETICS.
A. G. Hill, the mile record-holder of British athletics, is against tape "jumping." He says can quote the fate of one man. He was running qu ; te well in his heat of the sprint until he got to within a yard of the tape and then he made an attempt to jump. I know of nothing worse that a sprinter can do. Having made the jumn, he pulls himself up dead, and the-result is a fall that may* have serious results. The unwisdom of jumping is s o obvious, one would hardly think it nece-sarv to emphasise it; yet I have seen "ttiiinv athletes try it repeatedly. Evidently only a very severe lceson will break them of the habit. In theory, a finishing jump is all right; in practice, it is useless, aud worse."
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Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 226, 23 September 1922, Page 18
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135ATHLETICS. Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 226, 23 September 1922, Page 18
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