Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 45
reat progress dur-ing the last few years, due to a greater attentionto form. Mike Sweeney, the holder of theworlds record, and I. K. Baxter, the amateurworlds champion, are the best exponents ofthis sport. They have both reduced high jump-ing to a science, and by employing their methodsa jumper can… … KRAENZLEIN LANDING IN THE BROAD JUMP. Note the way the legs are thrown out. It looks as if he would fall back into the jumping-pit, but his momentum will send him forward.This jump was taken when Kraenzlein made his then (1898) worlds record of 24 feet 7^ inches. best but seldom, as this event is…
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