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Title: Athletic training for school boys
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Orton, George W., b. 1873, ed
Subjects: Athletics
Publisher: New York, American Sports Pub. Co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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rint distance, for itis run at a high rate of speed. This quality is the most necessaryfor this distance. Our best quarter-milers all practice sprintingassiduously. They must be fast to carry the pace necessary.Burke and Long, two of the greatest quarter-milers this countryhas ever produced, have both done 12 seconds for the 120 yardsand even time for the 220 yards. Taylor, of Pennsylvania, anintercollegiate quarter mile champion, has beaten 22 seconds forthe 220 yards. Thus, great attention must be paid to sprinting, sothat the runner can stand the fast pace he will meet in the first300 yards of the race. Here again the athlete must study his peculiarities. If he findsthe quarter too long for him, he should then take occasional jogsfor half a mile or smart runs at 500 and 600 yards. But he shouldnot neglect his sprinting in any case. If, on the other hand, theathlete has plenty of stay but lacks speed, then he should payespecial attention to ^printing. He should run 220 yards at full
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McLanahan of Yale. Note the good jump he has made from theground, and that he is swmgmg up his legs. Photo by Pearce Spaldings Athletic Library, 31 speed occasionally. He should also go along for 300 yards or 350yards at a fast quarter mile pace. This will give him practice inthe fast pace necessary and his stay will keep him going the restof the way. Form is very important in the quarter. The pace is so fast inthis race that an easy action is almost a necessity. MaxeyLong, the present holder of the worlds record of 47 seconds, wasperfection for the quarter. His style combined length of stridewith ease of action, and he was thus able to keep up a very fastpace for the full distance. The quarter-miler should have a longswinging easy gait. The sprinting start is generally used in the quarter. The firstforty or fifty yards of the quarter is generally run at sprintingspeed, but then the runner should settle down to a long, easy, fastswing. This will carry him to the stretch and then he mu

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