Physical culture . 1-ro itereograph, copyright by Underwood & Underuoo M. J. Sheridan, U. S. A., who made a recthrow of 124 ft. 8 ins., in the Greekstyle discus throw ord 360 PHYSICAL CULTURE. From stereograph, copyright by Underwood & Underu 1 T. C. Irons, winner of broad jump, at 24 ins., which constitutes the Olympic record vices or exaggerated details of dress, andwith far better results from a hygienicstandpoint. The athletes representing the United States at the Games embraced withintheir ranks the very cream of the per-formers to be found in this country, andit is therefore not a s
Physical culture . 1-ro itereograph, copyright by Underwood & Underuoo M. J. Sheridan, U. S. A., who made a recthrow of 124 ft. 8 ins., in the Greekstyle discus throw ord 360 PHYSICAL CULTURE. From stereograph, copyright by Underwood & Underu 1 T. C. Irons, winner of broad jump, at 24 ins., which constitutes the Olympic record vices or exaggerated details of dress, andwith far better results from a hygienicstandpoint. The athletes representing the United States at the Games embraced withintheir ranks the very cream of the per-formers to be found in this country, andit is therefore not a surprising matter tofind them placed as winners in so manyof the athletic events. The photographsof a number of the successful performersin various lines of sport are reproducedin connection with this article. Partic-ularly noteworthy were the perform-ances of Melvin Sheppard, who was thewinner of the <Soo meter run in i ! sec., and of the 1500 meter run in4 min. 3! sec, and the victory ofSmithson in the 110-meter hurdle, aswell as that of Bacon in the 400-meterhurdle. Ray Ewry, who won the stand-ing high jump, and Irons and Porter,who respectively captured the runningbmad j
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