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LONDON, July 30th.
AMERICA PAYS A DEPT.
Members of the American Bar Associa tion who have this week concluded their visit to London in an official scuse are. loud in their praises of the reception they have had. Flospitality has been liberally bestowed upon them. They have been feted publicly, and in addition have en joyed entertainment provided by many notable people privately. I believe the feeling uppermost in the minds of the visitors is how they can adequately prove their appreciation of all this kindly Atten- tion. it is probable that there will he a visit of members of the English Bar to the United States; but however that may be it goes without saying that the visit
of educated Americans of the status of the American Bar Association must be productive of good in the promotion of closer ties between this country and the United States.
In connection with their visit the American barristers paid a debt in eir enstances that seem worthy of notice. They went down to Oxfund to look round the famous seat of learning," and at Brisenose College were greatly surprised even shocked, I am told-to discover that Lawrence Washington, great-great grandfather of George Washington, first President of the Republic, left there in debt. It was only a matter of 17. 10., for "battels" (bread and beer) but the money had never been paid.
It seems that Lawrence Washington matriculated at Brasenose in 1621, become & Fellow in 1825, and went down from College in 1633 He departed leaving a personal debs of Tax, and although the authorities made efforts to collect this sum they were unsuccessful. The Ameri- can barristers on hearing about this im mediately held a meeting among them selves, and subscribed the seventeen and tenpence on condition, however, that the question of interest on the original debt was waived! The Principal of Brasenose courteously accepted the money on behalf of the College, and accordingly the books of Brasenose will no longer contain a record refecting upon the good faith of the Washingtons!
THE OLYMPIC GAMES
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THE HUMAN MACHINE.'
ANALYSIS OF A SPRINT."
Inasmuch as full speed cannot be attain. ed för an appreciable time after a sprin- ter's start on account of the delay in overcoming inertia, the maximum speed at some part of the race must clearly be "considerably greater..
It would be a fascinating piece of work to estimate the velocity during every yard of the hundred, and various schemes to that end could casily be employed but all of them are rather elaborate and not too practicable."
to analyse the feat, and gives his conclu- Dr. Adophe Abrahams made an attempt sions in the Evening News Whilst it does not pretend to absolute scientific accuracy if offers some pertinent facts, and is of special interest in that it was adapted to H. M. Abrahams...
His original desire was to obtain a measurement of every stride from pistol to post during an oven time perfonn ance, and he ran a trini on a suitably pre pared track. the actual time recorded by three special watches being 9-54-100 sees.
It was ascertained that the hundred yarda was traversed in 44 strides-f.. an average of 8 feet 9 inches per stride. Of course, the first few strides were very hort, actually 3 feet 3 inches: the optim um stride of 7 feet 6 inches was reached at 44 yard from the start (the 2nd stride).
It was possible to obtain the time at 15 yards and at other successive stages from the start, and from such figures the in- teresting fact emerges that frequency of striding or, what is the same thing, the duration of each stride, is practically con- stant: it is the length of the stride which varies. In the first second only some 16' feet are covered: in the second. about 25 feet.
The runner appears to reach full speed furing the fifth second but it is difficult to be certain that there is not a critical period at about 70 yards when. for a short distance, velocity is at its greatest with a maximum speel of be- tween 12 and 13 yards per second-or over miles an hour...
More simply considered and probably more accurately. 23 yards are traversed in three seconds; this leaves seven seconds for the remaining 77 yards. Ä perfectly co-ordinated sprinter, reaches this velocity of 11 yards par second (92) miles per hour) early in the fifth second and is capable of presenting it for ner, haps, 180 yards, & supposition supported by the various sprinting records which have been established.
The investigations clearly confirmed the impression familiar to runners, that throughout the run the strides taken from the left fodt are always a little, but dis- tiortly, Innger than those taken from the right. Plausible, but not. very satisfying explanations have always been fortheom- ing for the phenemerion,
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Now that the Olympic Games at Paris are over we eeeni to be in for a contro- versy more pointed and bitter even than that which was provoked by the contests of 1920 Nobody has any complaint to make about the flat races." In these the best men won on their individual merits. But the boxing competition was a faseo -the award was given to a man who was manifestly beaten on points, and after- wards the decision was reversed on a com- plaint being formally lodged by twa, of the nations eoncerned, The fencing also
Admiral Sir James Startin, who at the was very nearly a flasco, and the Franco outbreak of the war came out of retire- American football match will be rememment and gave valuable assistance in bered because of the way the French fighting the German submarinea-he re- crowd forgut how to behave and displayed ceived his knighthood for those services- gross partisanship.
In English sporting circles the point is made that we ought as a nation to refuse
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related some of his war experiences at the Keswick Convention upon the value of prayer.
to participate again in the Olympic On one occasion when in a submarine- games.
These contexts, it is said, have infested area he insisted on prayer for a value attached to them which is entirely the whole crew. While at prayer a Ger fictitious. Our "own national meetings man submarine attacked them but did not such as Henley or Wimbledon, to say hit them once.
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nothing of the inter-Varsity, sports and On another occasion while a submarine the international football matches, pro-lying at the bottom of the sea, the sub- vide us with all the opportunities we want marine was attacked by a British des- seo first-rate sport.. The Olympie troger under the impression that it was games are bad for sport not merely bela German craft. The British bombed cause of unhealthy feelings which are them and they had to remain submerged engendered among certain people who do for twenty hours, but they came through not look upon athletic contests in the scathless through prayer. English way-who cannot cheer the win- uer whoever he may be-but also because the games are little more than veiled professionalism.
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I have referred from time to time to Majesty the King, the first to be held the extraordinary number of night clubs since the historic assemblage of Britain's in London, which is a most undesirable sea power to the fateful and unsuspected phase of life in the great city. The rea eve of war in 1914, has given rise to Bon is chiefly that owing to licensing flood of discussion. You read elaborate restrictions as regards hotels and restau- comparisons about the number of hip rants, preventing people from passing then and now; there are wise or foolish time socially under normal conditions, statements (it depends, of course, on the individual's standpoint) about our pre-people have been driven to evade the law. The Pussyfoot fraternity of cranks and paredness for war; and the experts can- not help themselves when the Washington that if only you can make difficulty in the faddists appear act on the assumption and write round it; they all refer to it way of obtaining drink you will turn the C. E WARREN & CO., LTD. P.&O.BANKING CORPORATION
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I think that outside the Yanks of pure partisanship na regarda a big navy or a amall navy, the impression conveyed by the review of the King's ships at Spit head is unquestionably that the first line of defence" is still as powerful and certainly as efficient as ever it was in To satisfy the demand for drink TLC. 289. HONGKONG. all the years of its long and glorious stronger than ginger pop" after cleven history. Compared with 1914 the num- o'clock at night we have seen the rise of ber of capital ships is small. They have London night clubs in almost every street been reduced in accordance with the rigid They are by the very nature of the case and ruthless obligations of the Washing-obliged to resort to many devices to
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are many other ships unknown ten years on in these resorts which would never be ago which are to be seen in impressive thought of-vice and immorality blatant HOT WATER SYSTEMS, &c.
Mine-sweepers were unknown and unashamed-if the men and women when war broke out, and now there are who frequent night clubs were allowed to hundreds of them, so also as regards have a drink and spend an hour in the aircraft carriers, of which there were none open, as it were, in hotels or restaurant, in 1914, but they are now essential as the after the theatres are closed. Matters floating bases of the aeroplanes which are have gone so far now that special legisla-ITALIAN the eyes of the modern "navy.
tion is proposed to deal with night clubs
The fact is that the fleet to-day is a At present the polico have so power to new feet. When King George went down enter a night club except they are armed. to Spithead he found out of 388 ships with a warrant, and the idea is to let thes in the lines only one which was there in police have easy access. The whole posi 1914. Perhaps in ten years time there tion is, however, utterly wrong. We will again be as big a difference. Who should not have had any trouble over knows? The one solid and comforting fact night clubs if the Pussyfoot tribe had is that the power of this country to ex-refrained from interfering with other pand the fighting and auxiliary units of people's rights and liberties they very the fleet should occasion arise still re- cunningly contrived to do this under cover mhina; and moreover the spirit of the of the war by pretending that further force and Edelity to imperishable tradi- restriction on the sale of picchole liquor tions is stronger than ever. After all this was one of the ways, by which Tational is the thing that matters,
energies could be mobilised to win the (Continued on next column:)
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