"Their bodies are in shape.end so they forget that by overworking they tire themselves and have nothing left at the finish of a race.: An athlete should rest fully 24 hours before a race and do little exercise before he runs, If this restraint can be added to improved technique, there is no telling just how far some of these marks can be lowered,"
Liebgold is an expert in his profession. He was a champion walker and marathon runner two dozen years ago, and has spent his life in training others, Some of the his charges were Benny Leonard, lightweight boxing champion; Mrs. Millie Gade Carson, second woman to swim the English cannel; Rube Marquard, New York Giant pitcher, and Bernie Wefers. first man to break 10 sec. in the 100- yard dash.
"Im laughed at when I say that the 9-sec. hundred is a certainty," the squat, nattily dressed veteran explained, "Similarly, Wefers laughed when I told him that a 10-sec. hundred was a certainty and that he would do it, he did.
"It will not be done by a man who is working under a bigoted coach, or one who is too great a'stickler on technique. Occasionally there happens along a boy who is a great natural runner, This is the type on which we must pin hope. Just a dash of technique can make him a world beater, but two dashes of the same'*can ruin hi He Ynust be handled just right
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