INTRODUCTION 



IN preparing the Sports Library tor the 

 younger generation of sportsmen, the 

 Publisher and the Editor had the following 

 ideas in view : — 



They intended that the books should be 

 written by sportsmen of the younger generation 

 in thorough sympathy with the needs of 

 younger athletes and twentieth century ideas. 

 They hoped where necessary and practicable 

 to deal with the cost of each sport, and also to 

 show the public that many sports which are con- 

 sidered beyond the means of the ordinary man. 

 are quite within the reach of all who are really 

 interested. It was proposed that the medical 

 aspect of Sports should also be touched upon 

 in a practical wa\', and useful advice given to 

 the tyro. Last, but not least, it was intended 

 that the series should be a kind of cheap 



