The Hawaiian gazette., 1885-11-10

HtiicullA un NIocclully With Their AIMS
Thus the SUCCESSIVE Stages 81 rowing ma,
he traced non exclusive usc Of tho arms
~ first, 10 use u the hack and arms. ther
81 the hack and less. with as little cmploy
ment OF the arms as possible. and finali,
to the principle az assigning all the mus
eles Of the body their lifting proportion q
the work
on the slighter notifications introduced
hoa year 10 yeSr, il Is impossible and un
necessary 10 speak The abortion Of slid
ing seats caused n slower sirokN The
traditional straight hack" and .'catch on
the beginning 81 Harvard date hack Il
1875 or 1851. After the time az MIR. Nilbul
Il, Bacon there WIS no radical new depar
ture in rowing at Yale until MIR. Robert !
Cook spent the winter II 1872 - in Eng
land Studying English rowing. and gain
ING information of infinite value. which
wssrprScticSlly applied in 1873. News
pSpeT Tidicule of the English stroke was
changed by the result Of the race. which
was herslded IS "a victory for Cook and
for the slow stroke Of thirty IL thirty two
a minute with full use Of the back and
Ions, IL Is rather the Cook stINakS, than
the English stroke which Yale adopted in
1873 Snd with few exceptions, has
adhered - since In 1882 Yale chansrsli
to short, lerky stroke, pulled principally
with the arms, the bodies swinging very
little NON the perpendicular, / believe
Mr.. Cook promptly predicted dcteSt on
hrst seeing this remarkable style Of row
Ing, and his prediction proved correct both
IN 1872 and lSSS LAST yeSr the Yale crew
returned To the old stroke. and after their
victory Mr.. Cook remarked: We are now
back 10 where we were in 1873 and ex-
pressed 4 sincere hope that 'the donkey
engine stroke" would not he seen again,
AT Harvard there was s new departure in
lS5i, which may be roughly termed 4
change trom the ~Loring stroke" to the
stroke taught by MessrS Watson and Ban
eroft, This stroke Was begun with the
body well forward. and the successive
motions were first the swing up. with 4
hand cstch ON the beginning; second. the
slide with the legs, The arms still rigid:
third. the Srm pull. bringing the oar
handle to the chests fourth. after the oAr
hiade Is lifted from the water. quick,
outward shoot of the hands: fifth. the slide
bSck by doubling the legs, and last, the
downward swing Of the body" This yeSr
there has heen some change in the Har-
vArd stroke. but have found by visit to
the host house that the Importance Of the
change has been exaggerated. Now the
men swing the slide simultaneously. and
the weight Of the hack Is applied in the
middle instead 81 Al the beginning Of the
stroke. Is the oar- blades are fully covered
IN the beginning Of the stpoke. which Is
pulled ~hzrd through until the hands
resch the body. II does not appear that
the stroke q 1885 Is shorter than its me
deceSsors. and wss told by CAPTAIN Stor-
TOW that il wSS no quicker. He informed
me that. in practice pulls, the crews aver
Sged thirty 20 thirty-one strokes 4 minute.
running up 10 thirty SIX in hard rowing.
be defined the stroke ss 4 combination II
principles tested by jhpee Harvard oArS-
men. successful II recent yeSrs -MeSsrs
RSncroft, Curtis and Perkins. Csptzin
Sto-Tow acknowledged his inability Ia
understand the newspaper definition oi
the stroke Is an adaptation Of profes-
sional armand leg work 10 straight back
rowing. The Harvard crew a 1885 Is
composed Of light men. seven Of whom
enter the university boat tins year for the
hrst time: but the crew VIII not experi-
ment with quick professional zrm- and
leg stroks" 81 Nsw-london To the Law
m4n there VIII p-otslly be few differences
N the styles 81 rowing by the rival crews.
Training in these dsyS Is conducted
DoCe literally and intelhge1tly. but the
p-JEa-fghie- schocl 81 training made its
influence felt into the seventies In ISL
the Blown oSrSmen were limited IL nine
swallows Cf water dAily, and IN 1873 the
Dartmouth giants wera takel cut directly
sitter hearty supper. for q six-mils pull
81 full speed. On the cid pyineiple Of
working food into EN- Yerv naturally.
four q the Six we've rlads SICK much to
the surprise of John Bsclin. Their trainer.
Fortunately. such ignorant and dangerous
training IS fins has PISSED away, The
beSt resumes 81 science znd experience
sre sppliei 10 the physical care Of oollece
osrmsn With a physician. & trained
specialist, 81 hznd t. decide whether o.
not the candidate i fitted to compete for
boating bono-s- the old argument Of the
dangerous ovsE -exe-tson. and 50 on. %
rowing tzlls 70 The ground L l. seknoyrl-
edged Ihst there are men with tendencies
30 heart Troubles let Is say, who should
never enter > rscing bost. Just a there are
2ea to<b1ddeo by inherited zppetiteS to
touch drop q wine But the hnz ans
ver 70 objections l. that 81 Harvard. and.
believe Al Isle, n nan Is permitted 10
begin training until he has undergone q
thcEolgh physical examination. ard has
been declared oonpsseut b! . recognized
s1thozlty
Al tbs i q comparatively recent date.
and yes. II We hsd such 81 American nc
o-a a Dr. 4orgzn'S University Oars I
think It would be hzrd 10 find Instances Of
injury eyea smong GU earlier
AMI poorly cared fcr c1rsne1- Ssg- fsgi
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