Evening star., 1896-06-20
DIR. MCDOWELL ARRIVES.

ly too long a distance for convenience or
pleasure to the spectators.
DIR. MCDOWELL ARRIVES.
The English Pleased With the Amert-
can SculIer.
DR.. w. F. Mcdowell of Chicago the
American oarsman who will compete in the
race for the diamond sculls. has arrived at
Henley. England with his boat. 1t weighs
only twenty-five pounds fully rugged, but
without oars
DR.. Mcdowell last year won the amateur
championship of America from a field OF
the best scullers, at Saratoga. He broke
the worlds record for one mile and half,
IN IN 9.4i at the northwestern regatta, and is
looked upon as likely to take away the
diamond sculls from r. Guinness, the Brit
isn champion, and to beat Guy and Vivian
Nlckalis, the most famous oarsmen in Eng
ianu Dr. Mcdowell stands five feet eleven
inches in his stockings. and has been In
laihlns Tor months past on Lake Simcoe,
ont., under the guidance of Jake Gaudaur
soon after his arrival Dr. Mcdowell
launched his boat and went over the course
several times at an easy clip
LONDON, June 20.-Sporting Life saws:
"A surprise at Henley yesterday was the
arrival Of DR.. Mcdowell of Chicago AS
soon as he arrived he busted himself with
getting his boat ready. BY o'clock II was
launched, but few strokes showed that
the rig was wrong, and he returned to the
boat house. where it was altered On the
lock.
The doctor is very neat sculler. and
with ~ little practice he would make as
good an Impression as Thompson did last
year. one would have thought that
three or four-mile spin was enough for a
traveller just after a weeks voyage but
Mcdowell took another trip down to the
starting post and back. His appearance is
very attractive"
English Criticism of Yale
LONDON, June 2O.-The Field today
publishes adviceS from it's correspond-
eht at Henley saying that the past forty
elsht hours have made wonderful sif-
ference In the Yale crew. Since ~eeing
the work Of Trinity Hail." the correspond
ent adds, Bob Cook has heightened the
stroke OF the American crew, and they
are now doing twenty-eight, at which
they send the boat along at a trem andous
pace The Field correspondent also says
that the Americans body work is now much
better, and he regards them as being a
dangerous crew.
The Pail Mall Gazette says:
Bob Cook has remodeled the Yale stroke
Instead Of finishing on the perpendicular
the rowers now go back almost as far
as the English During this mornings
practice the stroke averaged thirty, and
rarely went beyond thirty-three. 1t only
fell to twenty-six. and the pace the
racing craft greatly benefited by the
alterations. and the oars cleared a lot of
water at each stroke. Every one at Hen
ley thinks the Yale crew has improved
wonderfully"
The Field says of the American oarsmen:
The arrival of the Yale men has been
anxiousy looked forward to by all inter-
ested IN rowing. not owing to preliminary
nourish or trumpets. for they have been
more modest than some of our visitors from
foreign parts, but on the reputation that
Mr.. Cook has achieved of having taught
them the English style of rowing. AS soon
as the Yale men We're af1oet 1t was seen
that their style was much the same as that
OF Cornell. Instead of long strokes and
powerful body swing, it was short and
shatchy. and the work was done with the
arms Though there Is some disappont-
ment that our crews will not have to con-
tend with one which rows in what we con-
sider the correct style, and which would
thereiore, be more formidable opponents
IMAM cornell there Is an undercurrent Of
satisfaction at the prospect of retaining
1he cup IN this country. Though not for
lCfn, their first performance was in no wise
1air criterion of the capab of the
crew, but 1T seemed unlikely that the een.
down. ~ e' ee''ieu
ro,ad And SO 1T. It proved. AS yet. they have
tneE slt IN the boat, they give n tmpression
OF great power being very level and mus
cuiar. They do not seem the sort of men to
have not trained rgidly on the teetotsI svs
tenn; In coming forward they turn the
DiaoeS OF their oars over the water much as
cornell did, thus taking it at an angle
Ihelr first stroke Is usually slow and
Steady fut with the second they begin to
bucket badly: Their oars take the water
W.T. M,th dni, mite splashing but they do not come
out quite cleanly. The blades, however
are beautifully level on the feather Tbeir
bodies are absolutely n line witho,,t tba
snghtest screwing. The men sit I'd well
with their heads in the air Their form
is perfect did they only finish the stroka
out. This, however is very short nsi,b
positively no body swing
AS soon as they are in perpendicular
position. they complete the stroke with
their arms, never going beyond II. and thev
get their shoulders we'll back The tbns
do not have the full power of the leg drive
nor do they thoroughly utilize their slide
lhey are well together in their own style
and are an excellent crew, probably better
than Cornell, but at a snort distance thay
might be mis- taken for the latter The re
semblance is further heightened by the coy
swan swan encouraging them in exactly the
same tone OF voice the Cornells'. Most
OF thelr work Is paddle of thrty-two
strokes to the minute, at which they barely
clear the water.
They have sometimes rowed as fast as
thirty-eight, when they clear almost as
much water as at the slower stroke
1T is difficult to account for their repu-
tatlon or being taught to row long Posi-
bly,, originally. Cook so instructed a crew
but they gradually and unconsciously drop
ped into the style they saw practiced
around them.
The crew have made many friends at
Henley by their quiet and unostenta tious
demeanor, and they are receiving hearty
welcome from al sides, especially from the
mayor as the representative Of the To-
cality."
Mnhoney Defeats Larned.
LIVERPOOL, June 2O.-At the Northern
lawn tennis tournament championships
yesterday Mahoney beat W. A. Larned. the
American player. by SO, 20. CO, S-6 and
6-3, in the final game.
Larned, in the final round Of the sim
giles. opened strongly and ran away from
Mahoney in the first two sets in some
what easy style, but in the third set Ma
honey freshened and showed splendid tao
tics Larned struggled gamely in the
third and fourth sets, but Mahoney won
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