The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-07-03
HOW 70 SWIM FAST.
CAvILL SHOWS THE WAY HE
DOES IT.
Worlds Champion Swimmer E<p'ams
The Steadiest Stroke for the Water
Can Always Learn.

Cavill the worlds champion swimmer
has been visiting in Honolulu for over
week and the members of the HealJ nj
club have taken advantage Of the OPP
portunity of learning from him the
latest style of fast and correct swim
ming Cavill is an Englishman ana his
proficiency as a swimme" has been the
result of much practice ana extensive
observation. He has the right idea
about becoming proficient in any bust
ness for he says that no m after how eX-
pert one may be they can always learn
some thing more. Frequently he has,
he says, picked up POINTERS from sec
ond rate swimmers and 10 his careful
observation of the many different va
rieties of swimming tLdt he has Seah
is due this wonderful ability.
Cavill and Dan Renear VINO won the
worlds amateur championship at tie
Chicago Worlds Fair IN 1893 have been
together frequently ut the Iealanj Cluo
and even the Great Dan, the Healani
Mani Fish, has recognize ID in Cavill a
master of the art of swimming ana
has profitted by the acquantnnca.
Perhaps the most striking departure
in the method of swimming is the stiff
arm stroke which Cavill has introduced.
Formerly i'm using the dJu DE overland
stroke a swimmer would bend his arms
at the elbow fully 80 degrees. CaNill
says don't 90 this. 1t is obsolete and
not nearly so fast as his improvement
In bringing his arm out of the water
CaVll keeps the arm perfectly rlgt1.
The advantages of such a stroke are
two fold. In the first place as the
swimmer throws the arm forward in
front of him his body is inVoluntarily
given an increased momentum, without
additional eXertiOn on the part of the
swimmer. once the arm is extended in
front of the swimmer he brings the
arm back with a full sweep as If 1t were
an oar down to his side at the same
time kicking. The advantage of this
is that the full force is secured and
there is no eXertion in bending the
arms. The second stroke with the other
arm is similar to the first with the
exception that it is made without the
kick as Cavill is a believer in the
superiority of the single kick.
II developed this stroke" said Cavill
after travelling around the world and
watching the different styles of swim
mers. The idea of the forward reach
was probably gotten from the MaOris
of New Zealand They bring the arm
out in front of them, slightly different
from my system and also swim with
the double kick. In using this straight
arm stroke however one must not bring
the arm too deep through the water or
too high out of it, With the single over
hand the arm under the water should
he bent slightly and swept down to
the side of the thigh and not swim
down across the body as many use it.
The kick is the most important part
of swimming. The single kick should
always be used In bringing up the
legs the swimmer should begin to
spread them out Immediately and not
wait until he draws them up to do this
The greatest strength and speed is
gotten by shutting the legs togethel
with a powerful sweep like the CLOSING
of pair of shears"
Cavil's record for 100 yards is
minute pa seconds N competition md
l minute and "A seconds in practicr He
has been very successful in life saving
and has received a number of medals
for this sort of work. Cavill and his
sister perform surprising feats in the
water and his ability to remain under
the surface is marvellous.