The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-10-05
The Style of Stroke 10 Of More
importance Than
Strength.
"cRAwL" - THE FASTEST
The DOG Pad6ss- ~ Our Kid Days
10 Now cepsissrsd ~ the Hardest
sod Sle~ssa Msthed
In uss.
From the New York Trsbune.

muscles he has"
But strength doss nos win aiene. The
styie OF stroke also has something &c
do with the success OF . swimmer. Fos
example. a new stroke, which 10 said
To produce Creates speed than amy efh-
81. has recently bean introduced at thu
New York Athletic club by Gus sund-
strum- the swimming expert II n
aptiy. or inaptly. according tn onafs
point of view. called the crawl Ths
stroke apparently originated In AM
traita. Its Introduction IN New yerk.
according to Mr. sundstroul cams
about In his way.
I'VE have every year m February IN
he SWIMMING pool 4 he New York
Athletic club match with The Brook
line club of Boston. Last year they
beat us four out OF tho six events. 80 I
began tn study up en the crawl. I
prsscticed in the tank when no one was
around. and when I MAS certain that I
eoald make a second better time I'm
twenty-five yards with it thar L had
done before I invited a number OF peo-
Die to come and watch me. I had them
time me. n I did the distance, I'm II 3-S
ssaondss The worlds record In L. i-sssc
onds. Of curse. hat record. doeznit
stand. Tor the timekeepers weie not
odiciai. Well. ! taught some OF the
swimmers the crawl and Wa. hnd
fBttNAaNtAAkN uVNouT NlCtNEH NnGn We mex
rhe Brookiine men this year. -Four OF
sur men had done Ills seconds or bet
tsr Ia prnutice with the new stroke.
when the match came or we. won
everything. In tho 20O-yard relay race
we beat the record made by tho, Brook
lfne team the year before by seven sec.
1nds."
Insptiy nsusd.
II will therefore be seen THAI the
stroke called h crawl In inaptiy
named from the point OF view OF speed.
Judging from MI. Sundstnom's. tostil-
mony. the men who use a. travel
through the water like motor boats.
The stroke. IL waggling tho fest and
paving the water constitute n stroke.
certainly suggests crawling In appear
ance. and from this point Of view u; 10
rightly famed In the crawl the
feet are moved backward and forward
upon the ankles an hinges. the feet
moving alternately and as fast as pos.
stble. In the arms circular or conttn-
uous movement has been developed.
Cp to the time OF the ~diScovery OF the
'crawi" the only movements developed
for the legs In swimming were the
Sroglike spasmodlc Kick and variations.
In the crawl the legs lie stretched
astern, with no movement above. the
knee and little above the ankle.
The arm movement OF the crawl II
q modification OF the well known ''trud-
geon." or double overarm strokc In
stead. however. of throwing the arms
forward our OF the water alternately TO
the full length. the arms are crooked
until they suggest the plucked wings OF
a chicken. and dipped smartly almost
In front OF the face. They are dipped
as rapidly as the swimmer can bring
them forward from the finish OF the
stroke and without regard To q
can also be used with the. crawl" foot
movement Mr. Sundstrom has devised
n combination which he Gala the
windmill" With the ~waggling feet
he combines the ''trudgron" swimming
on his back He says he ecuresl even
groater speed with this. The vaine Of
the crawl" lies In the fact that H.
throws the body on top Of the watar
ynh Thus reduces resistance.
The Continuous Motion.
The tendency In swimming for speed
In this country appears to- be townrdl
securing an even. continuous move
ment. the limbs alternating I'm such n
n that there 10 no cessation M prog
rssa. In Germany swimming seems To
have taken tina opposite direction. In
that country all the limbs ara moved
simultaneously. Between the violent
kick N the simultaneous push wiah
" III III kuM NANCNs NnU O0uN
Loses headwHY. and must be set In mo-
ton again with the mex stroke. This
method II said TO be easter than the coz
tinuo,ls movement OF the American
swimmer. as there IL a N az rea1
between strokes
In both countries the atm % the
swimmer who desires speed IN to get as
much Of his body ~ cf the water M
possible. For h same reason a rnctng
ynChN In hnlt with "A RhnllnNN NfnAar-
body. In order TO reduce the resistance.
The overarm strokes. In which the
arms are lifted above the water before
the swimmer catches the wave for the
next stroke. accomplish his purpose.
Fof this reason the simple and easy
breast stroke. which In the first step
away from the timid youths dog pad
die" produces the least speed. In the
breast. or chest. stroke n swims after
the ann OF the frog. IL IL easiest
for the beginner. because more of the
body In submerged. Speed with this
stroke In difficult also for other rea-
sons, The leg motion IL not entirely
-satural. The side arm stroke In bet
ter for speed. because I'm this the legs
are closed together like n pair OF scis-
sors and the muscles used Ia walking
Nre brought into play.
The "Trudaeon."
There are several strokes for the
arms. There Is the side arm stroke.
with the body OIL edge. In this the
arms are swept backward alternately
In front of the body. the legs are then
brought back To the beginning through
the water. One may swim with either
side up In this stroke. Then there is
the overarm q stroke. This IL the
same. except that the upper arm In
reached out ahead over the water when
recovering for the succeeding stroke.
And last. but not least. Ii the 'trud-
geon." The 'trudgeon" suggests a
windmill. In this stroke both arms are
brought forward over the water In the
recovery. the strokes being taken alter
nateiy. When swimming IN this fash
ion the body writhes through the wa
ter. turning from side TO side. and the
frog kick In used by most experts. IL
In n stroke that produces speed. For
long distance swimming the side arm
| stroke In the fayorite. Fol- short dis
lance the 'trudgeon." with slight modi-
fications co suit individuals. mas gener-
| ally been considered the fastest. but