Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-06-06
duke IMPROVING
in DISTANCE
Swimming
Under KistIer's Coaching He Is
Developing Wind and Stam-
ina for Longer Races.

George Kistler of the University of
PennsylvaniaI Duke KahanamOku's
swimming mentor, has written to John
+. Soper of the Hawaiian Amateur
Athletic Association, telling of Dukes
progress and his plans for the imme-
diate future. In many parts the let
ter IL repetition of the one received
from kistler by Lew Henderson, and
printed In yesterdays Bulletin, but
there are some new features which are
Of interest to all the spOrtsmen here.
In part II Is as follows:
Your welcome letter duly received
and contents carefully noted In reply
VIII say ! was exceedingly pleased to
hear from you, also that the people of
Hawaii appreciate In whose hands the
Duke was left by Mr.. Henderson, his
manager, when he left Philadelphia. |
can assure you that l feel much graft
ned to have the pleasure of coaching
or training the Duke ana making him
more acquainted with the finer points
| In swimming, especially style, FORM
breathing, turning at end Of tank
| pushing on, starting. when to squirt
and several other details too numerous
| to mention. Now the Duke IL fast get
| ting on To these points and looks like
one of Pennsylvania's swimmers who
are turned out annually by me.
| Il might also say that since the Duke
| has been In Philadelphia he has made
| lots of acquaintances, and his behavior
| since his stay here has been all that
could be desired
Since then the Duke and | have
| been doing little distance work. He
J can now swim half a mile or "A thou
| sand yards easily and at q fairly good
! lip. However, II will take lots OF
| time to make him distance man This
| work of going distance Is simply to
| get his wind and staying ability in
| good shape so that he can stand u hard
| and close race. On Wednesday, the
| 18th, ! put him In lO0-meter test and
| without trying very hard he did 1904
| for the Distance but | really believe
| that had he been racing with someone
| he would have been close to the min
ute mark. | feel that II the Duke can
do this remarkable performance Of 100
meters straightaway In the even min
ute he will be declared the winner.
In the 220 yards he Is not so good.
at least he has not shown extra good
| time, but from now on I shall work
him n little harder. and when the
| weather gets warm enough | will take
him to Lafayette, on the Schuylkill,
and there we can have all the open
water desired.
The climate seems to agree with
him o. X. He looks 1T and In good
condition. The team leaves New York
ON June II. ! am unable to inform
you of the swimmers selected. There
Is some talk Of tryOuts taking place
close to New York. probably at Ira
vers Island but can not say definitely.
81 viii send you another letter later
telling you about the Dukes speed, etc,
after few trials out of town. He
ought to go on Il tour through England
and Germany after the races at Stock
holm are over and clean up all around.
| should very much like to accompany
the team to Stockholm, but my swim
ming business prevents my taking the
trip. However, | think the Duke will
give n good account of himself In all
of his short distance swims, although
there are two or three good boys In
Germany, England. Australia and Hun
gary that will be dangerous at all
times"