Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-03-13
LATE ARTHUR CAYILL THOUGHT
KAHANAMOKU HAD LOST Speed

Arthur tTums) Cavill, who lost his
life on Sunday. March l. in an unsuc-
cessful attempt TO swim across Sc
attic harbor. appeared in print on the
day of his death with an interview on
swimming which is of interest TO Ho-
nolulans. Cavill has passed on, and
criticism is out Of place. but there
are many who will be of the opinion
that he spoke somewhat hastily when
he consigned Duke kahanamoku to the
discard. RI r..
The following interview with Ca
will, appeared in the Seattle Post-In-
telligencer of March 1:
Turns" Cavill, the originator of the
famous crawl stroke, the teacher of
Duke KahanamolSu, and the first man
to swim the Golden Gate, will DEM
onstrate his art before the Seattle
public this afternoon. Cayill will swim
the Seattle harbor starting at West
Seattle and landing ,at the foot of
Spring street
Cav1ll has made so many records
that he has forgotten half of them. He
has competed in all parts of the
world, has made some of the most dar-
ing swims of time. and gave Annette
Kellerman, the popular water nymph"
of America. her first lesson when she
was ) years old.
'Tums,' as he is known by water
fans, tells how the crawl" stroke.
which is much used by American
swimmers today, received its name
There was fellow over in Aus.
tralia, when | returned there the first
time who could swim as fast as any
amateur | had ever met Swimming
is the baseball of Australia, and com
petition is keen in meets and races.
This fellow boasted that he could beat
me. And great many people believed
him. To tell the truth, was not the
least bit anxious to race him myself.
Well. saw him work out several
times, and was not the least bit re,
lieved.
Determined to keep my title, |
practiced and perfected the then I'M
known method now called the crawl.
He "CraWled" Away
"Iswon the race When, few wards
from the start. / began to pull away
from my opponent, the spectators
shouted, Look at i'm crawl Look at
i'm crawl = They were sfeferring to
the new stroke which was using and
the peculiar manner In which it was
executed And ever after that the
stroke was known as the crawl"
Cavill is of the opinion that the ia
nous Kahanamoku. who made such
stir on his recent tours of this coun-
try. is slipping.
"and has a wonderful record, but he is
going back
Il remember when the Duke used to
dive for pennies and nickels which
were thrown overheard by tourists.
He showed unusual skill at this game,
and excelled in speed, so that he COB
bled up good part of the wages
thrown amongst the Hawaiian boys
He was but 10 or ~ years old when j
visited the island on my way to Amer
lea. Duke, who at that early age was
anxious to be a great swimmer, was on
hand every day when worked out in
the tank. He studied my stroke care
fully and soon got the knaek.
Kahanamoku is certainly great
boy and still has some good swims In
his system, but would be willing to
wager that within year the Hawaiian
will have passed out of the limelight.,''
Cavill was responsible for the rise
of Annette Kellerman. He says that
the Kellerman family lived next door
to him in Australia when the annual
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