Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-10-10
MISS COWELLS
IMPROVES WITH
BACHRACA'S AID
News About Swimmers Known
Here; Ross on Honolulu,
and Other Opinions

NOT long ago numerous reports
~ came TO Honolulu saying that VII.
liam Bachrach. the /. A. c. coach
who was here with the champion
swimmers in September had taken
Frances Cowells under his wing and
consequently her swimming had I'M
proved remarkably.
Bachrach had an opportunity TO
watch the work of Miss Cowells when
she was here. He directed the WORK
of all three mermaids while they were
training for the meet in Honolulu, and
evidently saw in Miss Cowelis room
Tor much improvement although she Is
already champion.
Frances Cowells confirms the re,
port about her training under Bach
rach in a special article in the San
Francisco Bulletin. She says in part:
William Bachrach. who, as coach
OF the Illinois Athletic Club, has
turned out more champions than any
other man in America, recently intro.
duced me to the 'rotary-crawl' stroke
as the best method for distance swims.
He maintains that 1t is far more eff
fective than the trudgeon crawl. Tn
tilted with the swimming end OF sport,
Mr.. Bachrach has experimental With
every known stroke in swimming. He
las even had pupils use gloves WITH
wei biHg between the fingers for .te1
purpose of testing how much water
taey might pull e..
Out Of this general knowledge he
has evolved the theory that the y.
tary crawl is an Improvement ovsT
any other distance style in the water.
Il haG never tried It in race IN
til 1t was explained to me in Honolulu
Instead OF drawing the arms down
Straight in the water, you cut In with
the tips 0f your fingers and bring
the arr in toward the body. You
would he surprised at the water you
pull In with this stroke. The double
scissors kick comes to you with
natural roll and you find yourself NOV.
ing through the water at a steady
pace. There is nothing to be COM
pared with the straight crawl in the
sprints, but Mr.. Baehrach urges the
rotary method for the long races"
ANISS CLAIRE GALLIGAN won the
half mile women's championship
in five minutes and 81 seconds
from Dorothy Burns at Santa Monica
last Saturday The report said that
these two swimmers led the field.
IL ERE is what Norman Ross had to
tell the people of San Francisco
about the swimming meet In Ho.
nolulu. Ross has boosted consistently
for Honolulu and does not ran us in
this instance. He writes:
The greatest swimming meet ever
pulled off was the September Homo.
lulu meet, according to. the opinion
of the critics who saw said meet.
There certainly was lots doing, and
plenty of interest taken in II.
1T is doubtful IL any other place
in the world could stage such a swim.
ming meet. Held in the evening, un.
der the tropical moonlight there
wasn't much other lighting). with sew
eral thousand spectators of all ma.
tionalities present, roofing for their
favorites in various languages. such
conditions seldom attend a meet any.
where
1T is certain that no other meet
was ever held that could compare
with this one in respect to number Of
events, entrants or class"
When the-(the censor forbids III
mentioning the name of the ship) re-
turns to Honolulu and the Company
regiment returns, the final plans for
the service swimming meet at the
Y M. c. A. will be laid. The meet
will be held next week and a large
list OF entries Is expected.
Ruth Stacker was going to resign
from the games committee of the girls
swimming to be held for the benefit
of the Red Cross in the Y. VI. C.. A..
tank on the night of October 81, but
other members Of the committee
would not allow her TO. SO she Is
working as hard as ever for the affair.
When the Hui Nalu Club have their
new house on the stream near the
Moana and the Outrigger Club stris
up competition in Waikiki sports,
much will have been done toward de.
veloping and preserving those sports
which are typically Hawaiian.
Finally the women in charge of the
girls swimming meet have decided
to allow several men judges. They are
sure several records will be broken
and want to have them established In
the presence OF reputable judges. They
want ito keep quiet" the fact that
there will be men judges, however.
Interest in the 25-mile swim in the
Y. NJ. A. c. tank has subsidized some
what OF late, but will be revived. acs
cording to Glenn Jackson of the assSAe
citation. 1t will be remembered thS j
Sam Johnson offered a cup for the
person to cover the distance and then
did it himself.
One of the races of the Outrigger
meet next month will be a long swim
from Castle pier to the Moana pier.
It involves going through the surf and