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...brisk run of a mile or two, being the daily exercise. As spring came on, and the men began to row on the water, the need of a good coach became more and more apparent. A meeting of boating men was accordingly held, and it was decided to employ Chainey, an English Coach, who was said to possess wonderful qualities as an oarsman and trainer. Chainey accordingly came, but it was soon found that he was not what he had been cracked up to be, and that the men were not improving under his care. He was therefore discharged...
...Cook, Yale's boating authority, arrived to-day, and will remain with the 'varsity crew until the New London races are over. In the correspondence that preceded his arrival in this country, Chainey, the English coach, was made to thoroughly understand that he was not employed to give instructions in the British style of rowing. His service would be rather to consolidate this with the American system, taking from each the good that was in them and producing something better than either. He was, moreover, to rig the boat and adapt it to the stroke determined upon, and in other...
...Chainey, the English coach of the Yale crew, has been released. Bob Cook will fill the position until the end of the year...
...John R. Chainey, from the Chelsea Boat House, London, has recently been engaged by Yale to coach and train the 'varsity, under the general direction of Bob Cook. Since the arrival of Chainey, Caldwell has taken the place of Appleton as stroke, and, though the lightest man in the boat, is doing well. The crew's stroke is inclined to be a trifle short and snappy, a defect which will be overcome...
...lack of work and professional coaching. Last year the crew had only amateur instruction, and not so much of that as they needed, while their rivals certainly enjoyed much professional advice, no matter how they got it. Yale's defeat, therefore, left her sore - and this year John R. Chainey, of London, a professional oarsman, is instructing the 'varsity eight. So, if they don't have the genuine English stroke this year the blues never will How that will compare with Harvard's waterman's stroke we shall know when the race at New London is rowed...