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Show QUICK STROKE WINS I m FAME FOR W, HOOVER I I H ti Duluth Sculling Marvel Is Attract- r Ing Much Attention. H Experts Are Agreed That Marvelous B Speed Oltplayed by New Champion H It Due to Hit Peculiar Stroke H ; Style Original. H 1 Walter. Hoover, tho Duluth sculling B marvel, whoso phcnomcnnl rise to the HB plnnaclo of boatsmanshtp hns attract- HI cd International nttcntlon, ncldcvcd his coveted position by virtue ot n par- tlculor stylo of rowing which aspirants to his tltlo mny have considerable dlf- HB Acuity In mastering. B9 Boating experts nro agreed that the Bfl marvelous speed ot tho now world's champion as displayed in tho Kngltsh BB Henley regatta Is duo to his pccullai BB stroke, a short, swift movement which, BB tininiMii,m.Liuum'.iiuma BB .th , 1 ' ' , ? -vH9 B IbBo? iBJiiBiBBfv,tiiLijif V BvB AVB y-ttBjjBrCTBB??f Bla.mWRs'B BBB &3JHVJBuaBBBvfl"x'uU)lrY r vB BB rjBBjjVjjVHBffV) KijdAJNTrii JT ji BBB WjfiBBflBBflBVsiBKAR wk C B eB BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBMk a ?jBS. M BBBI iBVBYBTflBYKBvA nwii mm bVM BflB : BBbbbbaPJI 9vl SBBBBBBBBBBjBXnP'wi'' v BjjMjBjBjBJev' IB BBH Walter Hoover, Duluth Seulllna B Marvel. -J5j In uctual teat during tho Thames com- ,JK petition, produced ns high ns 58 com- plctc strokes n minute. Nothing In B tho nnnnls of aquatic sports reveals that nny other follower of the sculls wns cnpnblo of such execution, nnd, H admittedly, there wcro nono nt the Bj English water sweepstakes who wcro H even closely mntched with tho Duluth BJ lnd In point of technique. Bj Hoover's masterly stylo Is self- IH originated, nccordlng to thoso who BB have watched him through his long and BB nrduoui training since ho left his cm- Bj ploymcnt as an engineer In the old JBfl home town to seek tho sculling chnm- BB plonshlp of tho world, and even Uie IBB title holder himself Is not wholly able BBJ to define or explain the creation of BH his stroke. jBj During his first six years' conncc- 9BJ tton with the Duluth Boat club Hoover EBB wns uncertain at to his particular ability with tho oars and he was BBJ doubtful In whnt division his efforts BH would eventually place him, but dur- BH Ing that time he followod closely his MB own set rules for physical training. HBJ Hoover did his first rowing In 1013, jHJ und In (ho nlno years' interim before Hfl ho won the world's title ho gunrded H his physical self religiously. During HB this tlmo ho wns n woodsman, fuctory BH worker, soldier on the Mcxlcnn border, BH student nnd engineer. When he final- BH ly decided upon u sculling career In H 1021 ho had every physical advantage, BH and this, according to experts, ena- BH bled him to develop his stylo to per- BH fcctlon and triumph over tho best BH scullers In tho world. HB |