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...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. "Bob" Cook was then called upon, and he has had charge of the crew ever since. Under him the men are said to have been doing much better work, although hardly up to the standard of former years. Last May, in the Yale class races, the 'varsity was defeated by both...
...crew tried it on Thursday for the first time, and Captain Cowles expressed himself as well pleased with the boat, which is in every respect satisfactory. The crew is now rowing with the snap and vigor which characterized the victorious eight of '84, and under the watchful eye of Bob Cook the men are rapidly overcoming the defects which seriously marred their work earlier in the season. They will row a little in the new boat every day in order to become thoroughly accustomed to it. They will not pull over the four-mile course in it at full speed...
...Bob 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...
Chainey, the English coach of the Yale crew, has been released. Bob Cook will fill the position until the end of the year...