SCULLING.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 622, 27 September 1909, Page 7

SCULLING.

" "» .'." THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF AU^TRALI%^ PEARCE RETAINS TITLE, A BATHER CLOSE CALL '&TVWWL (By Telegraph-Press ABBocifttlon-43opyrig1it.) (Roc. September' 26, 6.6 p.mV Sydnay, Septembw;.2s. , The eculling match for tho championship of Australia and £100 aside, between. H. Pearco (holder), and G. Day, was rowed on the Parramatta to-day, and resulted in "a win' for Pcarce. " -. •.•■•-' , ;: ; •■■••' •■•'. Pearco wan. the bettor away,"'and was never overhauled, though Day, who rowed splendidly, and made a plucky race of it, kept him moving, Several times Day got oil ojose terms, and he was pressing the .champion in. tho last half-mile. ' The finish was exciting, A hundred' yards from homo Pcarce wa« leading by about throe lengths, when ho suddenly and momentarily stopped, owing to something going. wrong with his left'arm.: . - v

/ Day got almost level before Pcarce again got going. The actual win was only by half a length. Time, 26min. Isco. ■• : PEARCE AND -DAY. ■■ ■:"... C^' Pcarce won tho title' of champion .of Australia from Thoroughgaod in .March (Parrai matta, 21 mill. Msec.), and held it in ;. July against Mitchell (Parramatta, 23min. 43seo). In its notos on the training form of the two man, the "Sydney Referee" remarks!■■',•'. "Pcarce has been looking very fit.and well, with the weight in the vicinity of-Wst. In faot, given decent weather between this and the race, Nathan says the champion will go to the post weighing 13st. In the bursts:oft' the mark the champion .reaches as high as 41 strokes per minute. ■ PearcoY quickness off tho mark is .common knowledge,.and, iapparently ho is bent on breaking away even more quickly. Barney, pacemaker, takes somo lengths, hut gives Harry all tho pace ho requires, "Gsorge Bay has now been on the course for some weeks, 'Ho has undorgono a thorough and careful preparation in the hands of ox-champion Goorge Towns. Although his chargo has, made considerable improvement, the progress has been slow, and not quite so fast as Towns would bap wished. Day had '6lopped about* a Jot, and-had acquired bad' faults which take a lot of eradicating; The main trouble wtjjh tho challenger at present is that when he gits into his quick work .ho drops back into his'old style, but with something more than a week to go ho should go to the post fit and ready. Besides Towns, Day has backer Mr. E. Larson,, 'and Billy' Fogwell associated with him as pacemakers'; Sometimes Foltou gives him a little pace. "Day, like Pearce, i'b put twice daily, and is doing the regulation land work. Ho .tips the beam at list, 121b., and• will row .at that weight, or fierhaps. a little, heavier—say' I2st. dead. In this respect the champion will have ah advantage, Knowing Pearce's pace off tho mark, Day is practising "starts-sharply off'the mark-so as not to lose too much ground in the-first quarter, . '••■ '. :• ,'•... ■ ■"Diek- Arrist (the ehampiou of the world) has exnrc«sc,d, his determination to bo present —m>all probability in 'the capacity of timekeeper. - He is; not, altogether a disintorfeed Mtyi for if.Pearce wins,-..it is said that there will, not be those who/wilL against the. champion";. ■:' ',•:.'J>■'.\?..<■■■ A .v