THE PEARCE-WEBB RACE.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 982, 24 November 1910, Page 7

THE PEARCE-WEBB RACE.

HARRY PEARCE IN WELLINGTON. • Among the arrivals from'- Sydney by tho Jtnrama yesterday was Harj'y Pearce, tha champion Soulier of Australia, who has been matched to row Win. Webb, of AVangahui, ox-champion sculler of tlio .world, for i; 200 asido on tho Wanganui. River. on Boxipg. Day., l'earo? is tho ideal build of' n" sciiHcK About sft. lOJin. m height, a compact frame, With broad, shoulders, and. goid chest development-,, ae strikes one as being just the .type ■for the .waper . boat.' ■ Added to theso athlctjp gruccs, his , head is , well poised oh a tanned, muscular neck. Best, of all, Pearc'o has youth aiid spirits to. top off his'athletic make-up. Wangonui's AVobb, apart from Arust, has oidy met two oarsmen on the ,"river—Stanbury and Tresidd-er, Both these men were at tho nether end of their rowing careers, and Webb liad little difficulty in establishing his superiority. With Pearce. it is ■ He is ojily 30 yejrs of age, and having beaten -Ben. Thoroughgood and Qeb'rgo Day ' for the-cham-liioijshjp of Australia at Perth,..nearly .a. ngo, lias established himself as Australia s best.-,. Ho has since beaten Mitchell and Hagney. .- - Speaking, to a' : Db3ixwoN reporter yes--"terday;-Peptco said that' ho was glad to havo, the opportunity of coming across to New Zealand,' and was looking for. ward, with . pleasure to his race with ,Vcbb.: He thought'■ ho' could make it a good race,' but: Webb was a clever man ill . a wager bqat, and he Kcognised that lie would havo. his work, cut, out to beat, him; Still, ho went into the contest with a big heart, and it was for tho best ijjaii to_ win. Pearce said 1 he. had-.not' been, doing a great d«al of rowing lately. Ho hai} been up'to eotno'of ■ tho regattas on tho northern rivers,. but had not trained to any.extent, and had-not done anything worth mentioning. His present weight .was 13st: 6lb„ which, in tho course of his training, would be reduccd to about 12»t. 91b. | Pearco has with him as pacer and trainer, Wm. : Fogwell, who was pacer for' ArnSt in his races with Webb and rt'helchj Mr,, Charles Lyons, of Sydney, ••Pearcb's. manager, also came, across,'.by the Marama yesterday. Pearco will row ■in a Towns-built' Soulier, ' Fogwell also brought a Towns wager' boat across. Pearce and his party will probably leave for Wanganui to-day." So fair, lie has not definitely gsttled whether he will go into camp up the! river or train in town—that poiiit would be settled as soon as they reached Wanganui. - Among. those, on--, the . wharf to meet .Pearce' yesterday ware , -"Dick". Arnst (the 1 world's' ohampion) and Mr. G. Seifert,-of Tokomaru (Peiirce's backer). AVebb's backers, are Messrs. .W; Tuck and Foster (of Foster's Hotel), of Wanganui. Ah arrangement, lias ' been made with Messrs.'Hatrick and Co. for. tlie m-o of tho river, gfeamers.on. Boxing, Day. With such an attraction 'e.s a race between popular "Bill" Webb and Australia's best; tho. river should havo a gala appearance on tlie holiday. \ ' Some mention has been made of a raco between th-e '. winner of-. the Pearco-Webb race and Arnst. -From V what can be gathered nothing is .more unlikely, but thoy may p.ll meet ini.tho big handicap, to be rowed in Sydney towards the end of February.

ATHLETICS.

, ; KARORI AMATEUR CLUB. , . - Tho Karori A.A.C. held its'first evening meeting yesterday, a, short- programme of three events being run. off before n good gathering of the borough residents.The results were :-r7syds. handicap, G. IV. 'flfewiiCSJyds.),' 1 j H. A.-JtQbßVtspS,-;'scr.), 2, : 220 yds.,' haiidicap, G. W. >Dav'ies (llyds.J, l's H. ,-Ai,. Robertson '.(scr,), 2, . Half-mile run, A.-Kennedy (Byds.), 1; E,' iprondeiille (scr,), 2. y.'

BOXING. BRONSON DKI'HATS SULLIVAN.. . [ News by tho Sydney mail states -that the American light-weight' Ray. Bronson easily defeated the Australian ' featherweight Sid. Sullivan at tho Stadium on- ' November 16.. -A Sydney paper remarks: —Althongli"the" contest was'ai ono.sidod affair :_it must, not bo imagined that Bronson js' t ft world-beater, or that he is far nnd away Sullivan's'superior. He is not.' But he ■ had , big ■ advantages in weight, l'oacl), and height, which enabled him to do practically as. hd. liked. Bronson really won. from gong to gong, but his performance wa? by no means ii iheritorious one. In fact, it not to his credit that Sullivan saw the distance out. 'Had Bronson possessed the ability lie . was credited with by his' friends he would hav® won.insido ten rounds. " ' ; Rudolf Hllholz, tho well-known lightweight boxer,' who -defeated Tim 'Tracy jn.tho Town Hall last year, arrived from' Sydney by, the Marama yesterday. BOWLS. . THE WELLINGTON CLUB. ' The following rinks, will rcprcsentWollilig'ton Club in inter-club-matches on Saturday, November.'26:—, . Against Newtown Club, on homo green: Erskine, Norton, Gale, A. Laurenson (s.); Evans, Hildreth', li. Frost, Ballingor (s.); Grundy, Boyd,- Blakci' Gifrte (s.); Glendining, Pryor. Haybittle, P, Laurenson :(s.); Lennox,. Baird, Remington, Moult (s.)„ . On Newtown green: Knapp, Manz, ■Waddell, Brodio (s.); Adams, Richards, Hume, -Hamilton (s.); Fockc, A. J. Bennett, Carroll, Berry (s.); W. H. Bennett, Carter, Thompson, G.. Brown (s.); G. Frost, Salek, Munt, Sievwright-(s.). . Against Eastboumo Club, on homo green: Price, A. Wylie, Lawson, Brnnskill (s.); Arnold, Jeffrey, Ledger, 11. F Allen (s.). , •. ' ' ' .: On Eastbourne green : Fay,. Wells, Grenfell, Crane (s.); Nielsen, Jennings, l B. B. Allen, StUl (s.). - ■ VICTORIA v. IITTTT. ' , At the Hutt green, yesterday afternoon, under pcrfect weather conditions, Ilutt defeated Victoria Club'by 11 points in a four-rink match. . Cards:—Hutt: Casey Palmer, Nicholson, Jones (s.), 23; Victoria: Castle, Gaudin, Youinaus, Rcdstono (s.), 15. Hutt: Judd, Rishworth Ilodgins, Trevethick (s.), 18;' VictoriaTiugoy, Houldsworth, Langdon, Varcoe (s.), 22. Ilutt:-Johnson, ; Purdy,- Cudby Hqllard (s.), 10; Victoria: llcston. PaTton, Godber, Jtenelaus (s,), 11. Hutt-. Parker, Parsons, 'Mowbrny, Hendry' (s.) 20; Victoria:. Tucker., .Tattle, Hatch Townseiul (s.),' 21. : Totals: Hutt, 80; Viol toria, 09. TRIP TO CIIRISTCHURCH. At - tlio invitation of "tho president" of' tho Christcliurch Bowling Club, a number of memlKirs of tho Wellington Bowling Club will .pay a visit to Christcliurch, leaving Wellington on Friday, December 2. and playing a friendly gaiiio on Saturday, December 3.' .- ; The following members will tako part: •—Mosses. A. Hamilton, J. Russell, W. Glendining, 11. F. Skinner, T. L. Churchward, W. M. Muir, 13. Moult, A. Wylie, John Blundell, IV. Berry, G. IT. M\mt[ E. Focko. W. Gcorgetti. A. Vcitch, D.' M'Lcan, R. C. Kinvig, Gilmer, Haybittle, and, if their Parliamentary duties permit, Hons. J. A. Millar and .las. Carroll. Catch of the Season. Laws and. Manning s splendid stock of crickct materials. Courtenay Place. Repairs a speciality."