BARRY AND FOGWELL.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1165, 28 June 1911, Page 10

BARRY AND FOGWELL.

ATtNST'S OPINION. Now that .I'ogwe'il is well on his way to meet Ernest BarrV for tho Championship of England, which is nominally to.t down for September 11, it is interesting to hear the opinion A rust expresses of their respective capabilities. "Barry is," said tho champion in his forcible and direct way, "far bettor tliaji Australians generally suppose him to be. He does hot press for an advantage early in tho race, but rows tho whole course consistently and hard. As a rule ho makes his* supreme after.,about a. mile and a half or two miles of journey, and just when you cxpcct him to easo a little you find him ready to come at you again. And ho does come again ami again. . ■ . "On the other hand, you know, saul the big Now Marnier. "that, in his way, Fogwell is really a brilliant sculler; and although ho has shown out best-over .the shorter distances, 1 don't think that the long course of four and a quarter miles will feriouslv affect him, provided he is in absolutely first-class fettle. There is a big tide under the scullers, and this will make the rowing lighter for the Australian, whose style is more suited to 'fast water.' "fogwell is, of course, a mini man to train; he goes off-colour so easily. Coming down to bedrock, L think the men very evenly matched. I can conceive of no better match in recent times."