ROWING.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2150, 16 May 1914, Page 12

ROWING.

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H ANN AN & WEBB. V/cbb ROfllvlvus. There seems to to a pleasing possibility'tliat W. Wob-b, of'Wanganm, c-x----world's chu-iupion, ln.ii.v ho sftW more in rackig trim. This u-sucli is jiidiwsted. fey Uto appentlod I>arngrjijjk from the Sydney *'Sm.tj" and as it would lo a very popular event, aijd would also give a very 'decided uplift to souliing on this bid'e, it, is t<j bo hatjod thfli HafljuiH (his prospcfctivo'epjKiHßiit) c.w ralso the ainotml nMessmy to- cnalite htm to clinch the. race. ■Of Ms willingness tiwro can be iio doubt. During i> recent visit t<l Australia, "Mermify ' discussed tJlfl matter of a race on No» 2«alai)d waters with Hninsan α-n several oecnsions, and, though Webb was not. iiiojitioncd as a likely op\roncntr-it being assut-ncfl t-Jrat ho had given the spwt vfp l(*r .good.- i ™ llaiina« niil-do it clear tliftfc ho v.'iis iviillag and anxioue to iiJoct aiiyono a-U all ui"ord« to establish a clear title to the Now Efi-ataiid chiiiiipioiislvip,

Will Thej! Meat? There is no reason why Iβ gkmiM..no6 bo of tlio sanjo mind iiew, so if "Webb is willing and lilts tko necessary sjjiews of war there remains- to prevent a jmatcli, osccpt tho raisteg of Hmman's stated and expense ftoheyiJ. The "Sun" paragraph reforrod to njne'i Bannan'fl clai.ni to the new sculling cfcuitpioiiship d<so9 not find fevoiiiT witli a big section of enth-u----sii&tk to- Wangariui. The ''Sun's ,, correspendoJit deefares that Han-nan wants the title ©n the gfctind that Fogwell ft'o« not ablo to give him a race. is s-upjjoscd to Irayo 'won tho chanipion.shi.p b,y beating George W-he-Wi, who was never professional champion 'of th*> Dominion. The opiuwn cxtorcsset! b.V New Zealand people is tfiat Webb is -undoubtedly ciiainjiion. The- Wangottwi man's friends have £200 to say that h-e can beat '-Saiman.. The i-eason that Webb has not boeii Ijeard_ :of lately is attributed to hi? bcifig very busy at hit, boatbuftdiiiE bufinoss. rtat is Tfby AWtratiaa scullers who havo \ib<A wafttiisg a race lia« not heard from Mift. However, lie has fecßhily been ablo im get in. same good work on tlio river., and ■ has authorised a tl'artganui cpwesfiOHdoiit to jhtimato that slipuld Haniinn be desirous of a ra.cjft for tho ehamp-io-i-yship of tfw Dominion lie will bo p.)ca«cd to -hoax from him at an ewrJy date. Tliq "]Referß.e". rowing co'n-tribtitoTi "Argus," has also wmethbg to sa-y on tfio aatter, Siid, as ■vrill bo secn.j his 'rcinaife make. tliS i situation- look Very promising; He writes , .-^ Baßnan called into Sefe me ye&tajr* day. -lie informed the ho had svo.fi to the -effect tii.at Wm. Webb was prepared fo row Mtn for the feliampioßsiiip of Umv Zbahmi at 'SVanganui, and that h.e, Ha-niijtßj ffontt be writing hf to-iay's mail offering to roailte swell a. matolu Hannah said that if ho heard fro'm the cS-Worfd , .* cAam.ptoii i.n time ho Tfotfid set tail for 'ft'attgaaul oh May 18-.

The Ititpr-Stato Eights. The week's- in ait b-pjngs details of tie two g-voat Mstrpl-iaU -afl\at«u : r tutei'-State Eights and Suifc The forme* **s a great ra.ee i:ii .a series —it was the ftirty-tivghtli, tg- the ttqy— that Ti.as heeft noted for gjeat -rae-tng. Ii pvof a co«rso of tk Wiles, and fjll tho Stoics wo.ro rsprftiSen-Md by Bootl -creWS, of which tlio Victorians tfwc liiado fo?otfr» ztes by the sporting pubiio How wrong t-ko, public wa-s is denotea by the iaet'that the' fa-voTiritos cxuiM get- bo closm- up. tlwn fourth- in a finisb that , was dtajjiatie to an extrejiio. Two Jittnttrcd yntd-S from lioino the West Australians loolced win.nws all over, with SirtltJh Austrdia lying a gao« second. Theii came a phenomenal sjmiit from tie thirf creTi',' tho Tasjnimiiihs» awl by tho time the .finish vrns rfcaehfifl the -wiiolo s«pw;:t of things hadcteftfted. The "Tasiks" held tlioir .great elforfc to tho end, and ran out tho etaosfc ol winners frota South Atts'traJia, with the Western men third, beaten tor second pineo j?yfive feet* . As stated, Vjqtpnft *ras fourth (im seeoftil iitoe oilly sijico ttio ificep'tion of tho Taeo that this State's representa'tivos have been unplaced)* mid New South Wales, aiiotlier Mill hnciH c.fen , , fifth. The Quecnslaivd boat fell behind oarly in tie SacO, rtiid bdiftg passei bp the officittl ste.irnfrf, retwcS. Tlio tipve ol the. race, LSfnlti. 3'3 l-Ssee-, coftStitatos a record .for thoeouifge. Tho irrter-'Staia Shulis, A.fter tlw eights , ennio the -SCTiUi«S dhaittpionslvip; Q-n:!y tlwee SteWs ftc.re roprescirted, the Wiiig C.eftil M'Villy (Tns.i, 1,. Davis (Vfc.jvnjpii E Thomas (S.A.). From the dii.iset ft «ns apparent that the JJianjond JSealls wift' ■tter was in a elasS by )vc *vcn««ftHy wn enb an easy winner hy twelve lengths from the. VirtpT.ia-n, The •wittivdr is a-- iiojVhew- of Mf. : R. W* M'Vi-ily, tho local ematevu- fttWetfc ami rowiiig enthusiast, wbcso -fta-nio is still remembsfed in rowing eireles in. Dflnedln.

The 'Varsity Boat RaceParticulars ,wo no* to hijtid of the Oxford-Cambridge* race* rawed oil Jltfrelj 28. They .slum , that OfliftbfMgo had a wry hollow vistery, and MJ 'ftccoiittis of the raco fcitt sttmfiusd up in the fmiawkg frrnn "Sporting frifoV wjwrtf— "Vritli the heaviest, erow on record, giiiifitl e»» of tiift cutest victories which tilio Univfer-sitv boat fare tern flvor .tickled agninst Osfawl ort Mitfch SS. Tims they brake tile SctiWflco of t).n.rlc Blue sucirossftsi. wbfah had been ffiimtevru'pted SirtSg J.9OS, It was frM jniHiensrfy *j»p)i.lft-r victor* After #i tho geiiofnl' public <ra lite to see. the liOjjenrS d:istritate& U is pond for sport genw»%, and a race of thjs, eliawrter j.n particular. From a purely ■far point' <if view tljo race u'#js a gjreat flisappeiirtwent to many. After ibb first tvw> miimtes tjicre a-as liotl.ii'i.ig to uriftiefl tlis bast pxcjtenwnt, unless it was n vivkl iwwgiimtKMi. or the fluTOnn-wffii'abta Mief that sometlMiig 'migljt Ivappfth. To nil intcuta and pflrpfses) liowm'o.r, Ha* met iViis 'all orcr 1 hi less than ft In oil? KJsjjMt tlie OiirabTulfio yietoj , to MJ infc&rcsi t<j Awstytv&iVis aiid +o OWSsIvW. TllC wtHllttlg hont TT(I3 ijlJlit and riggttil "cfiiift'SMtod" on tljo Aws-tralift-n pnktetn, f.iifl flltoaroli jt is ii inttttoJ' o-f IIOW iftiiflli; if at MJ, this fact emitrftvilcfl te tlw vtetoy, flio wsnlt can iwlmlH.M a tntunnl) for Australasian sietli&tls in . this wspect.