BARRY DEFEATED

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 29, 29 October 1919, Page 7

BARRY DEFEATED

FOR WORLD'S SCULLING CHAMPIONSHIP j HOLDER OUTCLASSED j By MeeraDh-Prese Aeswtatio'n-Ooprrtght. ; London,,-October 27. i Tn tho race for (he sculling champion- : ship of the world, rowed on,the Thames, ; on the Pulney-Mortlako cuoras Alf Pel ton (Australia) easily oel'i-aiwl Ernest ; Barrv (England), the holder of tho ■ title. A hard nortli-wftsl wind was ' blowing, and Fellon had the advantage ; of the smoother waters on '.he Middlesex . shore. lie led by (en lengths at tho .; mile, and maintained his lead through- ' out. He rowed strongly and w<li, nnt'i ' Barrv was unable to make any irapres- I sion upon him.—Aus.-N.Z. Cabie Assn. ; Seventh-hour, umpire. ; (Rec. October 28. 10.25 p.m.) London, October 2fi. At tho last moment Steve Fairburn, ' the celebrated 'Varsity coach, and now ; captain of the Thames Rowing Club, : was selected ia umpire the Fellon-Barry { match—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ; A POPULAR WIN. 1 (Rec. October 2S, 10.15 p.m.) j London, October 2S. ' Felton's victory is immensely popular I in sporting;, circles. The newspapers re- ; call that Fellon first attracted attention i by winning tho Fox ton Handicap in New 1 Zealand in 1909. They predict a welcome j revival of rowing in Australasia.—Aus.- ■ N.Z. Cable Assn. ; THE NEWOIAMPION ! FELTON ON THE MANAWATU ' RIVER. j As far as New Zealand is concerned j A. G, Felton first came under notice ; when he came across, as a big raw-boned i boy, to compete in the JMSO handicap : rowed on the Manavalu River on Decern- | ber 1, 1900. Through Ihe prowess of Webb and Arnst, New Zealand was at that time intensely interested in sculling, i and it was to popularise tho Manawatu | River as a rowing course that tho handi- : cap was promoted. The purso attracted 1 a. bis entry, including Larson, Rewiti, S Kemp, ,'Maguey, Felton, Lawson, R. i Green. Webb, Mitchell, A. S. Green, F. ' G. Green, and Ogilvie. The New Zea- i landers concerned were Webb, Laweon, Rewiti. and F. Green. All tho rest : were from Sydney side. The handicap ■ was rowed in three heats, and a final. I In his heat Fellon (21soc) won by a ! leiiuth and a half from R. Green, with ! Webb a poor third. Writing of tho i prosnects of the six men left in the final '■ on tho day before it was rowed The 1 Dominion "Special" said:—

"Viewing their performances in tho i heats I should say that to-morrow's final ; should be well worth seeing. liven i boiled down to six men, tho winner is ; not easy to pick, but if asked to name l , the oarsman I fancy most I would say that lvemp or I'ellbn cannot bo far out., < Felton. who is not yet twenty-one years'' of age (he is thirty years old to-day)'row- ; ed splendidly, and I liavo little doubt that in a few years 110 0110 will be able : to row him without taking his sweater : off." Tho next day tho final was rowed. At ■ the word "go" Kemp and Felton slid off : smoothly, followed by Lnrsen, P. Green, and Jlagney. according to their handicaps. Lawson, the limit man, was plugging away in front, chased bv Kemp anil Felton, both . rowing sweetly abreast. At the first bend Lawson was three lengths ahead and full • of going, but at fbe final bend, leading into the straight Felton.' rowing with a ■ long steady stroke, which had a lot of leg power in it, forged ahead of Lawson and took the lead. Kemp, sculling with fine polish, sped after him, also passing Lawson. who was obviously tiring, but with all the grace of his father (the renowned Peter). Syd. Kemp could not lessen the distance between himself and the young giant ahead. Three-quartern of a mile from home, Felloit still in tho lead, swung down the middle of tho stream, followed by Kemp and Hagney. All eyes were 011 these three. The fol- i lowing boats could not very .well separalo the specks ahead. A voice away down tlio bank said. "It's Felton!" Could Kemp spurt at (he end? was a general conjecture. Tlie result proved tint he could not. and Felton sculled over the lino nonchalantly two and a half-lengths aheadof the stylist. Again, as with Arnst, brawn and youth had beaten skill and style. Youth must be served: Discussing the merits of the various scullers engaged in the event, William Beach (himself an ox-el'ininmon sculler of the world), said of Felton: "I think a very great deal of young Felton. lie is a real good man, and in another twelvo months or so, if he keens going, will be a hard one to beat. Tie will be giving them all starts, instead of them giving him a start," which is surely prophetic!