Beech and Teemer

Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 69, 19 November 1885, Page 3

Beech and Teemer

>. ■■ A sculling match.ior the champren- -.'. *hip of the world has been arranged - between William Beach of New South "Wales, the present champion,' and John Teemer of the United States; r Just before Hanlan sailed for Australia .was coining, intO^prpininence . «j. oaramain jin Aniei^cjßL, -He has met and defeated in turn many secondTate r oarsaien, such. as. Wallace Boss, Fiajsted,' Leej' Qaudaur,,. Hosmer, > Conley band ofliers. Oil Ocfob'er 24 ie ihet.the ex-champion Hanlan, and was again successfuL:.-, Thisi vicjbory has Hastened negotiations that have been .^oing qn' f or a ni^tch with Beach, as immediately upon" Hanlan's" - fiwt defeat, a challenge^was issued against ■ihe world on behalf .gfTeemer., That : ihe great race, willbe over;'the>;champipn eou^j,!Par^matta ; Eiyer, there can be but little douVt, as Beach has timeafter time said he would row for < . thechampionsMp on np other course. : Teemer^ is but 21 years; of age (13 ▼ears tike junior of Beech), and was ooriL 'in' PennsylTania, United - States. ! He is undoubtedly a skilled oarsman , the Australian trayel flxe race, for lately he has 'given IJom and; other men handicaps oi five . .to ten seconds and then won* The Idate of .'the race is not announced, but ' : fa wittnot at any xate be prior "to „. January *>r Fe,b|ttjaiy,nert .year.