ROWING. MORE OF THE TEEMER VERSUS HANLAN MATCH.

Kumara Times, Issue 2881, 22 January 1886, Page 2

ROWING. MORE OF THE TEEMER VERSUS HANLAN MATCH.

The English sporting papers are, to ‘•ay the least, very rough upon Hanlan. In a late number of the Referee, “Pendragon” says: “Unlike ourselves, who are in boat-racing matters cast down below all recognition, the Americans have been having a high old time, developing an entirely new champion lately. A champion who can beat Hanlan against Banian's will is something to be proud of, and the Americans are proud accordingly. So far as can be judged from the reports of the race as published in New York, Boston, and Philadelphia, as well as from the com. meats which have been made upon it tin oughont the States, Hanlan was tairly beaten—was beaten by a man who is prepared to row him again for any sum of money that Hanlan cares to raise, upon any fair course in (he United States or Canada. The race which left John Teenier, of M'tLeesport, Pa., champion of America, was rowed on the Hudson River, between Albany and Troy, “at dusk on Saturday evening, October 21, and, much to the surprise of two-thirds of the rowing world, was won by the young oarsman from M'Keesport.” Before now I have pointed ont how, whenever Hanlan made a great and undoubted success, he was an American of the Americans, and how, when he am beaten, he was only a “blamed Ka n nek ” and a subject of Queen Victoria ; but I never thought the game could have been played so low down as it has been played in certain diiections since Hanlan was beaten by Teemer, Ihe worst of the story as now told is that Hanlan is not only defeated, he is disgraced also. The special commissioner of a paper published at Pittsburgh—the Leader—has discovered that Hanlan used every argument in lus power, including liberal offers of nionev, to induce Teemer to lose, but that Teemer, feeling certain he could win, resolved ho would do so. Hanlan was particularly anxious to win the race on the Hudson, and guaranteed to lose in turn next spring if Teemer would only lot him win now* bnt leemer was obdurate- T.-emer makes no secret r,f Hainan's abject position. “ The champion distinctly chaises that Haulaa personally asked and coaxed

and entreated him to throw this race, and offered in return to make a match next spring, and allow Teenier to win. Can this be the Iranian who introduced here an entirely new style of rowing, and showed us a pace which was as far in front of previous English champions as previous English champions used to be in front of previous English outsiders; or is it a pomdebilitated, worn-out, and prematurely aged man, who, no longer able to show the form of old, is now made the sport, of comparative commoners'? Speaking for myself, I fancy Hanlan is a complete wreck—that he lost his best form before rowing Beach in Australia, It would be 100 much to suppose that the Hanlan we knew could be beaten like a baby, and fall out of his boat in very shame, by new American developments, while we in England, so far from developing anybody half as good as Hanlan, have not anybody half as good as the scullers were who held front rank before the coming of Hanlan to this effete and demoralised old country.” Concerning the same subject the London Sportsman has the following paragraph “ The trouble o?er the late race between Hanlan and Teemer is assuming graver proportions, and recriminations are being daily published in the Press. Hanlan disclosed the purport of some letters written to him by Teemer, to which the latter replied that he wrote them for ihe reason that Hanlan would nob vow unless he gave a guarantee that he should beat him. When he had been making negotiations with Hanlan, that oarsman made the requirements so imperative that Teemer almost gave the proposed match up for hopeless, and when he came home he was still greatly impressed with the fact that Hanlan was stubborn in his determination, and would not row him unless some such guarantee was given. After the match was made Teemer said that Hanlan went to Wallace Ross, who was training Teemer, several times to have him persuade Teemer to lose the race and let Hanlan win it. Mr Yolk, Termer's backer, says he knew nothing of the correspondence. Teemer had written to Hanlan without his knowledge. He was of opinion that a certain clique wanted to run Teemer, and that it was a scheme to fleece him. Hanlan, he said, never approached him to buy the race.”

C. B. Yaux, of (he New York Canoe Club, has sent a challenge to the secretary of the Royal Canoe |Club, (England), offering, on behalf of that club, a perpetual International Challenge Cup, to be raced tor during next July upon New York. Bay. The Cup will then be held by the winning club upon conditions similar to those of the America’s Cup.