BARRY BEATS GOODSELL

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 237, 27 December 1927, Page 1

BARRY BEATS GOODSELL

SCULLING TITLE OF WORLD COMPLETE REVERSAL OF FORM By Cable.—Press Association. — Copyright. Received 11 a.m. VANCOUVER, Monday. P driving rain and against a wind, H. A. Barry, the challenger, won the world’s sculling championship, beating Major Goodsell by 12 lengths in 21 minutes 4 seconds.

JHE result was a complete reversal °f form. 3an 7 led from the start. He was ~ ee lengths ahead at the mile and _ Increased his lead steadily. 6 * )oa f following Goodsell got too

Barrv h^!l r * erin S with the sculler, but . k°t too far ahead for this ® * difference. Wu “JJ*® finished in a deafening Barrr°« slrens and cheers, b ly, y nnished fit and rowed back i stat, , ters - Goodsell finished in pea . collapse and had to be “‘stance before he was able to

row in. He was unable to give an interview. Goodsell’s supporters blame his defeat on his bad luck during training. He injured his wrist in a fall, and had an upset into the water. —A. and N.Z.

H A Barry - , the new world’s champion, is a member of a famous family of Thames watermen, and a nephew of Krnest Btirry, who beat Dick -Arnst on the Thames- in 1912, and finally relinquished the title to the next claimant after he had recovered it from Felton in Australia after the war. Bert Barry, the latest holder, Is a member of the Barnes Bridge Rowing Club and has won the famous Thames race’for Doggett's coat and badge. The result of the race is perplexing, as Barry t railed Goodsell by many lengths when

they first rowed for the title in September. It was then asserted, on Barry’s behalf, that his boat was not rigged for rough water, and the latest result suggests that the plea may have had foundation in fact. Goodsell, who took the title from Paddon, has been hailed by Australian supporters as the greatest of cham-

pions. They carried awav a lot of good Canadian com after fhe last race, and after that pleasant <?xneHence roust have conceded long odds mr vesteSay s contest. Under the c.r™LSoes. it is probable that Barry’s backers got their money back, with interest*