SCULLING.
ARNSTAND WEBB ENTERTAINED s ; BY MAORIS. )WAS WEBB SOUND r eiegraph.—Press Association. Wangauui, Last Night and Webb were the guests of the Piitiki Maoris this afternoon. Wiki Kemp! presented the champion with a mat ajid greenstone axe. Mrs. Webb was presented with a flax hand basket. Aroet remarked that being a New Zeala{idcr ft.was his wish that any fu, turc i-ace for the t-hauipioiiship should be in New Zealand waters. Spesjking at a banquet on Thursday nightj Webb said he had not yet given up allj hope of regaining the championship, i He jras going into training, and if he fcould get sufficient pace he might issue ii challenge.' It i s now openly said in to«|n that Webb was suffering from rheumitism of the arm on the day of the ra\.-e, Md that his condition had caused: anxiety for some time past. Webb, however, gives no authority for this rumor, and states that he was beaten by a better man. A private letter received from Sydney to-day states that a rumor was current on tie other side last week thai) Webb was suffering from rheumatism of the left arm.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 304, 19 December 1908, Page 5
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191SCULLING. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 304, 19 December 1908, Page 5
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