SCULLING CHAMPIONSHIP.
GABLE NEWS
United Press Association—By 'Electric Telegraph—Copyright.)
PEARCE EASILY BEATEN.
ENGLISHMAN PADDLES HOME,
(Received July 22, 10 a.m.) LONDON, July 21
The race for the sculling championship of the world, the English and Welsh championships, the new Sportsman's Cup, and £SOO a-side, between, Ernest Barry (the holder") and Harry Pearce (of New South Wales, and ex-champion of Australia) was rowed to-day on the Thames championship course, from Putney to Mortlake (4 miles 440 yards). Barry won easily. The. towing path was crowded atad the conditions were ideal. There was a«slight breeze off Middlesex shore, but it raised only a faint ripple on the water, which was running at_,a fair rate. Both men were heartily cheered on going to the stake boat. Pearce gained a little advantage by winning the toss. He chose the Surrey side, and led slightly at the start, striking 38. For the first minutes he averaged 32 strokes to the minute and Barry 30. Pearce, rowing deep, led by a length and a. quarter at Craven Steps. Barry, at his eighth stroke, nearly lost a.scull. When he recovered himself he rowed with machinelike, regularity. Pearce'had gained a quarter of a: length at the-mile post, It was a fine race to Harrod's, where Barry gradually crept up and shot Hammersmith Bridge half a length ahead. Pearce then became distressed and lost form. He used his arms too much, while Barry was steady and his rowing rhythmical. The champion took hiis opponent's water', and was two lengths ahead at Thorneycroft's, and three at Chiswick Ey'ot.
Thence the race was a procession. Barry slowed down, and paddled home.
The time was 24min 9 2-ssec. Pearce rowed pluckily, but »was no match for Barry. He never ceaAed to persevere, and his brave effort was loudly cheered.
WIND AND WATER CONDITIONS
BARRY WINS BY TWO LENGTHS
(Received July 22, 9.50 a.m.)
LONDON, gulf 21. The weather was fife, with a moderate head wind and water. There was rough water to Putney, a leading wind and smooth water from Hammersmith Bridge to N Barnes Bridge, and choppy water in the last stages. The competitors .were in first-rate condition. Barry won by two lengths.
The crowd whfc-h witnessed the race was considerably larger than that at the Barry-Arnst contest.
MISTAKE BY PEARCE,
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. <Reoeived Last Night, 12.25 o'clock.) LONDON, July 227' Pearce lost much ground through going too far into the bay. Barry had an eight-lengths lead at Barnes. He then slowed down and sculled within, himself to the finish. The. "Sportsman", says the race, was a disappointment, but clean and honest. Barry never won more handsomely and easily. Pearce's style, is typically Australian, and not suited to the Thames.
The "Daily Mail" says the result is a triumoh of style against strength.^ The "Standard" says the victory is a triumph for the English style, proving that it i 6 the best over a long course.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 23 July 1913, Page 5
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487SCULLING CHAMPIONSHIP. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 23 July 1913, Page 5
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