THE SCULLERS.

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 188, 9 August 1924, Page 3 (Supplement)

THE SCULLERS.

WORLD'S CHAMPIONSHIP.

PADDON V. FELTON. THE EACE NEXT TUESDAY. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) WANGANUI, this day. Writing to your correspondent from Brisbane on August 6, Jas. Paddon ftites that Ms race with Alf. Felton, iole rowed on Tuesday next, is creating great interest. At tie time of writing, Paddon said ■It was feeling very well, though he ifflladafew pounds to take off before bang down to rowing weight. He felt BnMent, however, that he would be is capital racing fettle by the eventM day, and wa3 hopeful he would reWd thg world's championship title. Paddon Bays that Felton has trained nationally hard for this race, and if le ks not overdone it, Alf should be •to to put up the best race of Ms career.

Since then, a cable received 3aid that ftlton was easing up in his work a «ek ago, as he felt there was, other|"se> a likelihood of going stale. News a laud from other sources indicates ™" a great race is anticipated when aw two big men meet. Though Pad- « 19 likely to be favourite, Felton's Bads look to him to make the pace a mcker over the first mile or so, and ™X that Paddon will probably break Tk tv ba3tled over th e early stages. WtrS i *iS Very fast is " acknow - T&& oj the. champion's admirers, but ™7 express themselves as satisfied that &L°\T tte fcst mi,e as faat as taMi. * « Bkes, and the ? have n0 TW ! Paddon is the better tC -, tbat the couvse will be only «« mfles is in Felton's favour, but SofTS* , While fully Prepared to terf.7 ms ? nu] e or so strenuously conC, i ° n Paddon havin S th e race Lt ng Wa 7 froE > home. W trkk n LT been res P°™t>le. for Bide anticipate a very fast race Sfc r r d y s . Stage 3' WLateVer haP "