SCULLING CHAMPIONSHIP.
A NEW ZEALANDER TOCHALLEXGE .. WEBB;. (BT TELEGRAPH. —SrECUI/- CORRESrOXDEXT.) r ~ Clirlstehuroh.; 'ApriP6. '■ The Akaroa' correspondent -of 'the 'Christchurch "Press" 'states that Ge6rge , 'Whclcli, tho present holder of' tho amateur sculling' championship, ' having secured : the : Edmonds trophy by. his recent win{ at'Napier,-•'■'.has definitely decided to relinquish amateur row-" ing and make a bid for' the; blue-riband of : tho world. Some. short time 1 back hp', received a letter from R... Arnst seeking' a. match for £200 a side,"hut. in .'the amateur event Whelch Mthh'elil ,'a!'',defLMteanswor till that had been • dcoidecl. \ ;! T\ r licVa' ho won.it word was sent ; 'to' Arnst'Bti'tipg that ho could have the'"match'if; he desired". No .answer up to the present'has teen .received. A challenge will bo-published,-in. the "Referee" matching Whelch againit 1 any sculler in. the. Dominion "or' Commonwealth,' and a direct challongq; wjll; alsp; .to W. Webb, the \rorldV' ! cSampiflnJ\tp;.lgefeii&' his title. , 'T.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 167, 8 April 1908, Page 9
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148SCULLING CHAMPIONSHIP. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 167, 8 April 1908, Page 9
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