PEARCE FAVOURED

Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 290, 2 September 1933, Page 9

PEARCE FAVOURED

World Sculling Title RACE AGAINST PHELPS Great Event at Ontario Received September 1,7 pm ) ' Toronto, August 31. In less than an hour before dusk on Friday Bobby Pearce will start in the boat race, which is expected here to make him champion of the world’s professionals. It is anticipated that Ted Phelps, the defending champion, will be the under-dog this time. < The race will be over a three-mile course inside Lake Ontario breakwater, on the Canadian National Exhibition waterfront. Pearce is expected to win, and the odds in his favour remained substantial on Thursday night. Victory means 5000 dollars cash to Pearce, and he wins half this amount If he loses. Phelps is quiet about ( what he will collect, but it is reported that he will get 10,000 dollars whatever happens. A crowd of 75,000 is expected to see the duet. For the first time In ,his life Pearce la nervous and jumpy. Pearce is satisfied on points both of confidence and condition, but he is short-tempered “When Bob gets Into his boat, ait nervoiißnpsw will vanish," his manager. Wai ter Boernesser, says. He believes it shows that Pearce is taking bis rtlce seriously, which means that he will be ready to row as he never did before.