ROWING.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 91, 19 April 1911, Page 2

ROWING.

PEARCE-KEMP RACE. It is expected that the race betweoa Harry Pea-rce and Syd. Kemp for the championship of Australia ana £100 a side, to be rowed on the Parramatta, River on Saturday, will prove to be one of the most interesting events for the title of latter years. The general opinion k (says Sydney Sun) that the Kemp family know just what they ar« about in shying a challenge at Harry Pearce. On the other hand, there are noti a few of Pearce's friends who fancy that their man has a soft thing on. The question is one that can only be decided by the contest. Kemp's camp is silent upon the prospects of their man. Pearco's quarters are aglow with joy at tho prospecte of still another victory. It reminds one of the doings at therespective camps of Jeffries and Johnson just before the great battle «*- Reno City. Of course, there- is no [ slaughter of chickens, no flying of I razors, no Coontown tunes on "de ol>banjo," and suchlike, as Jack Johnson 'fl quarters knew, but there is a happy smile on the faces of Pearce's best supporters. It is an open forecast of th* ! result from their point of view. But I wo have seen these good things com© I and go (adds the Sun). It is never well for a uculler to count the chickens before thoy are hatched, and in this , regard Harry Pearce is never influenced by the sanguine attitude of his supporters. Ho always prepares to beat a good mun, and has had the sa-tisl'action 01 beating several good men. Can he beat another ? Kemp's friends are anxious to find out whether he can. It seems as if the race is going to be> a go. The impression is that the Kemps have something "up their sleeves." At any rate, they know something which they oreit verso to divulging. The sooner the day of the race roaches us the better for the peace of mind for most sculling enthusiasts, as all are very, very anxious to know whether Kemp can really lower tho colours > of the redoubtable Australian champion.