AQUATICS

Evening Star, Issue 17241, 5 January 1920, Page 2

AQUATICS

Reg. Short, the sculler who'hails from George’s River, New South Wales, and who is matched to row M'Devitt, has designs on the world’s championship (says a Sydney writer. He has been rowing since 1914, and in eight starts in big events has scored three wins, two seconds, add two fourths, a very fine performance for any sculler. Standing well over 6ft, Short strips at 13 stone, and has a spread from tip to tip of 6ft sin. When he went to Balhna, in November, 1914, Short -was a raw sculler, but he won two handicaps, worth £l2O. That brought him into the front line, but the advent of the war put an end to his chances, and since the BaUina'performance he has had only one . opportunity of showing his ability. That was at .-the Belgian carnival in 1915. From a start of 23 seconds he met the present world’s champion, Alf. Felton, and other such good performers as Syd. Kemp, . Charlie Towns, and George Jack. The race was won by Jim Ellis, who was on •the. 60sec mark. Short finished second, ' and was followed by Kemp, Felton, Towns, . and Jack. From the actual finishing times it was shown that Felton could not have conceded Short 15 seconds.' The George's River man is game enough , and strong . enough to develop into a champion.