SCULLING CHAMPION
PEARCE OFFERS RACE AUSTRALIAN OARSMAN OTTAWA, Dec. 9. The champion professional sculler, Bobby Pearce, who is a lieutenant in the Canadian Navy, said to-day that he was willing to meet the Australian, Evans Paddon, in a championship match at Toronto in 1947 if it can be arranged. He added: “I have had my day and will willingly step aside to see somebody else get a crack at it. What I would really like to see would be a world championship race among Australia. England and Canada.” Pearce suggested that the contestants should be Jack Gaudaur. Canada, Eric Phelps, England, and Evans Paddon, Australia.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22201, 11 December 1946, Page 6
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105SCULLING CHAMPION Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22201, 11 December 1946, Page 6
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