THE SCULLING TITLE

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 237, 3 September 1927, Page 4

THE SCULLING TITLE

WORLD’S CHAMPIONSHIP. RACE ON MONDAY NEXT. VANCOUVER, Aug. 10. Major Goodsell, Australian holder of tho world’s sculling title, and Herbert Barry., champion of England, and challenger for tlip world championship, have settled down to hard training on Vanoouver Inlet, whore the race for tho title will take place on Labour Day, (September 5. Barry arrived here 10 days ago, and will have about three weeks’ less work on the Vancouver water than his opponent. Both Goodsell and Barry state that they are in good shape with their training. Both say they are confident of winning. Barry’s training to date has been confined to the main harbour, where the water is crossed and recrossed by ferries and incoming vessels. He proposes to spend the last fortnight of his training on the inner arm of the Inlet, where a course of three miles lias been surveyed by the harbour authorities, by mutual agreement of the two contestants. The race will bo rowed under English championship rules. The course is a narrow, sausage-shaped strip of quiet water, reached from the main harbour by a passage about half a mile wide. It runs due east and west, finishing at the lumber town of Port Moody, at the extremity of the inner arm. From north and south, and at the Port Moody, end, it is protected by hills, running away from the water’s edge to a height of some hundreds of feet. A more ideal course, running in a geometrical straight line, cannot, easily he imagined. Goodsell likens the water to the Richmond River course at South Woodburn. The tide is 6ft from low to high, with no rip. At the time of tho race, 2.30 p.m., it will he an hour off full-tide. THE TWO CONTESTANTS. Goodsell said to-day that ho was in his best condition and approached the contest feeling as fit as on the occasion of any of his previous battles for tho world’s title. Barry is desperately earnest about winning. Since his uncle, Ernest Barry, lost the title, seven years have passed, and England is just as keen on getting it back as Barry is of restoring the coveted honour to his famous family. There is a good deal between the rowers in the matter of weight. Goodsell will row about list., Barry about 12st. 61b. Barry also has the advantage in reach, being an inch or two over 6ft., while Goodsell is an inch below that mark. The Englishman has never been beaten in a scratch event, and is quietly optimistic about his chances of not being beaten in his first world championship contest. Goodsell and Barry both enjoy the facilities of the Vancouver Rowing Club, which lias put its clubhouse, boats and equipment, besides the services of pacers, 1 at the disposal of the two men. The Englishman is accompanied by a trainer, while Goodsell is being paced by Vancouver rowers, who camp alternately at his training quarters at Port Moody. When Barry arrived, Goodsell was on hand to meet and welcome him, and personally helped him secure training quarters on the Vancouver waterfront.