SCULLING CHAMPIONSHIP. ARRIVAL OF TRESSIDER.

Otago Witness, Issue 2808, 8 January 1908, Page 65

SCULLING CHAMPIONSHIP. ARRIVAL OF TRESSIDER.

WEDIiTNXxTON, January 2. ~( "Were's Tvessider?"' shoutedi a- crowd: j of spectators as the Moeraki came along- < side the wharf last nistht from Sydney., , and it was some time before a tall, spare- | Built man,, brown as a berry with exposure i to the Australian sun, made a modest appearance and acknowledged a very cordial reoeptian. The famous sculler who , held the championship of Australia ;for five years has come over to try conclusions with' Wiliam Webb, of Wanganui, for the ■ ohampions.lip of the world and stakes of , £500 a-sido. He is accompanied by J'- } Baines, his trainer, and Fred. Ford, a i solidly-builtv young fellow, who paced Tres-eider.-in connection, with his match' with; Thoroughgo&d, and as a proof of his ovnrcapability won a match with stakes of £100 a-aide against Kemp, the son of the ex-world r6r 6 ohampion. " Tressider is a big man, and wants a. lot of hard rowing to get- him into condition," explained his trainer. "We- go on to Wanganui on Friday to make » start, and will keep art it solidly until '> February 20, when -Ehe match comes "off.' Tressider is 37 years old, and has been rowing since he was 18. He is a native of Wallsend, Newcastle. "I'm not inbad form," said, the Australian champion. "I am down to rowing weight, 12st 81b^ or 12at 101b, and I have been in training about eight weeks." • Speaking of'the-Towns-Webb match, Tressider was confident that the best man wen. There was a, bit of "a foul, but he did" not believe it materially interfered with the result of the race. Towns,, he continued, was talking of coming over to see- the, match ati Wanganui, and Fogwell', who is looking"! fpr a match, will probably see tho race. When aakedl: ."Has anything 1 been arranged in 'the event of your beating Webb?" Tiesßider replied: '"Thoroughgood want* the. first- match -with me, and I hear, though it is in an indirect way, that Arnst and' Charlie Towns are* wanting, to contest the championship. As for the* coming match,-1 go in .with a good heart, ' and I don't begrudge Webb- his victory ' if he beats me." A telegram xecefved by Tressider upon his arrival indicates that a recegtion is ■ being organised for him by the Wanganui oarsmen. •