The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-31
SCILLER. BEATEN nv BARRY,
SPOKEN OF IN HIGH TERMS
BY EXPERT.
BRITONS AS OARSMEN
NEVER HELD PARTICULARLY mon
PLACE IN sCILLTNG WORLD,
CANADIANS AND AUSTRIA
LIANs HOLDING TITLE.
BN ,INN IEMl~.

Richard Arnst. the Australian who
was defeated by Ernest Barry for the
scuIling championship Of the world
not long ago WAS hcralded as white
hope who could clean up anything IN
the pugilistiC liue--With training. \
no less authority than Thomas :. An
drews. Of Milwaukee. while in Nus
tralia with his troupe Of American
boxers. wrote back home that Arnst
not only was magnificent specimen
of humanity, but he could box some
With experience he might develop in
to q world heater. said Thomas,
A~nst, however. failed to clean up
in his own particular line, lie was
rowed TO a standstil by Barry ana
stopped a half mile from the Inish'
twenty lengths behind. After Barry
had crossed, Arnst padded over the
line.
Arnst had defeated Barry on the
Zambesi river, East Central Africa, III
August. 1910, and was regarded as
fnvtnciuie. tie II rig man. st1ttiti
-tHs-six fact 4es4-a!la 81 -AneIN- prnp4E-
toned that he does nor look 10 weigh
his two hIndred pounds. Barry Is
smaller man but 1.-THE and sinewy.
He has TO be To stand the gruetilns
work Of professional scUller.
Blitone Not Champions.
1t has been said that the defeat OF
Arnst hy- Barry has restored British
prestige in rowing. This statement
causes followers OF rowing TO 'augh
for among professional oarsmen tor
TIN, premier oarsmen have been Amer
leans ana Australians. counting cana
dian. among the Americans. From
the tim. that Edward Hanl&a lost
thu championship Of the world to
William Beach on the Parramatta
r.yer. August Is. 1884. Jake Gauda4r
IL the only man who has been able
TO win from the Australians, up to
tte zine that Arnst was beaten by
Barry Previous to the time OF Beach
fIanian was apparently invinclole
ffa9lan was 4 Canadian. Today
the. are talking Of building a memo
rial Ia him In Toronto, 10 stand ar
IT, entrance OF the bay where he got
his carry experience in rowing IN
his day professional rowing enjoyed
a place IN the sporting ~orio II mas
not occupied since.
Jake Gaudaur. John Teemer, Wal
lac. Ross. George Hosmer, James Ten
tyck. Fred Plaistead and Charles
Courtney were contemporaneous with
fi.tnsau plaistead was regarded a.
invineisl. In a short race. hut hama n
va =. earded as the king Of them alt
Courtney had his admirers. who even
,,lCtAu1 today that the famous toFneii
! coach could beat E4anlan, but the
air never settled this dispute They
we're patched once. but on the dAE
{ Of the race CoUrtneys boat was fouHu
sawed III two pieces The gAlhE PEI
son could never be discovered. hut
tIartau's hackers raised the shout
that Courtney had shawn the white
feather, and that MS boat Was pun
,ot of commission 70 avoid the Issue.
That Il might have been pAt-n4 on
commission by HHnlan adfnITcr " ne
feared defeat Of the faEori" Hfa
rot seen, to occur to the rowing IRA
ternlty,
Had Notable Races.
C;audaur and Teemer had some no
table races and when Hanian wen
down 10 defeat In the race with beaVr
these men were regarded as the only
scuiiers capable Of bringing BACK 'h'
nth. to America A young man nam"f
0,t'onnor. another Canadian. for Z
t,nne showed promise, but he failed Il
natertalize the hopes cot his adj
mirers. The same MAY be said OF Ed
die Durnan.
For time Edward Itnian TT
F,yck. son Of James Ten Eyer AND
named in honor If the famous cham
MON. was regarded as q fitting sue
cessor 10 his namesake, but young
Ten F,vck never took seriously 10 the
professional game. The reward dtl
not appear SUFFICIENT. probably foun'
Ten Eyck il now best known as tia
coach Of a college crew
If memory may he trusted th'
British have not held high honor
except as amateur oarsmen. al le1s
from 1850 up to the present day, II
chat gear fIan}an sek5'o ~it"dsef
champion os The world went TO Eng
land. where he met Trickett and Lay
cock Australians There is an i'm
pressfon that Tr;ckett had beaten
british oarsman named Barry hefor'
ne rowed the American Anywa'
Hanlan DEBATED both Trlckett 7n'