Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-02
OARSMEN PREPARE
FOR THE SEASON
Schuylkill Navy Rowers Get
ting Ready for Eleven
Events This Year
KELLY is IN TRAINING

| The advent Of spring has brought with II
tho active trainirg season among the Schuyl-
| XIII navy oarsmen In the twelve club
houses clustered above Fairmount Dam,
on the East River Drive all is hustle and
| bustle. Racing paraphernalia has been
scraped and vanished and put in prime
| condition. Rowing togs have beer, rescued
| from their accumulation Of winter dust. The
| CHEEKY call Of the coxswains urging the
| crews as they glide upon the bosom of old
schuykill between banks still gaunt with
| winters ravages and the smaller craft,
| propelled by those who hope to mako the
| rowing season of 1917 memorable, all mark
the enthusiasm with which the local knights
| of the ashen blade have started their
I spring work.
The Schuylkill Navy Board, the captains
| and coaches, have mapped out big pro-
gram for the season, and they are hoping
| that the grim specter of war will not in
| terfere with their plans. The regatta
season is a lengthy one beginning with
the American Henley on the Schuylkill May
| IL and ending with the New England Asso-
citation regatta, october 10, giving the oars
men plensy of opportunity to show their
skill with tho scull and sweep both at
home and abroad.
The Dates
The full schedule of the seasons regattas
follows
American ESIR HeS HeHsy sshuy RSsS May H.
schnykIl RIVER RwnF Teeas{s, H"J9n june TsS Ys 'o
Hudson River regatta, June %.
ton DgusS july 1'tpa0nS' IS, Rowing A''0'a
SsNrd SSew Ensand land resestta IBoston July
E,y,,,,ne Peoples Association. Bayonne Au-
,;adssYnal regatta. Lynn. Mass. July 27
Middle States regatta. place not decided.
New England Association. Boston. October IL.
The clubs have been well recruited DUR
ing the winter months, and the captains
who will lead the clubs during the wear
have all been selected. With the exception
of the Malta and Pennsylvania Clubs all
others reelected their leaders of last year
Gus Jaeger has replaced Sidney Mollard at
the Pennsylvania Barge Club. and William
Hammill has taken the job of Lewis Ken
ney at the Malta Club.
In the coaching line, Edward Marsh again
will have charge of the Malta oarsmen
Carl f. Bunth, who had such success with
the Undine men last season, again will
tutor the wearers of the Blue and Yellow,
while Jim Dempsey will coach the Univer-
sity Barge cohorts, and Joe Dempsey the
aspirants of the Philadelphia Barge Club.
Newlin Is Commodore
George Melloy, of the Undine Club, after
four years Of service as commodore of the |
Schuylkll Navy, has resigned. and ]. Elli- |
OFT Newlin, of the Philadelphia Barge Club |
IoW Io"lHB pOuys ftuSSel JOnn- |
son, of the University Barge Club has been |
chosen as vice commodore. johnson for |
many years has been mainly responsible |
for the success of the American regatta |
and this year he will endeavor to make it |
a bigger meet than ever.
The American regatta will serve as the |
curtain-raiser of the rowing season, and !
it Is to take part in the events of this |
great meet that the local rowing talent |
has started preparations. The races for |
college crews will bring together the cream
of the university oarsmen, including Syra-
cuse, Princeton, Yale, Harvard, Pennsyl-
vania, Cornell and Columbia
The local oarsmen will cross blades with
the New York and Boston clubs inl the
special races for club crews.
John Kelly, of Vesper fame. already has
started training for the seasons single scull-
ing events. He is in fine condition. hav-
ing played basketball with the West Branch
Y NJ. c. A. all winter. Kelly will confirk
his work this season entirely to single scull-
ing, with the idea of displacing Thomas j.
Rooney as the national single sculling cham
pion when the national regatta is rowed in
Lynn, Mass, next July.